Hot Points!

By Bob Parsons, founder of GoDaddy.com. Discussing hot internet and political issues.

Why the internet can be a bad place to meet people. A murder in ...

Wednesday, October 12. 2005. Why the internet can be a bad place to meet people. A murder in Virginia. The Taylor Behl story. ...

EURid denies .EU landrush abuse. These guys couldn't spin a top.

Wednesday, April 12. 2006. EURid denies .EU landrush abuse. These guys couldn't spin a top. The EURid Registry responds. ...

Want to super charge your business? Make small improvements every ...

Saturday, July 23. 2005. Want to super charge your business? Make small improvements every day. Larry's big idea. Being successful and staying successful ...

"Robert, they can’t eat you!" My rules for survival.

Tuesday, February 15. 2005. "Robert, they can’t eat you!" My rules for survival. Over a year ago, I was asked by BizAz Magazine (a local Phoenix magazine) ...

Free AntiSpyware. Go Daddy Provides Free SSL Certs To Open Source ...

Tuesday, February 22. 2005. Free AntiSpyware. Go Daddy Provides Free SSL Certs To Open Source Projects. First the bad news. I recently read that the average ...

The Go Daddy Girl. Whose idea was she. See our four new ...

Sunday, May 8. 2005. The Go Daddy Girl. Whose idea was she. See our four new commercials here. Warning: 2 are controversial. We interview the world's most ...

How SONY got to be great. Their philosophy will energize any ...

Thursday, September 15. 2005. How SONY got to be great. Their philosophy will energize any business. It will also work for you! Never follow the others. ...

Go Daddy "adopts" USMC Rifle Company. PTSD and my experience with it.

Saturday, February 12. 2005. Go Daddy "adopts" USMC Rifle Company. PTSD and my experience with it. I am proud to let you know that GoDaddy.com has adopted a ...

"Robert, they can’t eat you!" My rules for success in business and ...

Thursday, July 6. 2006. "Robert, they can’t eat you!" My rules for success in business and life in general. Best of the Blog. ...

Want to be successful? Get out of your comfort zone! Start a new ...

Friday, July 1. 2005. Want to be successful? Get out of your comfort zone! Start a new business. Risk your life. Try public speaking. ...

35 million names registered in May. Only 8% of registrations were ...

Wednesday, June 21. 2006. 35 million names registered in May. Only 8% of registrations were paid. 32 million were part of a scam. It's called "domain kiting ...

Go Daddy's Super Bowl Story

Sunday, January 2. 2005. Go Daddy's Super Bowl Story. Go Daddy will be advertising during the upcoming Super Bowl Shortly after Fox Sports released the ...

Hot new television ads. Do they go too far? New email surveillance ...

Thursday, May 26. 2005. Hot new television ads. Do they go too far? New email surveillance techniques. Be careful what you write! ...

How to accomplish anything. Hint: Accept the worst possible ...

Wednesday, April 20. 2005. How to accomplish anything. Hint: Accept the worst possible outcome. Think and act one day at a time. ...

The process I use to sharpen my mind. It’s easy. It works. Finding ...

Wednesday, November 2. 2005. The process I use to sharpen my mind. It’s easy. It works. Finding difficult solutions instantly! ...

$50000 for a man not to eat a rabbit. The curious case of SaveToby ...

Saturday, March 12. 2005. $50000 for a man not to eat a rabbit. The curious case of SaveToby.com. The website is http://www.savetoby.com. ...

It's Radio Go Daddy. Yo, ho, ho! We've got a radio show.

Sunday, March 20. 2005. It's Radio Go Daddy. Yo, ho, ho! We've got a radio show. It's Radio Go Daddy! I am very excited to let you know that starting ...

The best way to get cooperation. On patrol with the Phoenix PD. A ...

Saturday, October 8. 2005. The best way to get cooperation. On patrol with the Phoenix PD. A wine drinking monkey. Thursday night I did a "ride along" with ...

