Warren Adelman, who took over as CEO of Go Daddy, after Bob Parsons stepped down last year, has stepped down from his position to assume a new role as Special Advisor for Strategy and Global Policy at the company. Scott…
GoDadddy Hits 50 Million Domain Milestone
Remember all of that controversy this year around GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons killing an elephant? There was a lot of talk about sites jumping ship and moving over to GoDaddy competitors. In fact, competitors were capitalizing on the controversy, offering…
GoDaddy Wants to “Do the Right Thing” with Former White House Advisor
Go Daddy announced today that it has added former White House Advisor Andrew Kline as its new Deputy General Counsel for Global Policy. In fact, Go Daddy says he’s joining to help join the company’s “fight to do the right…
GoDaddy Looks Unscathed By Bob Parsons Elephant Killing
If you want to boost sales for your business, kill an elephant. No, seriously – take a video of yourself shooting an elephant in the dark as well as the subsequent slaughtering and throw it up on YouTube. Then, advertise…
GoDaddy CEO Links to More Footage From Controversial Elephant Killing
Every time we think GoDaddy has tried to put to rest the controversy over CEO Bob Parsons killing an elephant, Parsons brings it back up. This time he has tweeted a link to a a cover story for NRA digital…
GoDaddy Sets Philanthropy Record
GoDaddy announced today that it has already donated more money to charities in 2011 than it did all of last year, which was $3.4 million. This year, the company says GoDaddy Cares, it’s philanthropic arm, surpassed the $4.2 million mark…
GoDaddy Brings Up the Elephant Ordeal in Press Release About Haiti Donations
As reported a few weeks ago, GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons tweeted that the company was donating $500,000 to the charity Hope for Haiti, the second such donation it had made since the earthquake in Haiti in early 2010. Despite numerous…
GoDaddy CEO Breaks Twitter Silence Following Elephant Killing Controversy
GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons has been pretty quiet for a couple weeks following the controversy that blew up around a video he posted online in which he killed an elephant in Zimbabwe. As said controversy ignited, he went on the…
GoDaddy Follows Up Elephant-Killing Ordeal with Donations to Haiti Charity
As the GoDaddy elephant killing controversy receives less attention, CEO Bob Parsons has returned to tweeting. We reported yesterday that he had broken his Twitter silence, albeit without further reference to the ordeal. He has now followed up his returning…
GoDaddy Elephant Killing Video Mysteriously, But Heavily Edited
Since the controversy blew up around a video of GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons killing an elephant, the video has been edited heavily. Should the video have been edited, removed, or left alone? Tell us what you think. Parsons is still…
GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons Could Have Been A Zoologist
As you may have heard by now, GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons has been taking some heat for his little vacation to Africa where he killed an elephant, video taped it, and tweeted it out to all of his followers. Parsons…
GoDaddy Elephant Killing Sparks “NoDaddy” Promotion From Venovix
GoDaddy’s PR misstep, otherwise known as CEO Bob Parsons killing an elephant, has led to its competitors stepping up to scoop up the angry customers who are leaving the domain registrar behind. NameCheap was able to get some great PR…
GoDaddy Elephant Killing Leads to Competitor Raising $20K to Save Elephants
GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons recently took a vacation in Africa, where he hunted an elephant, posted video of the killing and slaughter of the elephant, and and tweeted it out to the world. You’ve probably heard the story by now.…
GoDaddy CEO Defends Elephant Killing
Previously, we reported on the backlash GoDaddy has been facing, following the posting of a video by CEO Bob Parsons of Parsons killing an elephant. PETA has been very vocal about it, naturally, but so have many others who aren’t…