GoDaddy

Rabid opposition to SOPA from the core of its customer base, waffling on whether it will or won't support legislation it allegedly helped write and the failure to follow through on either support or opposition are making GoDaddy long-term enemies on both sides of a divisive issue.

GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons made GoDaddy the one well known name among domain registrars with commercials full of jiggle and blogs filled with items chosen to attract more attention through outrage than wisdom. New investors may have changed all that.

Domain registrar and web hosting company may be acquired by private-equity partnership, according to WSJ sources.