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At first, a GoDaddy spokesman said that the company “does not comment on rumours”. But later, another report by the Wall Street Journal published in late October, 2010, noted that the company pulled itself off the market and was no longer for sale.<ref>[http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2010/10/26/20101026arizona-go-daddy-pulls-out-potential-sale-report-says.html AZCentral]</ref>
At first, a GoDaddy spokesman said that the company “does not comment on rumours”. But later, another report by the Wall Street Journal published in late October, 2010, noted that the company pulled itself off the market and was no longer for sale.<ref>[http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2010/10/26/20101026arizona-go-daddy-pulls-out-potential-sale-report-says.html AZCentral]</ref>
==ICANN==
==ICANN==
*GoDaddy has come under fire from ICANN due to its previous practice of locking down domain information for 60 days after the info is edited or updated. The practice meant that updating one's contact information could've potentially prevented a domain transfer to one of GoDaddy's competitors.<ref>[http://tech.slashdot.org/story/08/04/08/0349253/ICANN-Moves-Against-GoDaddy-Domain-Lockdowns ICANN Moves Against GoDaddy Domain Lockdowns]</ref>
* In 2008, GoDaddy has come under fire from ICANN due to its previous practice of locking down domain information for 60 days after the info is edited or updated. The practice meant that updating one's contact information could've potentially prevented a domain transfer to one of GoDaddy's competitors.<ref>[http://tech.slashdot.org/story/08/04/08/0349253/ICANN-Moves-Against-GoDaddy-Domain-Lockdowns ICANN Moves Against GoDaddy Domain Lockdowns]</ref>
*In 2007, GoDaddy agreed to take over [[RegisterFly]]'s entire portfolio of 850,000 domains.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29may07.htm ICANN Announcement May, 2007]</ref> The latter lost its ICANN accreditation due to internal conflicts in the company that were causing its renewal and other automated services not to function properly.<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/19/registerfly_angry_customers/ Registerfly Angry Customers]</ref> GoDaddy's move was enthusiastically welcomed by ICANN, which was put in a critical bind by the situation.
* In 2007, GoDaddy agreed to take over [[RegisterFly]]'s entire portfolio of 850,000 domains.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-29may07.htm ICANN Announcement May, 2007]</ref> The latter lost its ICANN accreditation due to internal conflicts in the company that were causing its renewal and other automated services not to function properly.<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/19/registerfly_angry_customers/ Registerfly Angry Customers]</ref> GoDaddy's move was enthusiastically welcomed by ICANN, which was put in a critical bind by the situation.
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