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Consumers Say an Oddly Spelled Domain Name Gives Them the Ick

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GoDaddy Consumer Pulse survey shows domain names directly impact consumer shopping behavior

TEMPE, Ariz., March 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — In honor of the humble domain name turning 40 this month, a new survey by GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) asked consumers to spill the tea on what they consider red and green flags when it comes to a business’s domain name. Although different generations had varying opinions, they all agreed on two things: size and spelling matter.

In the latest GoDaddy Consumer Pulse* survey, an overwhelming majority (80%) of the 1,500 U.S. consumers polled in March said they avoided visiting or purchasing from a website because it had an oddly spelled domain name. This sentiment was stronger across younger generations, with 85% of Gen Z and 82% of Millennials reporting they passed up a business due to the spelling of its domain, compared to 76% of Gen X and Boomers.

Consumers (71%) expect businesses to maintain a dedicated website and domain and had a lot of thoughts about what makes for a good domain name.

Green flags: Short, easy to read domain names
Consumers appreciate when domains are short and sweet, with correctly spelled words that are easy to pronounce.

Qualities consumers said make a domain memorable:

Full words spelled correctly – 43%A short domain of two words or less – 40%If the domain is easily pronounced – 38%Unique domain extensions (like .AI or .shop) – 23%A funny domain (rhyming or punny) – 19%

Red flags: Misspelled, mismatched or hyphenated domain names
Consumers are leery of domain names that have misspelled words or those that do not match the business’s name. In fact, 3 in 4 (74%) consumers are more comfortable when a domain name matches a brand name exactly.

Qualities consumers said make them NOT trust a domain:

Misspelled words – 56%The domain doesn’t match the business’s name – 55%Hyphens in the domain name – 20%Numbers in the domain name – 20%Free domains (like sites.google.com, name.wixsites.com, godaddysites.com, etc.) – 20%

Yes, people still use their keyboard
In a world where click, tap and swipe are the norm, most consumers will still type in a business’s domain name if they want to shop at the business’s website.

Half of consumers (50%) will regularly type in a business’s domain name if they want to shop on its websiteMore than a quarter (27%) of consumers will type in a business’s domain only if they remember itApproximately 1 in 4 people (23%) never type in a business’s domain name and will get to the site through a search engine, emails, bookmarks or social media

“Businesses that don’t take time to choose the right domain name inadvertently put themselves three steps behind,” said Trip Briscoe, a domain name expert at GoDaddy. “It’s worth investing in a quality domain that is spelled correctly and exactly matches your business’s name. It’s the difference between a potential customer finding you effortlessly or getting lost in the vastness of the internet.”

Having experienced the internet for most—if not all—of their lives, younger generations seem to view domain names more critically.

Younger consumers’ shopping habits are more likely to be impacted by a company’s domain name. When asked if they have ever stopped shopping at a company online because of their website’s domain name:

Gen Z – 39% said yesMillennials – 35% said yesGen X and Boomers – 15% said yes

Gen Z and Millennials are more likely to find domains with a unique domain extension (like .AI or .shop) memorable compared to Gen X and Boomers.

Gen Z – 34% said unique domain extensions are memorableMillennials – 30% said unique domain extensions are memorableGen X and Boomers – 17% said unique domain extensions are memorable

Gen Z and Millennials are more likely to find funny (rhyming or punny) domains memorable compared to Gen X and Boomers.

Gen Z – 25% said funny domains are memorableMillennials – 24% said funny domains are memorableGen X and Boomers – 15% said funny domains are memorable

Gen Z and Millennials rely less on search engines, bookmarks, social media or emails to get to a website and instead type out the company’s domain name. When asked how often they type in a business’s domain name to go to their website:

Gen Z – 16% said they don’t type in domains and click through to websites from other channelsMillennials – 18% said they don’t type in domains and click through to websitesGen X and Boomers – 28% said they don’t type in domains and click through to websites

New businesses need to consider the importance of domain name availability when naming their company, and established brick-and-mortars need to take the same considerations when expanding online.

