Posted on 10/01/2014 8:25:48 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
GoDaddy’s CEO is speaking on the “Male Allies” panel at next week’s Anita Borg Institute Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing event. Let that soak in for a moment.
Such a role for a GoDaddy CEO would not have been imaginable five years ago. The company, known for its objectifying TV commercials, has rankled women for the past decade.
But the man behind those commercials is no longer at the helm of GoDaddy*. Blake Irving is now running the show and wants to change the company’s image. That includes ending the controversial commercials (a move that was underway before he took the CEO gig).
Not everyone knows about this shift at the company, or at least is willing to forgive GoDaddy for its previous advertising.
Irving has responded to one such person who challenged him on Twitter with a blog post responding to 7 tweets she directed to him.
It’s a rather thoughtful post on change at the company and Irving’s own beliefs about women in technology and equality.
Irving can’t undue the past at GoDaddy and the impressions it has left on people that will only every know the company by its controversial commercials.
(Excerpt) Read more at domainnamewire.com ...
He also got rid of the cheap SSL certificates. Which may ultimately lead to GoDaddy’s decline.
They also swapped out their website builder for another one that simply didn’t work very well and had really dull templates. I moved to Weebly.
It’s a pity, because GoDaddy was good when it was good. I really didn’t care about Danica Patrick and the cheesy ads.
He’s going to speak at women?
Somehow I don’t think they are going to like that much.
Threads about Danica Patrick are USELESS without PICTURES...
....of her wearing a lot less
..since 2003, I’m sure you know how to post pics. :)
A car wreak waiting to happen.
She's holding her own, middle-of-the-pack.
Good Team & Equipment goes a long way.
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