Leaf 10-K 17 Mar 14 2013 FY Annual report Financial data

Document_and_Entity_Informatio

Document and Entity Information (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 07, 2014	Jun. 28, 2013
Entity Information [Line Items]	'	'	'
Entity Registrant Name	'DEMAND MEDIA INC.	'	'
Entity Central Index Key	'0001365038	'	'
Current Fiscal Year End Date	'--12-31	'	'
Entity Filer Category	'Accelerated Filer	'	'
Document Type	'10-K	'	'
Document Period End Date	31-Dec-13	'	'
Document Fiscal Year Focus	'2013	'	'
Document Fiscal Period Focus	'FY	'	'
Trading Symbol	'DMD	'	'
Amendment Flag	'false	'	'
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding	'	91,007,038	'
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	'No	'	'
Entity Voluntary Filers	'No	'	'
Entity Current Reporting Status	'Yes	'	'
Entity Public Float	'	'	$237.30

Consolidated_Balance_Sheets

Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Current assets	'	'
Cash and cash equivalents	$153,511	$102,933
Accounts receivable, net	33,301	45,517
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	7,826	6,041
Deferred registration costs	66,273	57,718
Total current assets	260,911	212,209
Deferred registration costs, less current portion	12,514	11,320
Property and equipment, net	42,193	35,467
Intangible assets, net	88,766	91,746
Goodwill	347,382	266,349
Other assets	25,322	20,906
Total assets	777,088	637,997
Current liabilities	'	'
Accounts payable	12,814	10,471
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	34,679	40,489
Deferred tax liabilities	22,415	18,892
Current portion of long-term debt	15,000	'
Deferred revenue	84,955	75,142
Total current liabilities	169,863	144,994
Deferred revenue, less current portion	16,929	15,965
Other liabilities	13,041	4,847
Long-term debt	81,250	'
Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)	'	'
Stockholders’ equity	'	'
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value. Authorized 500,000 shares; 90,707 shares issued and 86,701 shares outstanding at December 31, 2013 and 90,378 shares issued and 86,931 shares outstanding at December 31, 2012	11	11
Additional paid-in capital	611,028	562,692
Accumulated other comprehensive income	502	15
Treasury stock at cost, 4,006 and 3,447 at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively	-30,767	-25,932
Accumulated deficit	-84,769	-64,595
Total stockholders’ equity	496,005	472,191
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$777,088	$637,997

Consolidated_Balance_Sheets_Pa

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value (usd per share)	$0.00	$0.00
Common Stock, Shares Authorized	500,000	500,000
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	90,707	90,378
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding	86,701	86,931
Treasury Stock, Shares	4,006	3,447

Consolidated_Statements_of_Ope

Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Revenue	$394,598	$380,578	$324,866
Service costs (exclusive of amortization of intangible assets shown separately below)	204,763	181,018	155,830
Sales and marketing	46,445	46,501	37,394
Product development	44,187	40,708	38,146
General and administrative	73,277	63,025	59,451
Amortization of intangible assets	44,409	40,676	47,174
Total operating expenses	413,081	371,928	337,995
Income (loss) from operations	-18,483	8,650	-13,129
Interest income	21	42	56
Interest expense	-1,642	-622	-861
Other income (expense), net	-61	-111	-413
Gain on other assets, net	4,232	'	'
Income (loss) before income taxes	-15,933	7,959	-14,347
Income tax expense	-4,241	-1,783	-4,177
Net income (loss)	-20,174	6,176	-18,524
Cumulative preferred stock dividends	'	'	-2,477
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders	($20,174)	$6,176	($21,001)
Net income (loss) per share - basic	($0.23)	$0.07	($0.27)
Net income (loss) per share - diluted	($0.23)	$0.07	($0.27)
Weighted average number of shares - basic	88,534	84,553	78,646
Weighted average number of shares - diluted	88,534	87,237	78,646

Consolidated_Statements_of_Com

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Net income (loss)	($20,174)	$6,176	($18,524)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:	'	'	'
Foreign currency translation adjustment	-75	-44	-49
Unrealized gain on marketable securities available-for-sale, net of tax expense of ($344)	562	'	'
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:	487	-44	-49
Comprehensive income (loss)	($19,687)	$6,132	($18,573)

Consolidated_Statements_of_Com1

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Parenthetical) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
Tax expense of unrealized gain on marketable securities	($344)

Consolidated_Statements_of_Sto

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) (USD $)	Total	Common stock	Additional paid-in capital	Treasury Stock	Accumulated other comprehensive income	Accumulated deficit
In Thousands
Stockholders' equity, beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2010	($15,416)	$2	$36,721	'	$108	($52,247)
Common stock shares outstanding, beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2010	'	15,372	'	'	'	'
Issuance of stock under employee stock awards, net, shares	'	2,806	'	'	'	'
Issuance of stock under employee stock awards and other, net	7,286	1	7,285	'	'	'
Stock option windfall tax benefits	126	'	126	'	'	'
Stock-based compensation expense	28,132	'	28,132	'	'	'
Conversion of preferred stock and warrants to common stock, shares	'	62,149	'	'	'	'
Conversion of preferred stock and warrants to common stock, value	374,550	6	374,544	'	'	'
Issuance of common stock on IPO, net of issuance costs, shares	'	5,175	'	'	'	'
Issuance of common stock on IPO, net of issuance costs, value	76,903	1	76,902	'	'	'
Issuance of common stock for acquisitions, shares	'	444	'	'	'	'
Issuance of common stock for acquisitions, value	4,322	'	4,322	'	'	'
Repurchases of common stock to be held in treasury, shares	'	-2,341	'	'	'	'
Repurchases of common stock to be held in treasury, value	-17,064	'	'	-17,064	'	'
Foreign currency translation adjustment	-49	'	'	'	-49	'
Net loss	-18,524	'	'	'	'	-18,524
Stockholders' equity ending balance at Dec. 31, 2011	440,266	10	528,032	-17,064	59	-70,771
Common stock shares outstanding, ending balance at Dec. 31, 2011	'	83,605	'	'	'	'
Issuance of stock under employee stock awards, net, shares	'	4,432	'	'	'	'
Issuance of stock under employee stock awards and other, net	8,353	1	8,352	'	'	'
Stock option windfall tax benefits	-41	'	-41	'	'	'
Stock-based compensation expense	26,882	'	26,882	'	'	'
Repurchases of common stock to be held in treasury, shares	'	-1,106	'	'	'	'
Repurchases of common stock to be held in treasury, value	-8,868	'	'	-8,868	'	'
Foreign currency translation adjustment	-44	'	'	'	-44	'
Net loss	6,176	'	'	'	'	6,176
Termination of warrants	-533	'	-533	'	'	'
Stockholders' equity ending balance at Dec. 31, 2012	472,191	11	562,692	-25,932	15	-64,595
Common stock shares outstanding, ending balance at Dec. 31, 2012	86,931	86,931	'	'	'	'
Issuance of stock under employee stock awards, net, shares	797	2,256	'	'	'	'
Issuance of stock under employee stock awards and other, net	7,059	'	7,059	'	'	'
Stock option windfall tax benefits	88	'	88	'	'	'
Stock-based compensation expense	24,908	'	24,908	'	'	'
Issuance of common stock for acquisitions, shares	'	2,079	'	'	'	'
Issuance of common stock for acquisitions, value	16,281	'	16,281	'	'	'
Repurchases of common stock to be held in treasury, shares	-600	-559	'	'	'	'
Repurchases of common stock to be held in treasury, value	-4,835	'	'	-4,835	'	'
Foreign currency translation adjustment	-75	'	'	'	-75	'
Net loss	-20,174	'	'	'	'	-20,174
Unrealized gain on marketable securities	562	'	'	'	562	'
Stockholders' equity ending balance at Dec. 31, 2013	$496,005	$11	$611,028	($30,767)	$502	($84,769)
Common stock shares outstanding, ending balance at Dec. 31, 2013	86,701	90,707	'	'	'	'

