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I figured this will affect GoDaddy in the long term much more than it did in the short term, when people said "after all the fuss, it seems GoDaddy didn't lose
by nextparadigms 15y ago
I figured this will affect GoDaddy in the long term much more than it did in the short term, when people said "after all the fuss, it seems GoDaddy didn't lose that many users".
The point was that people wrote a ton of negative articles about GoDaddy then, and since that day forward virtually no one will recommend GoDaddy anymore, and instead will (probably) recommend NameCheap or someone else. I would expect the GoDaddy exodus to continue in the next few years.
- vaksel 15y agoyes...but all those stories would have boosted GoDaddy by quite a bit in rankings in Google My guess is that this change is temporary and that someone at GoDaddy is calling their Google rep...and we'll see a fix shortly. GoDaddy actually uses Adwords(and they rank #1...so they spend the most)...NameCheap doesn't appear to be(at least for the domain name search term). And they have a valid claim for being the biggest domain registrar...so Google loses nothing by playing the game and getting them to rank higher
- OstiaAntica 15y agoGoogle is not permitted to allow the AdWord spend influence their search results.
- brokentone 15y agoIs not permitted, or does not? Serious question
- jaredmck 15y agoThey do not allow the AdWords spending to directly influence search results. There's likely some higher-order effects which could influence the results, though.
- OstiaAntica 15y agoI think US anti-trust law, and various promises that Google has made to the authorities in the past as part of M & A deals, prohibit them from crossing the line.
- vaksel 15y agoyes...but I'd bet they have a lot more recourse if they are a major Google customer...if a bug lowers your rankings..tough...but if you are a customer it'll get resolved.