Author Archives: Dave Koopman

About Dave Koopman

Started with Go Daddy in 2002 as a software developer in Email. In a team environment, we built Web-Based Email and Online Group Calendar. Since, positions include: Manager of Dedicated Hosting Development, Systems Architect, Manager of Mysql Operations, Email Architect, Chief Technology Officer, VP Product Development and most recently Chief Scientist. This is a personal blog and opinions are of my own and not necessarily that of my employer. I also author on Inside.GoDaddy.com. Connect with me on Google.

Lawn Construction

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Dave Koopman

I made a website for Dwight Weller, my landscaper, using Go Daddy’s Website Builder. He registered a great domain name, lawnconstruction.com. His business, SieCamDen Property Services, does lawn care services, landscaping, stone paver installation, water features and more. This was … Continue reading →

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Inside Go Daddy Dave Koopman Chief Scientist

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Dave Koopman

I’m flattered and embarrassed. This was a lot of fun to make, the Go Daddy productions crew did a great job making this short and fun to watch. There is something really funny and embarrassing about midway. Check it out. … Continue reading →

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Lazy Social Buttons

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Dave Koopman

Want social buttons on your wordpress blog pages, but you don’t want to pay the performance penalty? Try Lazy Social Buttons by Go Daddy. The WordPress Plugin is a wrapper for the Go Daddy open source lazy-social-buttons posted on github … Continue reading →

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Go Daddy API, Example use

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Dave Koopman

Very recently, Go Daddy released it’s public API that can be used with Go Daddy Cloud Servers and Easy Database. Since I’m a Go Daddy Cloud Servers customer (and employee of Go Daddy), I wanted to provide you with an … Continue reading →

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_setSiteSpeedSampleRate usage

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Dave Koopman

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Gearing Up For Velocity and to Meet @souders and @patmeenan

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Dave Koopman

I can hardly wait to go to Santa Clara tomorrow for an action packed 3 days of Web Performance and Operations at Velocity Conference. I’m going with a dozen other Go Daddy folks. We’re going to learn a lot and … Continue reading →

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Akismet worth it

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Dave Koopman

@photomatt told me to use Akismet, it works. I could qualify for free, but I’m paying $5/mo – because if it works, it’s worth it, and they deserve to be paid for it. I’ll report later how well it works. … Continue reading →

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How to make rel author show picture in Google SERP Results

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Dave Koopman

To make the image show up in your SERPs, here is what you do:   1. If you don’t already have one, go to the Google+ home page (plus.google.com), create a Google+ account.   2. In your Google+ account, Edit … Continue reading →

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