Consolidated_Statements_of_Cas

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Cash flows from operating activities	'	'	'
Net income (loss)	($20,174)	$6,176	($18,524)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:	'	'	'
Depreciation and amortization	64,910	60,334	68,132
Deferred income taxes	3,901	2,196	3,170
Stock-based compensation	27,384	31,368	28,730
Gain on other assets, net	-4,232	'	'
Other	-861	-479	321
Change in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisition:	'	'	'
Accounts receivable, net	12,393	-12,191	-4,603
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	-375	1,048	1,501
Deferred registration costs	-9,780	-8,847	-7,882
Deposits with registries	-914	721	-840
Other long-term assets	-2,572	74	522
Accounts payable	2,973	121	1,251
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	-5,960	5,788	3,598
Deferred revenue	9,470	4,674	9,973
Net cash provided by operating activities	76,163	90,983	85,349
Cash flows from investing activities	'	'	'
Purchases of property and equipment	-26,746	-17,708	-18,246
Purchases of intangible assets	-16,772	-13,237	-49,283
Payments for gTLD applications, net	-3,949	-18,202	'
Proceeds from gTLD withdrawals, net	5,616	'	'
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	-73,626	-17,480	-31,010
Other	942	-855	'
Net cash used in investing activities	-114,535	-67,482	-98,539
Cash flows from financing activities	'	'	'
Long-term debt borrowings	120,000	'	'
Long-term debt repayments	-23,750	'	'
Issuance costs related to debt and equity financings	-1,936	-144	-960
Principal payments on capital lease obligations	-695	-565	-520
Proceeds from issuances of common stock (net of issuance costs of $3,336)	'	'	78,480
Proceeds from exercises of stock options and contributions to ESPP	4,746	12,467	7,599
Repurchases of common stock	-4,835	-8,869	-17,064
Net taxes paid on RSUs and options exercised	4,576	9,496	725
Other	76	41	126
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	89,030	-6,566	66,936
Effect of foreign currency on cash and cash equivalents	-80	-37	-49
Change in cash and cash equivalents	50,578	16,898	53,697
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	102,933	86,035	32,338
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	153,511	102,933	86,035
Supplemental disclosure of cash flows	'	'	'
Cash paid for interest	849	414	390
Cash paid for taxes	99	916	9,960
Stock issued for acquisitions	16,281	'	'
Holdback liability related to acquisitions	$8,247	'	'

Company_Background_and_Overvie

Company Background and Overview	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Company Background and Overview	'
	Demand Media, Inc. and Subsidiaries
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
	1. Company Background and Overview
	Demand Media, Inc. (“Demand Media”), together with its consolidated subsidiaries (the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Santa Monica, California. Our business is focused on an Internet-based model for the professional creation of content, and is comprised of two service offerings, Content & Media and Registrar.
	Content & Media
	Our content & media service offering includes an online content creation studio with a large community of freelance creative professionals, a portfolio of leading owned and operated websites, and a digital artist marketplace and e-commerce platform. Content & Media services are delivered through our Content & Media platform, which includes our content creation studio, social media applications and a system of monetization tools designed to match content with advertisements in a manner that is optimized for revenue yield and end-user experience. We also leverage our content creation studio for third-party brands, publishers and advertisers as part of our content solutions service offering. As a complement to our traditional content offerings, we have recently integrated certain e-commerce and paid content offerings. In June 2013, we acquired Society6, LLC (“Society6”), a digital artist marketplace and e-commerce platform that enables a large community of talented artists to sell their original designs on art prints, phone cases, t-shirts and other products. We have also recently begun to offer certain on-demand services for purchase on an a la carte or subscription basis, such as eHow Now, a platform where customers chat directly with experts to receive advice and guidance.
	Registrar
	Our Registrar service offering provides domain name registration and related value added service subscriptions to third parties through our wholly owned subsidiaries, eNom and Name.com. We are also a significant participant in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' ("ICANN") significant expansion of the number of available generic Top Level Domain (“gTLDs”), with the first new gTLDs being delegated in October 2013 ("New gTLD Program"). As part of the the New gTLD Program, our domain services business entered into its first registry agreements with ICANN and became an accredited registry for new gTLDs, and eNom and Name.com also entered into contracts necessary to participate in the New gTLD Program. In the fourth quarter of 2013, we began providing back-end domain name registry and related services for gTLDs owned by a third party domain name registry and we launched operations for our own gTLDs in the first quarter of 2014.
	Our wholly owned subsidiary, Rightside Group, Ltd. (“Rightside”), filed a Registration Statement on Form 10 with the SEC in January 2014, which Rightside amended in February 2014, in connection with the planned separation of the Company into two independent, publicly traded companies: a pure-play Internet-based content and media company and a pure-play domain name services company (hereinafter referred to as the “Proposed Business Separation”). Upon completion of the Proposed Business Separation, Rightside will operate the domain name services business, while we will continue to own and operate our content and media business. The Proposed Business Separation is being structured as a pro rata distribution of Rightside shares to holders of our common stock (the “Distribution”). Consummation of the Proposed Business Separation is subject to final approval by our board of directors which may, in its absolute and sole discretion, decide at any time prior to the Distribution not to proceed with the Proposed Business Separation or to change any of the terms related to the Proposed Business Separation or the Distribution. Consummation of the Proposed Business Separation is also subject to the satisfaction of several conditions, including receipt of a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, together with an opinion of our tax counsel, substantially to the effect that, among other things, the Proposed Business Separation will qualify as a transaction that is tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 355 and 368(a)(1)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, having the Registration Statement on Form 10 declared effective by the SEC and receipt of listing approval. We received the private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) on January 31, 2014. We have not yet finalized all of the details of the Proposed Business Separation.
	Initial Public Offering
	In January 2011, we completed our initial public offering whereby we received proceeds, net of underwriters discounts but before deducting offering expenses, of $81.8 million from the issuance of 5.2 million shares of common stock. As a result of the initial public offering, all shares of our convertible preferred stock converted into 61.7 million shares of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock or convertible preferred stock net exercised into 0.5 million shares of common stock.
	Reverse Stock-Split
	In October 2010, our stockholders approved a 1-for-2 reverse stock split of its outstanding common stock, and a proportional adjustment to the existing conversion ratios for each series of preferred stock which was effected in January 2011. Accordingly, all common stock share and per share amounts for all periods presented in these consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, have been adjusted retrospectively, where applicable, to reflect this reverse split and adjustment of the preferred stock conversion ratio.

