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Bob Parsons, the larger than life founder of GoDaddy, tweeted earlier this afternoon that the GoDaddy Ad for the Super Bowl had been rejected - again.

CBS rejected the advert, which can be viewed online, as being "offensive to certain viewers".

Of course the outcome of their decision will be even more PR for GoDaddy, but that was inevitable.

But what is so offensive about the advert?

Is it the lingerie or the implied sexual preferences of the main character?

As a European I can't see how anyone would be offended.

GoDaddy's adverts wouldn't be considered that risque to a European audience. However, for some odd reason, they've caused plenty of controversy in the US for the last few years.

This year they're obviously capitalising on the run up to the SuperBowl with trailers for their adverts.

While Hollywood loves to whet our appetites with trailers for full length movies, GoDaddy has taken the step of creating teasers of their ads!

Here's the trailer:

Bob Parsons, the CEO / founder and owner of GoDaddy, has launched a new business venture.

This time round it has absolutely nothing to do with domains or the internet. He's selling motorbikes!

Check out the interview on Fox Business:



He's got some interesting reflections on how the current economy is going as well, so it makes for an interesting interview.

Update: Bob Parsons replying to me on Twitter provided some more information as well as a link to the site:
"I own several dealerships. Ducati, BMW, Triumph, Honda, Vespa, Piaggio. Expanded into new facilities. www.goaz.com"

According to post earlier today on Jothan Frakes' blog the .me registry is going to be managed by Aflilias in partnership with GoDaddy.

Francesco posted about the tendering process back in November and while his post does cover most of the issues with the tender he obviously hadn't considered the possibility of a registry operator teaming up with a registrar - but who could have?

What will be interesting to see is how they manage the registry moving forward. Is it likely to end up being converted into something that it wasn't intended to be originally? (think .tv or .ws) Or will it manage to strike the balance between catering for the region's residents while also serving the global market? (Unlikely, but you never know!)

Only time will tell! (And yes - I have used that phrase before)

I mentioned some time ago that GoDaddy and Afilias had joined forces to bid on the .us tender.

Adam Strong reports that the US Department of Commerce has decided to renew Neustar's contract