The secret John D. Rockefeller used to build Standard Oil. It’s ...

Thursday, September 8. 2005. The secret John D. Rockefeller used to build Standard Oil. It’s simple. Putting it to work in your business. ...

The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about ...

Monday, June 27. 2005. The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed. Parking cars for a living. An old Chinese saying. ...

The .EU landrush fiasco. A bumbling registry allows Europe's very ...

Sunday, April 9. 2006. The .EU landrush fiasco. A bumbling registry allows Europe's very own domain name to be highjacked! Europe’s . ...

Vanilla Popsicles.

Friday, February 25. 2005. Vanilla Popsicles. A hot afternoon 36 years ago. Sometimes I close my eyes for a moment or two, and think about something that ...

Success key: Never give up (but be very quick to change). Turning ...

Sunday, July 10. 2005. Success key: Never give up (but be very quick to change). Turning $15000 into $64 million. Kissing $64 million goodbye. ...

Warning: Do not take candy from strangers. Sexual predators on the ...

Tuesday, May 3. 2005. Warning: Do not take candy from strangers. Sexual predators on the internet. Radio Go Daddy’s 6th show. ...

10th Super Bowl submission rejected. Good news and bad news. See ...

Tuesday, January 17. 2006. 10th Super Bowl submission rejected. Good news and bad news. See the Internet only version of "Window Washer" here. ...

How GoDaddy became #1. The firewall chronicles (Zombie computers ...

Tuesday, April 19. 2005. How GoDaddy became #1. The firewall chronicles (Zombie computers, DOS attacks, rogue worms). Pharming (the newest scam). ...

The add/drop scheme. How millions of .COM names are used but never ...

Friday, April 21. 2006. The add/drop scheme. How millions of .COM names are used but never paid for. “Add/drop” abuse is everybody’s problem. ...

Early Super Bowl Ad results. Go Daddy settles with Fox Sports.

Thursday, February 17. 2005. Early Super Bowl Ad results. Go Daddy settles with Fox Sports. Since we had our first Super Bowl ad air, and our second airing ...

35 million names registered in April. 32 million were part of a ...

Wednesday, May 10. 2006. 35 million names registered in April. 32 million were part of a kiting scheme. A serious problem gets worse. ...

Should Go Daddy advertise again on the Super Bowl? Is it really a ...

Tuesday, July 26. 2005. Should Go Daddy advertise again on the Super Bowl? Is it really a family event? What happens in Las Vegas... It’s that time again. ...

Why privacy makes the Internet safer. How anonymity hides the bad ...

Wednesday, March 23. 2005. Why privacy makes the Internet safer. How anonymity hides the bad guys! The Internet is often a lawless place. ...

Federal agency nixes your right to privacy! How this harms you.

Monday, February 28. 2005. Federal agency nixes your right to privacy! How this harms you. A quick and inexplicable decision was made to disallow private ...

Goodbye Saigon. Hello Ho Chi Minh City. What hell might be like ...

Friday, April 29. 2005. Goodbye Saigon. Hello Ho Chi Minh City. What hell might be like. Watching trees fall. Saigon vanished on April 30th, 30 years ago. ...

Success Key: Focus on what you want to have happen! Waving goodbye ...

Monday, July 4. 2005. Success Key: Focus on what you want to have happen! Waving goodbye to a sure $30000. Making $60000 instead! ...

US Marine cleared! My blog article bombs. Response to famous ...

Sunday, May 22. 2005. US Marine cleared! My blog article bombs. Response to famous hacker gone straight. Follow-up on “US Marine needs our support now.” ...

My Bio

Friday, December 17. 2004. My Bio. I had a pretty typical childhood growing up in a blue collar neighborhood in Baltimore. I was never much of a student, ...

How not to handle a bad haircut. The downside of hiding a lover in ...

Sunday, April 24. 2005. How not to handle a bad haircut. The downside of hiding a lover in your closet. Radio Go Daddy's 5th show. ...