Summary_of_Significant_Account

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	'
	2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
	A summary of the significant accounting policies consistently applied in the preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements follows.
	Principles of Consolidation
	The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Demand Media. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. Acquisitions are included in our consolidated financial statements from the date of the acquisition. Our purchase accounting resulted in all assets and liabilities of acquired businesses being recorded at their estimated fair values on the acquisition dates. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
	Use of Estimates
	The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include revenue, allowance for doubtful accounts, investments in equity interests, fair value of issued and acquired stock warrants, the assigned value of acquired assets and assumed liabilities in business combinations, useful lives and impairment of property and equipment, intangible assets, goodwill and other assets, the fair value of equity-based compensation awards, and deferred income tax assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates compared to historical experience and trends, which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of our assets and liabilities..
	Cash and Cash Equivalents
	We consider all highly liquid investments with a maturity of 90 days or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. We consider funds transferred from our credit card service providers but not yet deposited into our bank accounts at the balance sheet dates, as funds in transit and these amounts are recorded as unrestricted cash, since the amounts are generally settled the day after the outstanding date. Cash and cash equivalents consist primarily of checking accounts, money market accounts, money market funds, and short-term certificates of deposit.
	Investments in Equity
	Investments in affiliates over which we have the ability to exert significant influence, but do not control and are not the primary beneficiary of, including NameJet, LLC (“NameJet”), are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Investments in affiliates which we have no ability to exert significant influence are accounted for using the cost method of accounting. Our proportional shares of affiliate earnings or losses accounted for under the equity method of accounting, which are not material for all periods presented, are included in other income (expense) in our consolidated statements of operations. Affiliated companies are not material individually or in the aggregate to our financial position, results of operations or cash flows for any period presented. Transactions with our equity method investees generated revenue of approximately $6.5 million, $5.6 million and $4.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
	We account for investments in companies that we do not control or account for under the equity method either at fair value or under the cost method, as applicable. Investments in equity securities are carried at fair value if the fair value of the security is readily determinable. Equity investments carried at fair value are classified as available-for-sale securities. Realized gains and losses for available-for-sale securities are included in other income (expense), net in our consolidated statements of operations. Unrealized gains and losses, net of taxes, on available-for-sale securities are included in our consolidated financial statements as a component of other comprehensive income and accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) ("AOCI"), until realized.
	Investments in equity securities that we do not control or account for under the equity method and do not have readily determinable fair values are accounted for under the cost method. Cost method investments are originally recorded at cost. In determining whether other-than-temporary impairment exists for equity securities, management considers: (1) the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than cost, (2) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer and (3) the intent and ability of us to retain our investment in the issuer for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value. We have determined that there has been no impairment of our equity marketable securities to date.
	The cost of marketable securities sold is based upon the specific identification method and any realized gains or losses on the sale of investments are reflected as a component of interest income or expense. For the year ended December 31, 2013, unrealized gain on marketable securities was $0.9 million. There were no unrealized gains or losses marketable securities for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011.
	In addition, we classify marketable securities as current or non-current based upon whether such assets are reasonably expected to be realized in cash or sold or consumed during the normal operating cycle of the business.
	Revenue Recognition
	We recognize revenue when four basic criteria are met: persuasive evidence of a sales arrangement exists; performance of services has occurred; the sales price is fixed or determinable; and collectability is reasonably assured. We consider persuasive evidence of a sales arrangement to be the receipt of a signed contract. Collectability is assessed based on a number of factors, including transaction history and the credit worthiness of a customer. If it is determined that collection is not reasonably assured, revenue is not recognized until collection becomes reasonably assured, which is generally upon receipt of cash. We record cash received in advance of revenue recognition as deferred revenue.
	For arrangements with multiple deliverables, we allocate revenue to each deliverable if the delivered item(s) has value to the customer on a standalone basis and, if the arrangement includes a general right of return relative to the delivered item, delivery or performance of the undelivered item(s) is considered probable and substantially in our control. The fair value of the selling price for a deliverable is determined using a hierarchy of (1) company specific objective and reliable evidence, then (2) third-party evidence, then (3) best estimate of selling price. We allocate any arrangement fee to each of the elements based on their relative selling prices.
	Our revenue is principally derived from the following services:
	Content & Media
	Advertising Revenue.  Advertising revenue is generated by performance-based Internet advertising, such as cost-per-click advertising, in which an advertiser pays only when a user clicks on our advertisement that is displayed on our owned and operated websites and customer websites; fees generated by users viewing third-party website banners and text-link advertisements; fees generated by enabling customer leads or registrations for partners; and fees from referring users to, or from users making purchases on, sponsors’ websites. In determining whether an arrangement exists, we ensure that a binding arrangement is in place, such as a standard insertion order or a fully executed customer-specific agreement. Obligations pursuant to our advertising revenue arrangements typically include a minimum number of impressions or the satisfaction of the other performance criteria. Revenue from performance-based arrangements, including referral revenue, is recognized as the related performance criteria are met. We assess whether performance criteria have been met and whether the fees are fixed or determinable based on a reconciliation of the performance criteria and an analysis of the payment terms associated with the transaction. The reconciliation of the performance criteria generally includes a comparison of third-party performance data to the contractual performance obligation and to internal or customer performance data in circumstances where that data is available.
	Where we enter into revenue sharing arrangements with our customers, such as those relating to advertising on our customers' domains, and when we are considered the primary obligor, we report the underlying revenue on a gross basis in our consolidated statements of operations, and record these revenue-sharing payments to our customers as revenue-sharing expenses, which are included in service costs.
	In certain cases, we record revenue based on available and preliminary information from third parties. Amounts collected on the related receivables may vary from reported information based upon third-party refinement of estimated and reported amounts owing that occurs typically within 30 days of the period end. For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, the difference between the amounts recognized based on preliminary information and cash collected was not material.
	Subscription Services and Social Media Services.  Subscription services revenue is generated through the sale of membership fees paid to access content available on certain of our owned and operated websites. The majority of the memberships range from 6 to 12 month terms. Subscription services revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the membership term.
	We configure, host, and maintain our platform social media services under private-labeled versions of software for commercial customers. We earn revenue from our social media services through initial set-up fees, recurring management support fees, overage fees in excess of standard usage terms, and outside consulting fees. Due to the fact that social media services customers have no contractual right to take possession of our private-labeled software, we account for our social media services revenue as service arrangements, whereby social media services revenue is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery of the service has occurred and no significant obligations remain, the selling price is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured.
	Social media service arrangements may contain multiple deliverables, including, but not limited to, single arrangements containing set-up fees, monthly support fees and overage billings, consulting services and advertising services. To the extent that consulting services have value on a standalone basis, we allocate revenue to each element in the multiple deliverable arrangement based upon their relative fair values. Fair value is determined based upon the best estimate of the selling price. To date, substantially all consulting services entered into concurrently with the original social media service arrangements are not treated as separate deliverables, as such services do not have value to the customer on a standalone basis. In such cases, the arrangement is treated as a single unit of accounting with the arrangement fee recognized over the term of the arrangement on a straight-line basis. Set-up fees are recognized as revenue on a straight-line basis over the greater of the contractual or estimated customer life once monthly recurring services have commenced. We determine the estimated customer life based on analysis of historical attrition rates, average contractual term and renewal expectations. We review the estimated customer life at least quarterly and when events or changes in circumstances, such as significant customer attrition relative to expected historical or projected future results, occur. Overage billings are recognized when delivered and at contractual rates in excess of standard usage terms.
