Latest News on Cloud, Data Center, and Web Hosting
Latest News on Cloud, Data Center, and Web Hosting
Website Hosting ReviewSquarespace is buying the domain business of Google. This purchase includes approximately 10 million domains hosted on Google Domains spread across millions of customers. Squarespace issued a press release, from the…
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Website Hosting ReviewIt’s the second Australian domain registrar acquisition in two years for Web.com. Domain name company Web.com is acquiring Webcentral Group (ASX:WCG) for $12.2 million. Webcentral has about 330,000 customers and…
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Website Hosting ReviewRegistrars saw an uptick in new registrations in March, which turned into a flood in April. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com…
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Website Hosting ReviewDomain registrar wants to patent ways to suggest domains based on various non-search data. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has filed U.S. Patent and Trademark application number 16/235333 (pdf) for “recommending domains…
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Website Hosting ReviewRad Web Hosting has enacted the Small Business Relief Effort, effective immediately, to assist businesses impacted by Covid-19 health and economic crises. Rad Web Hosting Announces Small Business Relief Program to…
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Website Hosting ReviewYear-over-year revenue grows 38% in Q2. Domain name registrar Namecheap generated $49 million in revenue during Q2 2020, the company reported to Domain Name Wire. That’s up almost 38% over…
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Website Hosting ReviewCompany struggles with outbound sales and social media products. GoDaddy’s (NYSE: GDDY) revenue is topping expectations, but the company is laying off employees and restructuring its business because Covid-19 is…
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Website Hosting ReviewGoDaddy customers are unlikely to understand their options. GoDaddy has begun sending emails to customers about changes to domain privacy. As I wrote about on June 8, the company…
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Website Hosting ReviewGoDaddy’s new cross-sell warns about domain theft. GoDaddy warns customers about domain theft in its new checkout cross-sell. Last week I wrote about how GoDaddy is now redacting most personal…
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Website Hosting ReviewGoDaddy has redacted personal information in Whois records for all customers. Effective today, GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has begun redacting personal information in Whois records for customers worldwide for eligible top…
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