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Colleen

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I've answered you before on this but here goes again. akaQA is owned by a group of private investors. It is not owned by any major corporation. Just a small group of people who thought it would be fun to design a web forum, each putting in their share for the cost of programming and advertising to get it on the internet with good visibility.

10 years ago. Rating: 7
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Colleen

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mycatsmom

I learned that it's owned by abuse@godaddy.com Domains By Proxy, LLC

Registrar GODADDY.com, LLC

Hosting company ---Softlayer Technologies Inc.

commented 10 years ago

Colleen

No, it is hosted to GoDaddy. Meaning the owners of akaQA pay GoDaddy for the web domain that akaQA is on. Because akaQA is on a domain from GoDaddy, we get better visibility. Before you play sleuth, you should know something about websites and domains and how they work.

commented 10 years ago

mycatsmom

that's what the internet is for

commented 10 years ago

Colleen

Yes but it's also for finding out exactly what a domain is ;)

commented 10 years ago

Ducky

Karma: 1032550

I was made aware that it is currently owned by GoDaddy.....no secret at all. The information is easily available.

10 years ago. Rating: 6
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Colleen

Hosted to GoDaddy, not owned by GoDaddy.

commented 10 years ago

Ducky

Oh I'm so sorry. I've made a terrible error! LOL!!

commented 10 years ago

Colleen

Not really. It's a mistake many people make. Basically the owners of akaQA, rent a domain from GoDaddy who ensure that this forum gets great visibility on the internet.

commented 10 years ago

mycatsmom

why do they call it " abuseGodaddy '' ?

commented 10 years ago

Colleen

You found the page that a person reports abuse to I guess, not the actual homepage. GoDaddy does not host illicit websites but some owners lie about their site. If you find a website doing something illegal and it is hosted by GoDaddy, you can report it to GoDaddy and they will suspend it and remove it from it's domain.

commented 10 years ago

jhharlan