Businesses can search for a domain at GoDaddy.com. If the exact domain name a business owner wants isn’t available, they can attempt to acquire the domain on the domain name aftermarket — a secondary marketplace for domains where buyers purchase domain names that are already registered.

For those who want to start a small business but haven’t yet picked out a name, they can use GoDaddy Airo® to suggest a host of creative, AI-generated ideas—and then secure a domain, create a logo, launch a website and more in minutes.

*GoDaddy Consumer Pulse is a series of surveys of consumers ages 18 and above conducted throughout the year.

About GoDaddy
GoDaddy helps millions of entrepreneurs globally start, grow, and scale their businesses. People come to GoDaddy to name their idea, build a website and logo, sell their products and services and accept payments. GoDaddy Airo®, the company’s AI-powered experience, makes growing a small business faster and easier by helping them to get their idea online in minutes, drive traffic and boost sales. GoDaddy’s expert guides are available 24/7 to provide assistance. To learn more about the company, visit www.GoDaddy.com

 

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Global Influencer Stars Shine at the 2025 WIBA Awards in Cannes

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Panda Boi, Zarina Yeva, Whitney Uland, Patricia Bright, Abi Marquez,  among WIBA Awards 2025 title holders

CANNES, France, May 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The seventh annual WIBA Awards—celebrating social media personalities dedicated to making a global impact—were held on May 23, 2025, at the iconic Hôtel Martinez during the Cannes Film Festival. The prestigious event brought together hundreds of leading content creators behind the year’s most viral moments. Guests enjoyed an elegant evening featuring a cocktail reception, a Gala Dinner, and a dazzling Awards ceremony, highlighted by a special performance from Panjabi MC.

The event awarded international celebrities and extraordinary personalities such as Whitney Uland, Zarina Yeva, Patricia Bright, Abi Marquez, Jessica de Oliveira, Jasmin Gassmann, Jodok Vuille, Aurélie, Whitney Uland, Misha Miller and others. The 2025 Grand Prix WIBA title was awarded to Panda Boi, an Italy-based YouTuber with over 71 million followers on social media.

WIBA Awards were overseen by the World Influencers Association (WIBA) based in Monaco. It was the first and the only international award honoring the work of social media personalities across multiple categories.

WIBA Awards title holders are the top world influencers, such as Lena Situations, Coco Rocha, Maye Musk, Richard Orlinski, Khaby Lame, Nusret Gökçe, Nikkie Tutorials, Gianluca Vacchi, Foodgod, Kat Graham, Kelly Rutherford, Ellen Von Unwerth and others.

WIBA Awards event highlighted the most followed social causes, empowered diverse influencers’ voices, encouraged collaboration, and fostered a sense of a global community of peers. The typical instant reach of a WIBA Awards ballroom was over 200 million impressions.

As an official sponsor and partner of the event, KIKO Milano curated a glamorous backstage experience for top influencers and WIBA 2025 titleholders, also delighting guests with exclusive gifts.

WIBA 2025 Titleholders  

Panda Boi : Grand Prix
Jasmin Gassmann : Influential Actress in social media
Mara Lafontan : Motivational Lifestyle Influencer
Jodok Vuille : Music Art Influencer
Zarina Yeva : Fashion Socialite
Aurelie : Travel Influencer
Tony Czech : Sports Entertainment
Taha Shah Badussha : Influential Actor in social media
Virginia Varinelli : Fashion Business Influencer
Argy : Contemporary Art Influencer
Georgi Sandev : Influential Celebrity Makeup Artist
Jennifer Yepez : Influential Celebrity Hair Stylist
Edouard Siney : Best Talents’ Agent
Misha Miller : Trendsetter Influencer
Jessica De Oliveira : Fashion Entertainment Influencer
Patricia Bright : Video Most Successful Britain’s Social Media Personality
Ozodbek Khurramov : Leading Middle Asia Influencer
NUTSA : Singer Influencer
Whitney Uland : Influential Talent’s Coach
Maren Tschinkel : Influential Health & Wellness Model
Leane Marts : Beauty Influencer
Karolina Agata Sankiewicz : Glamourous Sport Influencer
Shintaro Kambara & Kenta Kambara : Young Visionary Designers Award
LIONFIELD : Entertainment Influencers
Bilonda Alice Mukendi : Multi Platform Influencer
Abi Marquez : Food Influencer
Charlie Griffon : Best Pet Influencer
Sean Sudarshan Rajan founder @thebillionairesclub : Influential Luxury Society