How not to be afraid of the dark. Being a stick man on a craps table.

Sunday, July 17. 2005. How not to be afraid of the dark. Being a stick man on a craps table. Human's naturally fear the unknown. ...

See the Internet version of our NFC Playoff Game "Window Washer ...

Friday, January 6. 2006. See the Internet version of our NFC Playoff Game "Window Washer" ad here! To see the Internet only version of "Window Washer" click ...

Decision to deny domain name owner's privacy, flies in the face of ...

Monday, March 7. 2005. Decision to deny domain name owner's privacy, flies in the face of Former Secretary's visionary remarks! ...

A Phoenix Story. How kids get trapped on the streets.

Tuesday, February 15. 2005. A Phoenix Story. How kids get trapped on the streets. One of the little known organizations we work with is HomeBase Youth ...

9th circuit says "Sucks" is OK. A tool that sends SPAM? Really ...

Wednesday, April 6. 2005. 9th circuit says "Sucks" is OK. A tool that sends SPAM? Really strange domain names. Tune in to Radio GoDaddy's second show. ...

Bullies come in all shapes and sizes. Many are corporations. How ...

Thursday, September 22. 2005. Bullies come in all shapes and sizes. Many are corporations. How my Dad taught me to deal with them. ...

Was the banned Go Daddy Super Bowl ad indecent?

Thursday, February 10. 2005. Was the banned Go Daddy Super Bowl ad indecent? News Flash As I understand it, I will be appearing in the "No Spin Zone" on The ...

US Marine needs our support NOW!

Monday, December 20. 2004. US Marine needs our support NOW! Very first blog entry I've decided to kick off this blog by dealing with a subject that I've ...

Go Daddy buys a second Super Bowl spot. Our second ad that Fox ...

Sunday, January 30. 2005. Go Daddy buys a second Super Bowl spot. Our second ad that Fox rejected. I spent last week in New York City, talking with writers ...

The Go Daddy Girl. Our Super Bowl ad odds.

Tuesday, February 1. 2005. The Go Daddy Girl. Our Super Bowl ad odds. Since we posted the second commercial Fox rejected, I've received hundreds of comments ...

The .EU Landrush fiasco. New facts emerge. It's worse than we thought!

Tuesday, April 11. 2006. The .EU Landrush fiasco. New facts emerge. It's worse than we thought! The .EU Landrush is riddled with problems. ...

Go Daddy’s new television commercials. Why I think we did not go ...

Wednesday, September 14. 2005. Go Daddy’s new television commercials. Why I think we did not go too far...again. See them all here. Tell me what you think. ...

How Go Daddy got its name, its logo (and what they mean)

Thursday, December 16. 2004. How Go Daddy got its name, its logo (and what they mean). Perhaps I've been asked this question as much or more than any other. ...

Super Bowl ad deadline looming. #13 rejected by ABC. There's still ...

Friday, January 27. 2006. Super Bowl ad deadline looming. #13 rejected by ABC. There's still hope. See the Internet only version of "Window Washer" here. ...

2 Super Bowl spots today! See ad & web only cut here! Plus all ...

Sunday, February 5. 2006. 2 Super Bowl spots today! See ad & web only cut here! Plus all rejected ads. Super Bowl Sunday is finally here! ...

Go Daddy donates $25000 to Southern Asia Tsunami Relief Effort

Wednesday, December 29. 2004. Go Daddy donates $25000 to Southern Asia Tsunami Relief Effort. The tsunami was caused by a tremendous undersea earthquake, ...

Our special 4th of July animation. Some very funny new beer ...

Sunday, July 3. 2005. Our special 4th of July animation. Some very funny new beer commercials. Happy 4th of July America!Now that the 4th of July is upon us ...

What happened to Go Daddy's second Super Bowl ad spot?

Sunday, February 6. 2005. What happened to Go Daddy's second Super Bowl ad spot? As you may have noticed our Super Bowl ad only appeared during the ...