	Outside consulting services performed for customers that have value on a stand-alone basis are recognized as services are performed.
	We recognize revenue from product sales upon delivery, net of estimated returns based on historical experience. Payments received in advance of delivery are included in deferred revenue in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Revenue is recorded at the gross amount due to the following factors: we are the primary obligor in a transaction, we have inventory and credit risk, and we have latitude in establishing prices and selecting suppliers. Product sales and shipping revenue is recognized net of promotional discounts, rebates, and return allowances. We periodically provide incentive offers to customers to encourage purchases. Such offers may include current discount offers, such as percentage discounts off current purchases, free shipping and other similar offers. Sales tax is not included in revenue, as we are a pass-through conduit for collecting and remitting sales taxes.
	Content and Other Revenue.  Content and other revenue is generated through the sale or license of media content or undeveloped websites. Revenue from the sale or perpetual license of content and undeveloped websites is recognized when the content and the sale of undeveloped websites have been delivered and the contractual performance obligations have been fulfilled. Revenue from the license of content is recognized over the period of the license as content is delivered or when other related performance criteria are fulfilled.
	Registrar
	Domain Name Registration Service Fees.  We recognize revenue from registration fees charged to third parties in connection with new, renewed and transferred domain name registrations on a straight-line basis over the registration term, which ranges from one to ten years. We include payments received in advance of the domain name registration term in deferred revenue in our consolidated balance sheets. The registration term and related revenue recognition commences once we confirm that the requested domain name has been recorded in the appropriate registry under accepted contractual performance standards. We defer the associated direct and incremental costs, which principally consist of registry and ICANN fees, and expense them as service costs on a straight-line basis over the registration term.
	Our businesses including eNom and Name.com, are ICANN accredited registrars. Thus, we are the primary obligor with our reseller and retail registrant customers and are responsible for the fulfillment of our registrar services to those parties. As a result, we report revenue in the amount of the fees we receive directly from our reseller and retail registrant customers. Our reseller customers maintain the primary obligor relationship with their retail customers, establish pricing and retain credit risk to those customers. Accordingly, we do not recognize any revenue related to transactions between our reseller customers and their ultimate retail customers. A portion of our resellers have contracted with us to provide billing and credit card processing services to the resellers' retail customer base in addition to registration services. Under these circumstances, the cash collected from these resellers' retail customer base exceeds the fixed amount per transaction that we charge for domain name registration services. Accordingly, these amounts, which are collected for the benefit of the reseller, are not recognized as revenue and are recorded as a liability until remitted to the reseller on a periodic basis. We report revenue from these resellers on a net basis because the reseller determines the price to charge its retail customers and maintains the primary customer relationship.
	Value Added Services.  We recognize revenue from online registrar value-added services, which include, but are not limited to, security certificates, domain name identification protection, charges associated with alternative payment methodologies, web hosting services and email services on a straight-line basis over the period in which services are provided. We include payments received in advance of services being provided in deferred revenue.
	Auction Service Revenue.  Domain name auction service revenue represents proceeds received from selling domain names from our portfolio, as well as proceeds received from selling domain names that are not renewed by customers of our registrar platform. Domain name sales are primarily conducted through our direct sales efforts as well as through our NameJet joint venture. Domain name sales revenue is recognized when title to the name is transferred to the buyer and the related registration fees are recognized on a straight-line basis over the registration term. If we sell a domain name, any unamortized cost basis is recorded as a service cost. For domain name sales generated through NameJet, we recognize revenue net of auction service fee payments to NameJet.
	Service Costs
	Service costs consist primarily of fees paid to registries and ICANN associated with domain registrations, advertising revenue recognized by us and shared with our customers or partners as a result of our revenue-sharing arrangements, such as traffic acquisition costs, Internet connection and co-location charges and other platform operating expenses associated with our owned and operated and customer websites, including depreciation of the systems and hardware used to build and operate our Content & Media platform and Registrar, personnel costs relating to in-house editorial, customer service, information technology and certain content production costs such as our multi-channel video deal with YouTube.
	Registry fee expenses consist of payments to entities accredited by ICANN as the designated registry related to each top level domain (“TLD”). These payments are generally fixed dollar amounts per domain name registration period and are recognized on a straight-line basis over the registration term. The costs of renewal registration fee expenses for owned and operated undeveloped websites are also included in service costs. Amortization of the cost of undeveloped websites and media content owned by us is included in amortization of intangible assets.
	Shipping and Handling
	Shipping and handling charged to customers are recorded in revenue. Associated costs are recorded in service costs.
	Accounts Receivable
	Accounts receivable primarily consist of amounts due from:
	·	Third parties who provide advertising services to our owned and operated websites in exchange for a share of the underlying advertising revenue. Accounts receivable from third parties are recorded as the amount of the revenue share as reported to us by the advertising networks and are generally due within 30 to 45 days from the month-end in which the invoice is generated. Certain accounts receivable from these parties are billed quarterly and are due within 45 days from the quarter-end in which the invoice is generated, and are non-interest bearing;
	·	Social media services customers and include (i) account set-up fees, which are generally billed and collected once set-up services are completed, (ii) monthly recurring services, which are billed in advance of services on a quarterly or monthly basis, (iii) account overages, which are billed when incurred and contractually due, and (iv) consulting services, which are generally billed in the same manner as set-up fees. Accounts receivable from social media customers are recorded at the invoiced amount, are generally due within 30 days and are non-interest bearing;
	·	Direct advertisers who engage us to deliver branded advertising impressions. Accounts receivable from direct advertisers are recorded at negotiated advertising rates (customarily based on advertising impressions) and as the related advertising is delivered over our owned and operated websites. Direct advertising accounts receivable are generally due within 30 to 60 days from the date the advertising services are delivered and billed;
	·	Customers who syndicate our content over their websites in exchange for a share of related advertising revenue. Accounts receivable from these customers are recorded as the revenue share as reported by the underlying customers and are generally due within 30 to 45 days; and
	—	Certain domain reseller customers of our Registrar service offering.
	Our Registrar services are primarily conducted on a prepaid basis or through credit card or Internet payments processed at the time a transaction is consummated and we do not carry significant receivables related to these business activities. As a result, for each of the periods presented, we did not maintain an allowance for potentially uncollectible receivables from our customers.
	Receivables from registries represent amounts due from registries and from certain domain reseller customers of our registrar service offering. Receivables from registries represent refundable amounts for registrations that were placed on auto-renew status by the registries, but were not explicitly renewed by a registrant as of the balance sheet dates. Registry services accounts receivable is recorded at the amount of registration fees paid by us to a registry for all registrations placed on auto-renew status. Subsequent to the lapse of a prior registration period, a registrant either renews the applicable domain name with us, which results in the application of the refundable amount to a consummated transaction, or the registrant lets the domain name registration expire, which results in a refund of the applicable amount from a registry to us.
	We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts to reserve for potentially uncollectible receivables from our customers based on our best estimate of the amount of probable losses in existing accounts receivable. We determine the allowance based on an analysis of historical bad debts, advertiser concentrations, advertiser credit-worthiness and current economic trends. In addition, past due balances over 90 days and specific other balances are reviewed individually for collectability at least quarterly.
	The allowance for doubtful account activity is as follows (in thousands):
			Balance at		Charged to					Balance at
			beginning of		costs and		Write-offs, net			end of
			period		expenses		of recoveries			Period
	31-Dec-13		$	369	$	61	$	(90	)	$	340
	31-Dec-12		$	419	$	75	$	(125	)	$	369
	31-Dec-11		$	400	$	125	$	(106	)	$	419
	Deferred Revenue and Deferred Registration Costs
