P.S. Bob Parsons and Go Daddy are no strangers to a bit of controversy. Bob was criticized for spending a reported $2.4M on a TV Super Bowl ad to gain exposure for his fledgling domain name company. His reponse to that here.
And I've been thinking... maybe I shouldn't jump on Bob so fast about his Gitmo blog essay. If he's willing to be that transparent about his politics and - this is the caveat - willing to acknowledge that his conservative political leanings do color our perception of his company( for better or for worse), then so be it.
Blog away... this is how the snowball effect (aka snowblogging) occurs. Say something controversial. Prompt lots of response. Get lots of links. And the snowball of conversation about Go Daddy just gets bigger. Which is the whole point of effective blogging, isn't it?
In this case, I think he's crossed the line from controversial to inappropriate. Mix terrorism into any discussion of politics and the results are bound to be inflammatory, misconstrued, etc. But that's my definition of a line not to cross in corporate blogging. Perhaps I'm being a purist. Waddya think?? Click Comments and speak up even if you want to give me a hard time. It's OK, really...
Previous Comments
Sandra said on June 25, 2005 at 09:59 AM
Personally I disagree with his post (as it was originally written) and find his arguments illogical. I thought it inappropriate for a corporate blog, but what offended me more was some of his replies to comments. Bob has a habbit of sarcasm and on more than one reply he said that he didn’t care if he lost customers.
However, it seems that from some of the more recent comments he seems to have learned his lesson and vows to stay away from political controversy. A blog is a personal medium and encourages the writer to write from personal experience and opinion. When writing a blog, even a corporate related one, it’s easy to forget when to draw the line. I think Bob just found himslef in that common dilema that many bloggers find themselves in at one time or another.
Bruce Burke said on June 19, 2008 at 09:46 AM
I totallly agree - Bob should be more focused on the customer than on pics and videos of himself hanging out with a bunch of chicks. Our website hosted with Go Daddy has been scrambled for four days now due to a server migration by them that has not been fixed. Bob needs to get less self centered and more customer centric. His Customer Service reps will not provide any employee IDs, no extensions, no email addresses no nothing except a first name. Bob if you are reading this take care of your customer so you can still afford the chicks when you are 70.
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