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GoDaddy Acquires Afternic, SmartName, NameFind for SMBs

GoDaddy is continuing their newly found focus of small-to-medium businesses (SMB) by acquiring domain marketplace Afternic, domain parking service SmartName and name generator NameFind from NameMedia. Terms for all deals were not disclosed. Afternic - a Boston Massachusetts-based company - is the leading domain aftermarket companies. Afternic lists more than 5 million domains and has 75 million searches a month.

GoDaddy.com’s New Direction: Less Provocative, More SMB Focused

Today I got an email from current CEO Blake Irving, regarding the changes at Godaddy.com. Being a loyal customer of the service for over 7 years now, this new direction looks to be very serious and even more attractive for people trying to start a website. Today, GoDaddy's front page got a revamp. Gone is Danika Patrick and those provocative