	Deferred revenue consists primarily of amounts received from customers in advance of our performance for domain name registration services, subscription services for premium media content, social media services and online value added services. Deferred revenue is recognized as revenue on a systematic basis that is proportionate to the unexpired term of the related domain name registration, media subscription as services are rendered, over customer useful life, or online value added service period.
	Deferred registration costs represent incremental direct cost paid in advance to registries, ICANN, and other third parties for domain name registrations and are recorded as a deferred cost on the balance sheets. Deferred registration costs are amortized to expense on a straight-line basis concurrently with the recognition of the related domain name registration revenue and are included in service costs.
	Property and equipment
	Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Computer equipment is amortized over two to five years, software is amortized over two to three years, and furniture and fixtures are amortized over seven to ten years. Leasehold improvements are amortized straight-line over the shorter of the remaining lease term or the estimated useful lives of the improvements ranging from one to ten years. Upon the sale or retirement of property or equipment, the cost and related accumulated depreciation or amortization is removed from our financial statements with the resulting gain or loss reflected in our results of operations. Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred. In the event that property and equipment is no longer in use, we will record a loss on disposal of the property and equipment, which is computed as difference between the sales price, if any, and the net remaining value (gross amount of property and equipment less accumulated depreciation expense) of the related equipment at the date of disposal.
	Intangibles—Undeveloped Websites
	We capitalize costs incurred to acquire and to initially register our owned and operated undeveloped websites (i.e. Uniform Resource Locators). We amortize these costs over the expected useful life of the underlying undeveloped websites on a straight-line basis. The expected useful lives of the website names range from 12 months to 84 months. We determine the appropriate useful life by performing an analysis of expected cash flows based on historical experience with domain names of similar quality and value.
	In order to maintain the rights to each undeveloped website acquired, we pay periodic renewal registration fees, which generally cover a minimum period of 12 months. We record renewal registration fees of website name intangible assets in deferred registration costs and amortize the costs over the renewal registration period, which is included in service costs.
Intangibles—Media Content
We capitalize the direct costs incurred to acquire our media content that is determined to embody a probable future economic benefit. Costs are recognized as finite-lived intangible assets based on their acquisition cost to us. Direct content costs primarily represent amounts paid to unrelated third parties for completed content units, and to a lesser extent, specifically identifiable internal direct labor costs incurred to enhance the value of specific content units acquired prior to their publication. Internal costs not directly attributable to the enhancement of an individual content unit acquired are expensed as incurred. All costs incurred to deploy and publish content are expensed as incurred, including the costs incurred for the ongoing maintenance of our websites in which our content is published.
Capitalized media content is amortized on a straight-line basis over its useful life, which is typically five years, representing our estimate of the pattern that the underlying economic benefits are expected to be realized and based on its estimates of the projected cash flows from advertising revenue expected to be generated by the deployment of our content. These estimates are based on our plans and projections, comparison of the economic returns generated by our content with content of comparable quality and an analysis of historical cash flows generated by that content to date. Amortization of media content is included in amortization of intangible assets in the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Operations and the acquisition costs are included in purchases of intangible assets within cash flows from investing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
Intangibles—Acquired in Business Combinations
We perform valuations of assets acquired and liabilities assumed on each acquisition accounted for as a business combination and allocate the purchase price of each acquired business to our respective net tangible and intangible assets. Acquired intangible assets include: trade names, non-compete agreements, owned website names, customer relationships, technology, media content, and content publisher relationships. We determine the appropriate useful life by performing an analysis of expected cash flows based on historical experience of the acquired businesses. Intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives using the straight-line method which approximates the pattern in which the economic benefits are consumed.
Long-lived Assets
We evaluate the recoverability of our long-lived assets with finite useful lives for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset group may not be recoverable. Such trigger events or changes in circumstances may include: a significant decrease in the market price of a long-lived asset, a significant adverse change in the extent or manner in which a long-lived asset is being used, significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate, including those resulting from technology advancements in the industry, the impact of competition or other factors that could affect the value of a long-lived asset, a significant adverse deterioration in the amount of revenue or cash flows we expect to generate from an asset group, an accumulation of costs significantly in excess of the amount originally expected for the acquisition or development of a long-lived asset, current or future operating or cash flow losses that demonstrate continuing losses associated with the use of a long-lived asset, or a current expectation that, more likely than not, a long-lived asset will be sold or otherwise disposed of significantly before the end of its previously estimated useful life. We perform impairment testing at the asset group level that represents the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other assets and liabilities. If events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset group may not be recoverable and the expected undiscounted future cash flows attributable to the asset group are less than the carrying amount of the asset group, an impairment loss equal to the excess of the asset’s carrying value over its fair value is recorded. Fair value is determined based upon estimated discounted future cash flows. Through December 31, 2013, we have identified no such impairment loss. Assets to be disposed of would be separately presented on the balance sheets and reported at the lower of their carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell, and would no longer be depreciated or amortized.
Google, the largest provider of search engine referrals to the majority of our websites, regularly deploys changes to our search engine algorithms, some of which have led us to experience fluctuations in the total number of Google search referrals to our owned and operated and network of customer websites. In 2011, the overall impact of these changes on our owned and operated websites was negative primarily due to a decline in traffic to eHow.com, our largest website. Beginning in response to changes in search engine algorithms since 2011, we have performed evaluations of our existing content library to identify potential improvements in our content creation and distribution platform. As a result of these evaluations, we elected to remove certain content assets from service, resulting in $2.4 million, $2.1 million and $5.9 million of related accelerated amortization expense in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Any further discretionary actions may result in additional accelerated amortization in the periods the actions occur.
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquired entity over the fair value of the acquired net assets. Goodwill is tested for impairment annually during the fourth quarter of our fiscal year or when events or circumstances change that would indicate that goodwill might be impaired. Events or circumstances that could trigger an impairment review include, but are not limited to, a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate, an adverse action or assessment by a regulator, unanticipated competition, a loss of key personnel, significant changes in the manner of our use of the acquired assets or the strategy for our overall business, significant negative industry or economic trends or significant underperformance relative to expected historical or projected future results of operations.
Goodwill is tested for impairment at the reporting unit level, which is one level below or the same as an operating segment. As of December 31, 2013, we determined that we have three reporting units. We perform an assessment whether a reporting unit's fair value is less than our carrying value of its assets. If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds the carrying value, goodwill is not considered to be impaired and no additional steps are necessary. If, however, the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value, then a second step is performed to determine the amount of the impairment loss. The amount of the impairment loss is the excess of the carrying amount of the goodwill over its implied fair value. The estimate of fair value of goodwill is primarily based on an estimate of the discounted cash flows expected to result from that reporting unit, but may require valuations of certain internally generated and unrecognized intangible assets such as our software, technology, patents and trademarks. We performed our annual impairment analysis in the fourth quarter of the year ended December 31, 2013, and based on the results of the annual impairment test, the fair value of each reporting unit exceeded its carrying value and therefore no impairment of goodwill existed at December 31, 2013.
Operating Leases
For operating leases that include rent-free periods or escalation clauses over the term of the lease, we recognize rent expense on a straight-line basis and the difference between expense and amounts paid are recorded as deferred rent in current and long-term liabilities.
Advertising Costs
Advertising costs are expensed as incurred and generally consist of Internet based advertising, sponsorships, and trade shows. Such costs are included in sales and marketing expense in our consolidated statements of operations. Advertising expense was $2.5 million, $2.8 million and $2.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