Outrageous Ads. Our new ad for the NFC playoff games. Super Bowl ...

Wednesday, January 4. 2006. Outrageous Ads. Our new ad for the NFC playoff games. Super Bowl Blues. Every once and a while I see a news article on the net ...

Still no decision on our 14th and final Super Bowl ad. See ...

Wednesday, February 1. 2006. Still no decision on our 14th and final Super Bowl ad. See rejected ads and storyboards here! There's still no decision. ...

When, where and why our internet only version of "Car Wash" will ...

Sunday, October 2. 2005. When, where and why our internet only version of "Car Wash" will be available. Our production group created two versions of "Car ...

Big ideas. The easy way I discovered to make them happen.

Monday, April 3. 2006. Big ideas. The easy way I discovered to make them happen. Small improvements are key. Big ideas are cool. ...

Go Daddy gives $250000 to help with Hurricane Katrina relief ...

Wednesday, August 31. 2005. Go Daddy gives $250000 to help with Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Beware of fund raising scams. The safe way to donate. ...

Go Daddy’s Super Bowl Ad Is Approved! See the approved ad and our ...

Thursday, February 2. 2006. Go Daddy’s Super Bowl Ad Is Approved! See the approved ad and our rejected ads here! We buy a second spot. It's approved! ...

See our Super Bowl & New "There’sa name for people like you" ads.

Monday, February 14. 2005. See our Super Bowl & New "There’sa name for people like you" ads. Go Daddy has two new television commercials. ...

Blog Rules

Friday, December 24. 2004. Blog Rules. Now that this blog has been up and running for a few months, it has started to attract a wide range of attention and ...

Our annual birthday card to the Marine Corps! It's hot. See it here.

Wednesday, November 9. 2005. Our annual birthday card to the Marine Corps! It's hot. See it here. We started early on the multimedia effort this year — and ...

Our Super Bowl ad gets approved. See it plus rejects here. ABC ...

Friday, February 3. 2006. Our Super Bowl ad gets approved. See it plus rejects here. ABC makes us an offer we can't refuse. ...

Why blog?

Friday, December 17. 2004. Why blog? About my weblog Over the past couple years the subject of starting my own blog has come up hundreds of times, ...

Go Daddy increases Tsunami Relief donation to $250000.

Wednesday, January 12. 2005. Go Daddy increases Tsunami Relief donation to $250000. The more I read about and see news coverage on television about the ...

Radio Go Daddy Debuts!

Tuesday, March 29. 2005. Radio Go Daddy Debuts! How to listen to our very first show. Wednesday, March 30th at 7 pm (PST) will be a great day for me. ...

Go Daddy's birthday card to America. Plus our tribute to the ...

Monday, July 3. 2006. Go Daddy's birthday card to America. Plus our tribute to the United States Marine Corps. Our special 4th of July message. ...

For January 30, 2006 - February 26, 2006 Data provided by IAG ...

For January 30, 2006 - February 26, 2006. Data provided by IAG Research, March 17, 2006 (www.iagr.net)

Public speaking - do we fear this more than death? How I learned ...

Friday, May 20. 2005. Public speaking - do we fear this more than death? How I learned to deal with being shy. Most of us are more afraid of public speaking ...

Pre-Super Bowl Coverage. How to see our Super Bowl Ad and bonus ...

Sunday, February 6. 2005. Pre-Super Bowl Coverage. How to see our Super Bowl Ad and bonus coverage. Pre-Super Bowl coverage of our ad has been great. ...

Our new commercials. The Go Daddy Girl - she's baaaack!. Our third ...

Tuesday, April 12. 2005. Our new commercials. The Go Daddy Girl - she's baaaack!. Our third radio show. Well it's time for our third Radio Go Daddy show. ...

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Hot Points – A blog by Go Daddy founder and president Bob Parsons

Hot Points, a Web log (blog) by Bob Parsons, founder and president of GoDaddy.com, discusses hot Internet and political issues, plus the latest developments ...