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The world says ‘NamAIste’ to Made in India’s world’s first Hospitality GPT by IIHM

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AI-powered knowledge engine built on deep domain research is the global hospitality industry’s biggest innovation. Hospitality stakeholders and industry captains hail the launch of ‘NamAIste – IIHM Hospitality GPT’ as a Viksit Bharat enterprise.

KOLKATA, India, May 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — There is a new dawn in the world of hospitality. The global unison of technology and human touch, in the form of the world’s first-ever hospitality-exclusive GPT, was launched in Kolkata, India, following the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream for a ‘Make in India‘ technology in the spirit of Viksit Bharat.

Pioneered by the visionary zeal of AI evangelist and Chairman of IIHM, Dr. Suborno Bose, the NamAIste IIHM Hospitality GPT was introduced and launched, before a global audience of hospitality leaders, students, and stakeholders, as a vehicle of limitless possibilities. NamAIste – HospitalityGPT is the world’s first Generative AI-powered knowledge engine tailored for the hospitality industry.

Beyond the realms of a chatbot or a normal GPT, the “NamAIste – IIHM Hospitality GPT” is a repository of extensive, inclusive, and exclusive knowledge, information, research, innovation, and trends which will be galaxies beyond what a normal search engine or chatbot can do.

This was welcomed by the industry as nothing less than a giant satellite launch into space. In effect, it wasn’t far from that, as the NamAIste IIHM Hospitality GPT will traverse new horizons, giving closed-user access to information and research that will be unmatched.

Proudly Made in India, Made by Indians, NamAIste is a customized Large Language Model (LLM) specifically engineered for the hospitality sector. It empowers AI-driven learning, decision-making, and innovation—ushering in a new era of hospitality intelligence.

As the creator of NamAIste IIHM Hospitality GPT, Dr. Suborno Bose, Chairman, IIHM, said,

“The industry is ready to accept it. The industry is waiting. It’s a global mind changer. It is not just a tech marvel but a dawn of a new way of thinking and the dawn of reimagining things.”

During his vision address at the grand launch event at IIHM Global Campus—and joined virtually from India and nations across time zones and geographies—Dr. Suborno Bose said,

“It is an engine of innovation, excellence, and a bold announcement that India is at par with the best in the world. The time for India to lead has come — and we have arrived. If the US can have Google, and China can have DeepSeek, India can — and now does — have NamAIste. NamAIste – IIHM HospitalityGPT is designed to empower students, faculty, hospitality professionals, and industry stakeholders with real-time access to insights, trends, and global best practices.”

Entiovi Technologies was the tech partner of the project that developed NamAIste, a customized Large Language Model (LLM) specifically tailored for the hospitality industry—ensuring hospitality-centric AI-powered learning and decision-making. Sanjoy Chatterjee, Director, Entiovi Technologies, an industry-admired name in tech innovation, said during his vision address,

“It all started with an early morning conversation between me and Dr. Bose in February this year. The uniqueness of NamAIste is not technology. The whole platform is built on open-source technology. The uniqueness is creating the knowledge base from 60 countries. Imagine a student in Bengal writing a question about Japanese culinary history and the answer coming from Japanese documents in Bengali.”