Stock-Based Compensation
We measure and recognize compensation expense for all share-based payment awards made to employees, non-employees and directors based on the grant date fair values of the awards. For stock option awards to employees with service and/or performance based vesting conditions the fair value is estimated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model. The value of an award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense over the requisite service periods in our consolidated statements of operations. We elected to treat share-based payment awards, other than performance awards, with graded vesting schedules and time-based service conditions as a single award and recognize stock-based compensation expense on a straight-line basis (net of estimated forfeitures) over the requisite service period. Stock-based compensation expenses are classified in the consolidated statement of operations based on the department to which the related employee reports. Our stock-based awards are comprised principally of stock options, restricted stock units and restricted stock awards.
We account for share-based payment awards and stock options issued to non-employees in accordance with the guidance for equity-based payments to non-employees. Stock option awards to non-employees are accounted for at fair value using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model. We believe that the fair value of share-based payment awards and stock options is more reliably measured than the fair value of the services received. The fair value of the unvested portion of the options granted to non-employees is re-measured each period. The resulting increase in value, if any, is recognized as expense during the period the related services are rendered.
The Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model requires management to make assumptions and to apply judgment in determining the fair value of our awards. The most significant assumptions and judgments include the expected volatility, expected term of the award and estimated forfeiture rates.
We estimated the expected volatility of our awards from the historical volatility of selected public companies within the Internet and media industry with comparable characteristics to Demand Media, including similarity in size, lines of business, market capitalization, revenue and financial leverage. From our inception through December 31, 2008, the weighted average expected life of options was calculated using the simplified method as prescribed under guidance by the SEC. This decision was based on the lack of relevant historical data due to our limited experience and the lack of an active market for our common stock. Effective January 1, 2009, we calculated the weighted average expected life of our options based upon our historical experience of option exercises combined with estimates of the post-vesting holding period. The-risk free interest rate is based on the implied yield currently available on U.S. Treasury notes with terms approximately equal to the expected life of the option. The expected dividend rate is zero as we currently have no history or expectation of paying cash dividends on our common stock. The forfeiture rate is established based on applicable historical forfeiture patterns adjusted for any expected changes in future periods.
Under the Demand Media Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP"), eligible officers and employees could purchase a limited amount of Demand Media's common stock at a discount to the market price in accordance with the terms of the plan as described in Note 12 ("Stock-based Compensation Plans and Awards ") to our consolidated financial statements. Demand Media uses the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model to determine the fair value of the ESPP awards granted which is recognized straight-line over the total offering period.
Stock Repurchases
Under a stock repurchase plan, shares repurchased by us are accounted for when the transaction is settled. Repurchased shares held for future issuance are classified as treasury stock. Shares formally or constructively retired are deducted from common stock at par value and from additional paid in capital for the excess over par value. If additional paid in capital has been exhausted, the excess over par value is deducted from retained earnings. Direct costs incurred to acquire the shares are included in the total cost of the repurchased shares.
Product Development and Software Development Costs
Product development expenses consist primarily of expenses incurred in research and development, software engineering and web design activities and related personnel compensation to create, enhance and deploy our software infrastructure. Product and software development costs, other than software development costs qualifying for capitalization, are expensed as incurred. Costs of computer software developed or obtained for internal use that are incurred in the preliminary project and post implementation stages are expensed as incurred. Certain costs incurred during the application and development stage, which include compensation and related expenses, costs of computer hardware and software, and costs incurred in developing additional features and functionality of the services, are capitalized. The estimated useful life of costs capitalized is evaluated for each specific project. Capitalized costs are generally amortized using the straight-line method over a three year estimated useful life, beginning in the period in which the software is ready for its intended use. Unamortized amounts are included in property and equipment, net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The net book value of capitalized software development costs is $17.6 million (net of $30.8 million accumulated amortization) and $15.3 million (net of $24.5 million accumulated amortization) as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Income Taxes
Deferred income taxes are recognized for differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities at the enacted statutory tax rates in effect for the years in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse. The effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. We evaluate the realizability of deferred tax assets and recognizes a valuation allowance for our deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that a future benefit on such deferred tax assets will not be realized.
We recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the consolidated financial statements from such positions are then measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon settlement. We recognize interest and penalties accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in our income tax (benefit) provision in the accompanying statements of operations.
Net Income (Loss) Per Share
Basic income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Net loss attributable to common stockholders is increased for cumulative preferred stock dividends earned during the period. Diluted loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding plus potentially dilutive common shares. We reported net losses for the years ended December 31, 2013, and 2011, all potentially dilutive common shares comprising of stock options, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), stock from the employee stock purchase plan, warrants and convertible preferred stock are considered antidilutive for those periods.
RSUs and other restricted awards are considered outstanding common shares and included in the computation of basic earnings per share as of the date that all necessary conditions of vesting are satisfied. RSUs are excluded from the dilutive earnings per share calculation when their impact is antidilutive.
Foreign Currency Transactions
Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are charged or credited to earnings as incurred. For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, foreign currency transaction gains and losses that are included in other income (expense) in the accompanying statements of operations were not significant.
Foreign Currency Translation
The financial statements of foreign subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars. Where the functional currency of a foreign subsidiary is its local currency, balance sheet accounts are translated at the current exchange rate and income statement items are translated at the average exchange rate for the period. Gains and losses resulting from translation are accumulated in accumulated other comprehensive earnings within stockholders’ equity.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
We chose not to elect the fair value option for our financial assets and liabilities that had not been previously carried at fair value. Therefore, material financial assets and liabilities not carried at fair value, such as trade accounts receivable and payables, are reported at their carrying values.
The carrying amounts of our financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, receivables from domain name registries, registry deposits, restricted cash, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and customer deposits approximate fair value because of their short maturities. For the term loans and revolving loan facility, the carrying amount approximate fair value since they bear interest at variable rates or fixed rates which approximates fair value. Our investments in marketable securities are recorded at fair value. Certain assets, including equity investments, investments held at cost, goodwill and intangible assets are also subject to measurement at fair value on a nonrecurring basis, if they are deemed to be impaired as the result of an impairment review. For the years ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, no impairments were recorded on those assets required to be measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. (Refer to Note 17 for additional information).
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Presentation of unrecognized tax benefits
In July 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued guidance regarding the presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists. Under certain circumstances, unrecognized tax benefits should be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2013 on either a prospective or retrospective basis. We did not adopt this guidance early and we do not anticipate it to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Reclassification of accumulated other comprehensive loss
In February 2013, the FASB issued an accounting standards update requiring new disclosures about reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss to net income. These disclosures may be presented on the face of the statements or in the notes to the consolidated financial statements. The standards update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2012. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Property_and_Equipment