When this was demonstrated, the entire audience in Kolkata and those who participated virtually burst into loud applause. Countries across the world also realised the depth and uniqueness of this exclusive knowledge.

Dr. Suborno Bose then went on to underline the significance of this global launch to the country,

“I must congratulate team IIHM and Entiovi Technologies but especially our country India, our Viksit Bharat. This is a true Make in India moment because it shows what we are capable of and this is for the entire hospitality industry which has been a huge supporter of IIHM for 34 years. This is what our mission statement is all about—innovation and creativity. This is another great example of how IIHM comes out of the traditional hospitality education to innovative education backed by AI and tech emergence,” Dr. Bose added.

He added a sensitive human touch to the proceedings when he said,

“AI cannot change the human factor. Our industry is a people industry. It’s for the people. This will always remain an industry of smiles and hospitable character. AI will assist this to ensure that we rise to the customer’s expectations purposefully and work and apply AI in a different way.”

On how this hospitality GPT is for the future, Dr. Bose said,

“It is best for the students and will change the way hospitality education would be taught in the future. It’s made by Indians, for the world. It’s a gift from India to the world of hospitality. We do not teach our students hospitality management. We teach them the business of hospitality. We invest a lot to promote that.”

This was indeed a “Greeted in India” moment. As IIHM campuses across India erupted with joy and elation at the unlocking of limitless possibilities, students, faculty, and faculty members expressed pride in their institution that went beyond preparing students for hospitality, to creating an exclusive launch vehicle for global hospitality excellence. Made right at their home and made for the world.

Key Benefits of NamAIste:

Revolutionizing hospitality education and trainingEnabling smart, data-driven decision-making for industry professionalsProviding instant access to best practices, SOPs, and service innovation strategies

The launch was joined by hospitality educators, iconic chefs, CEOs of hospitality-linked companies, all of whom will be ambassadors taking the world of NamAIste IIHM Hospitality GPT to the world, for the students, innovators, and hospitality captains.

Manish Dayya, General Manager of Sofitel, BKC Mumbai, said elatedly,

“It is a proud moment for India as this tool is made in India and supports the Make in India movement. This tool and technology will support the hospitality industry in India and globally.”

Ishan Sarkar, Chief Business Officer, Indya Foods, commented,

“An evangelist is someone who brings good news. Dr. Suborno Bose is not just an AI evangelist—he is a hospitality evangelist. NamAIste is the best news the hospitality industry has received in the modern era.”

Sabrina Dey, General Manager, ITC Windsor, Bengaluru, said,

“The NamAIste – IIHM Hospitality GPT is truly a gift. Not only to India, but to the global hospitality community. If ‘Tech and Touch’ is the mantra, and integrating AI into hospitality is the goal, then NamAIste is the perfect launch vehicle. In the world of AI, this is nothing short of a space mission—turning the seemingly impossible into reality. Congratulations to Dr. Suborno Bose and the entire IIHM team.”

Every time this first-ever knowledge repository is opened anywhere in the world, the early morning conversation between Suborno Bose and Sanjoy Chatterjee, the visionary and creator, will ring somewhere in the hospitality ecosystem.

This is IIHM’s gift to the global hospitality industry — and to hospitality students everywhere.

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Club Offers Released on May 25, 2025

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NEW YORK, May 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Travelzoo® (NASDAQ: TZOO), the club for travel enthusiasts, announces the release of Club Offers for Club Members.

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Apartments of at least 92 square meters, surrounded by cypresses and vineyards. Club members receive daily breakfast plus a 3-course candlelight dinner.

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Located in the middle of the UNESCO-protected old town is this 5-star superior hotel. Condé Nast Traveller magazine lists it as one of the best hotels in Budapest. The “bold design” is particularly highlighted.

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4-star superior hotel with panoramic views of the countryside. Half board with organic products and access to the spa with thermal pool is included. Club members save 39–66 percent compared to the original price.

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