Property and Equipment	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Property and Equipment	'
	3. Property and Equipment
	Property and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):
		December 31,			December 31,
		2013			2012
	Computers and other related equipment	$	43,010		$	42,940
	Purchased and internally developed software		65,632			54,657
	Furniture and fixtures		3,868			2,623
	Leasehold improvements		9,075			3,552
			121,585			103,772
	Less accumulated depreciation		(79,392	)		(68,305	)
	Property and equipment, net	$	42,193		$	35,467
	At December 31, 2013 and 2012, total software under capital lease and vendor financing obligations consisted of $3.8 million and $3.8 million with accumulated amortization of $3.0 million and $2.3 million, respectively. Amortization expense for assets under capital lease and vendor financing obligations for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $0.7 million, $0.7 million and $0.5 million, respectively.
	Depreciation and amortization expense, which includes losses on disposal of property and equipment of approximately $0.8 million, $0.3 million and $1.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively, by classification is shown below (in thousands):
		Year ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Service costs	$	14,213		$	14,452		$	16,075
	Sales and marketing		379			453			423
	Product development		865			1,025			1,466
	General and administrative		5,044			3,728			2,994
	Total depreciation	$	20,501		$	19,658		$	20,958

Intangible_Assets

Intangible Assets	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Intangible Assets	'
	4. Intangible Assets
	Intangible assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
		31-Dec-13
		Gross carrying amount		Accumulated amortization			Net		Weighted average useful life (years)
	Owned website names	$	22,370	$	(14,684	)	$	7,686	4.7
	Customer relationships		32,462		(26,026	)		6,436	5.5
	Artist Relationships		9,867		(1,507	)		8,360		3
	Media content		143,756		(95,687	)		48,069		5
	Technology		37,832		(30,165	)		7,667	4.1
	Non-compete agreements		1,159		(294	)		865	3.4
	Trade names		15,742		(6,444	)		9,298	12.6
	Content publisher relationships		2,092		(1,707	)		385		5
		$	265,280	$	(176,514	)	$	88,766
		31-Dec-12
		Gross carrying amount		Accumulated amortization			Net		Weighted average useful life (years)
	Owned website names	$	42,994	$	(36,489	)	$	6,505	3.7
	Customer relationships		32,419		(23,151	)		9,268	5.5
	Media content		136,495		(78,223	)		58,272	5.1
	Technology		38,770		(28,556	)		10,214		6
	Non-compete agreements		15,013		(14,685	)		328	3.3
	Trade names		12,191		(5,654	)		6,537	13.7
	Content publisher relationships		2,092		(1,470	)		622		5
		$	279,974	$	(188,228	)	$	91,746
	The intangible balance as of December 31, 2012 has been retrospectively adjusted to reflect a decrease in goodwill and a corresponding increase in intangible assets of $0.7 million related to the acquisition of Name.com in the fourth quarter 2012, as detailed in Note 5 - Goodwill.
	Identifiable finite-lived intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives.
	Amortization expense by classification is shown below (in thousands):
		Year ended December 31,
		2013		2012			2011
	Service costs	$	34,310	$	32,792		$	38,715
	Sales and marketing		4,252		2,635			3,069
	Product development		4,903		4,272			4,343
	General and administrative		944		977			1,047
	Total amortization	$	44,409	$	40,676		$	47,174
	Service costs for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 includes an accelerated amortization charge of $3.1 million, $2.1 million and $5.9 million, respectively, as a result of the removing certain content assets from service.
	Based upon the current amount of intangible assets subject to amortization, the estimated amortization expense for the next five years as of December 31, 2013 is as follows (in thousands):
		Estimated
		Amortization
	Year ending December 31,
	2014	$	35,730
	2015	$	24,463
	2016	$	12,505
	2017	$	6,056
	2018	$	2,787
	Thereafter	$	7,225

Goodwill

Goodwill	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Goodwill	'
	5. Goodwill
	The following table presents the changes in our goodwill balance (in thousands):
	Balance at December 31, 2011	$	256,060
	Goodwill arising from acquisitions		10,312
	Other		(23	)
	Balance at December 31, 2012		266,349
	Goodwill arising from acquisitions		81,135
	Working capital adjustment		(102	)
	Balance at December 31, 2013	$	347,382
	The increase of goodwill in 2013 is attributable to the acquisition of Creativebug in March 2013, and Society6 in June 2013 as detailed in Note 15 - Business Acquisitions.
	The increase of goodwill in 2012 is attributable to the acquisition of Name.com as detailed in Note 15 - Business Acquisitions.
	The goodwill balance as of December 31, 2012 has been retrospectively adjusted to reflect a decrease in goodwill and a corresponding increase in intangible assets of $0.7 million related to the acquisition of Name.com in the fourth quarter 2012. The adjustment was a result of updated assumptions in the valuation of the intangible assets.

Other_Balance_Sheets_Items

Other Balance Sheets Items	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Other Balance Sheets Items	'
	6. Other Balance Sheets Items
	Accounts receivable consisted of the following (in thousands):
		December 31,		December 31,
		2013		2012
	Accounts receivable - trade		29,640		40,995
	Receivables from registries		3,661		4,522
	Accounts receivable , net	$	33,301	$	45,517
	Other long term assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
		December 31,		December 31,
		2013		2012
	Payments for gTLD applications	$	21,252	$	18,202
	Other		4,070		2,704
	Other Assets	$	25,322	$	20,906
	We paid $3.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2013, and $18.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2012 for certain gTLD applications under the New gTLD Program. Payments for gTLD applications represent amounts paid directly to ICANN or third parties in the pursuit of gTLD operator rights, the majority of which was paid to Donuts Inc. as described in Note 8 - Commitments and Contingencies.
	For the year ended December 31, 2013, the net gain related to the withdrawals of our interest in certain gTLD applications was $4.2 million, recorded in gain on other assets, net on the consolidated statements of operations.
	Other assets at December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 include $0.9 million of restricted cash comprising a collateralized letter of credit connected with our applications under the New gTLD Program. The restrictions require the cash to be maintained in a bank account for a minimum of five years for the delegation of the gTLDs.
	Accrued expenses and other liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):
		December 31,		December 31,
		2013		2012
	Accrued payroll and related items	$	9,301	$	12,196
	Domain owners' royalties payable		1,193		1,996
	Commission payable		2,808		3,184
	Customer deposits		7,666		7,029
	Other		13,711		16,084
	Accrued expenses and other liabilities	$	34,679	$	40,489

Debt_Notes

Debt (Notes)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure	'
	7. Debt
	We entered into a credit agreement, dated August 29, 2013, with Silicon Valley Bank, as administrative agent, and the lenders and other agents party thereto (the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement provides for a $100.0 million senior secured term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”) and a $125.0 million senior secured revolving loan facility (the “Revolving Loan Facility”), each maturing on August 29, 2018. The Credit Agreement replaced our existing revolving credit facility that we entered into in August 2011, and a portion of the proceeds from the Term Loan Facility were used to repay the $20.0 million outstanding principal balance of, and all accrued but unpaid interest and other amounts due under, the 2011 revolving credit facility.
	The Term Loan Facility provides for $100.0 million term loan that was fully drawn at December 31, 2013 (“Term Loans”). The Revolving Loan Facility provides for borrowings up to $125.0 million, with the right (subject to certain conditions and at the discretion of the lenders) to increase the Revolving Loan Facility by up to $25.0 million in the aggregate. The Revolving Loan Facility also includes sublimits of up to (i) $25.0 million to be available for the issuance of letters of credit and (ii) $10.0 million to be available for swingline loans. Beginning on December 31, 2013, the Term Loans shall be repaid in quarterly installments of $3.75 million and repaid Term Loans cannot be re-borrowed. At December 31, 2013, $96.3 million was outstanding under the Term Loan Facility. The proceeds of the draw on the term loan were used to repay the $20.0 million outstanding balance of our pre-existing revolving credit facility. The weighted average variable interest rate of the term loans at December 31, 2013 was 2.42%.
	The Credit Agreement permits the Proposed Business Separation to occur subject to certain conditions, including pro forma compliance with the affirmative and negative covenants, including the financial covenants, set forth in the Credit Agreement, and maintenance of a minimum level of liquidity and a minimum trailing twelve month adjusted earnings before taxes, interest, depreciation and amortization expense (“Adjusted EBITDA”) after giving effect to the Proposed Business Separation.
	The Credit Agreement contains customary events of default and affirmative and negative covenants, including certain financial maintenance covenants requiring compliance with a maximum consolidated leverage ratio and a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, as well as other restrictions typical for a financing of this type that, among other things, restrict our ability to incur additional debt, pay dividends and make distributions, make certain investments and acquisitions, repurchase our capital stock and prepay certain indebtedness, create liens, enter into agreements with affiliates, modify the nature of our business, enter into sale-leaseback transactions, transfer and sell material assets and merge or consolidate. Non-compliance with one or more of the covenants and restrictions could result in the full or partial principal balance outstanding under the Credit Agreement becoming immediately due and payable and termination of the commitments available under the Revolving Loan Facility. As of December 31, 2013, we were in compliance with the covenants under the Credit Agreement.
	Our obligations under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by our material direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions. Our obligations under the Credit Agreement and the guarantees are secured by a lien on substantially all of our tangible and intangible property and substantially all of the tangible and intangible property of our domestic subsidiaries that are guarantors, and by a pledge of all of the equity interests of our material direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries and 66% of each class of capital stock of any material first-tier foreign subsidiaries, subject to limited exceptions.
	Under the Credit Agreement, loans bear interest, at our option, at an annual rate based on LIBOR or a base rate. Loans based on LIBOR bear interest at a rate between LIBOR plus 2.00% and LIBOR plus 3.00%, depending on our consolidated leverage ratio. Loans based on the base rate bear interest at the base rate plus an applicable margin of 1.00% or 2.00%, depending on our consolidated leverage ratio. We are required to pay a commitment fee between 0.20% and 0.40% per annum, depending on our consolidated leverage ratio, on the undrawn portion available under the Revolving Loan Facility and the Term Loan Facility.
	As of December 31, 2013, no principal balance was outstanding and approximately $113.8 million was available for borrowing under the Revolving Loan Facility, after deducting the face amount of outstanding standby letters of credit of approximately $11.2 million, and we were in compliance with all covenants.
	In connection with entering into the Credit Agreement, we incurred debt issuance costs of $1.9 million. Debt issuance costs are capitalized and amortized into interest expense over the term of the underlying debt. During the year ended December 31, 2013 we amortized $0.2 million of deferred debt issuance costs.

Commitments_and_Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies	'
	8. Commitments and Contingencies
	Leases
	We conduct our operations utilizing leased office facilities in various locations and lease certain equipment under non-cancellable operating and capital leases. Our leases expire between April 2014 and December 2019. During the first quarter of 2014 we amended our lease for the headquarters of our domain name business in Kirkland, Washington which is expanding our leased space from 34,000 square feet to 41,000 square feet in May 2014, under a lease that expires in April 2019.
	The following is a schedule of future minimum lease payments under operating and capital leases as of December 31, 2013 (in thousands):
		Operating		Capital
		leases		Leases
	Year ending December 31,
	2014	$	4,425	$	728
	2015		3,853		61
	2016		3,117		-
	2017		2,360		-
	2018		3,506		-
	Thereafter		1,509		-
	Total minimum lease payments	$	18,770		789
	Less interest expense				(18	)
	Capital lease obligation			$	771
	We incurred rent expense of $6.7 million, $5.0 million and $4.9 million, respectively, for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, accrued expenses and other current liabilities include a deferred rent liability of $2.6 million and $0.9 million, respectively, and $2.4 million and $0.6 million was included in other long-term liabilities as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
	Letters of Credit
	We issue letters of credit under our Revolving Loan Facility, and as of December 31, 2013, the total letters of credit outstanding under these arrangements was approximately $11.2 million, primarily associated with certain payment arrangements with domain name registries as well as security agreements related to real estate leases.
	Litigation
	In December 2013, we entered into a settlement agreement with one of our insurance carriers in connection with a subrogation and reimbursement claim made with respect to payments previously paid to us under an insurance policy. We agreed to settle the matter for $1.85 million and paid the settlement amount in December 2013, and this matter is now resolved.
	In addition, from time to time we are a party to various legal matters incidental to the conduct of our business. Certain of our outstanding legal matters include speculative claims for indeterminate amounts of damages. We record a liability when we believe that it is probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Based on our current knowledge, we do not believe that there is a reasonable possibility that the final outcome of the pending or threatened legal proceedings to which we are a party, either individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on our future financial results. However, the outcome of such legal matters is subject to significant uncertainties.
	Taxes
	From time to time, various federal, state and other jurisdictional tax authorities undertake reviews of the Company and its filings. In evaluating the exposure associated with various tax filing positions, we accrue charges for possible exposures. We believe any adjustments that may ultimately be required as a result of any of these reviews will not be material to our consolidated financial statements.
	Domain Name Agreement
	On April 1, 2011, we entered into an agreement with a customer to provide domain name registration services and manage certain domain names owned and operated by the customer (the "Domain Agreement"). In December 2013, we amended the Domain Agreement (as amended, the "Amended Domain Agreement"). The term of the Amended Domain Agreement expires on December 31, 2014, but will automatically renew for an additional one-year period unless terminated by either party. Pursuant to the Amended Domain Agreement, we are committed to purchase approximately $0.2 million of expired domain names every calendar quarter over the remaining term of the agreement.
	Indemnifications
	In the normal course of business, we have provided certain indemnities, commitments and guarantees under which we may be required to make payments in relation to certain transactions. These indemnities include intellectual property indemnities to our customers, indemnities to our directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted under the laws of the State of Delaware and indemnifications related to our lease agreements. In addition, our advertiser and distribution partner agreements contain certain indemnification provisions which are generally consistent with those prevalent in our industry. We have not incurred significant obligations under indemnification provisions historically and do not expect to incur significant obligations in the future. Accordingly, we have not recorded any liability for these indemnities, commitments and guarantees in the accompanying balance sheets.

Income_Taxes

Income Taxes	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Income Taxes	'
	9. Income Taxes
	Income/(loss) before income taxes consisted of the following (in thousands):
			2013				2012			2011
	Domestic		$	(11,101	)		$	9,405		$	(13,820	)
	Foreign			(4,832	)			(1,446	)		(527	)
	Income (loss) before income taxes		$	(15,933	)		$	7,959		$	(14,347	)
	The income tax benefit (expense) consisted of the following (in thousands):
			2013				2012			2011
	Current (expense) benefit:
	Federal		$	-			$	-		$	10
	State			(235	)			314			(1,011	)
	International			(102	)			101			(6	)
	Deferred (expense) benefit:
	Federal			(3,334	)			(3,320	)		(2,551	)
	State			(593	)			1,141			(640	)
	International			23				(19	)		21
	Total income tax benefit (expense)		$	(4,241	)		$	(1,783	)	$	(4,177	)
	The reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate of 35% to the Company’s effective income tax rate is as follows (in thousands):
			2013				2012			2011
	Expected income tax benefit (expense) as U.S. statutory rate		$	5,577			$	(2,786	)	$	5,022
	Difference between U.S. and foreign taxes			(1,123	)			(474	)		(124	)
	State tax (expense) benefit, net of federal taxes			(131	)			(312	)		825
	Non-deductible stock-based compensation			(2,832	)			(592	)		(295	)
	Meals and entertainment			(290	)			(286	)		(260	)
	Non-deductible officer compensation			-				(402	)		-
	State rate changes			(252	)			1,487			(787	)
	Indirect federal impact of state deferred taxes			110				(218	)		(9	)
	Valuation allowance			(5,475	)			1,538			(8,241	)
	Other			175				262			(308	)
	Total income tax expense		$	(4,241	)		$	(1,783	)	$	(4,177	)
	The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are presented below (in thousands):
			December 31,				December 31,
			2013				2012
	Deferred tax assets:
	Accrued liabilities not currently deductible		$	4,193			$	5,623
	Intangible assets—excess of tax basis over financial statement basis			15,008				13,192
	Indirect federal impact of deferred state taxes			114				126
	Deferred revenue			6,126				5,735
	Net operating losses			23,488				21,527
	Stock-based compensation			14,375				11,359
	Other			189				265
				63,493				57,827
	Deferred tax liabilities:
	Deferred registration costs			(23,832	)			(20,582	)
	Prepaid expenses			(1,695	)			(1,797	)
	Goodwill not amortized for financial reporting			(26,206	)			(21,098	)
	Intangible assets—excess of financial statement basis over tax basis			(4,731	)			(5,483	)
	Property and equipment			(8,674	)			(8,186	)
				(65,138	)			(57,146	)
	Valuation allowance			(23,882	)			(21,124	)
	Net deferred tax liabilities		$	(25,527	)		$	(20,443	)
	Current		$	(22,415	)		$	(18,892	)
	Non-current			(3,112	)			(1,551	)
			$	(25,527	)		$	(20,443	)
	The Company had federal net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards of approximately $71.0 million and $66.0 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, which expire between 2020 and 2032. The company also has an Irish NOL carryforward of $5.2M as of December 31, 2013 that can be carried forward indefinitely. In addition, as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 the Company had state NOL carryforwards of approximately $16.0 million and $13.0 million, which expire between 2013 and 2032.
	Sections 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, provide for annual limitations on the utilization of net operating loss and credit carryforwards if the Company were to undergo an ownership change, as defined in Section 382. Changes in the Company’s equity structure and the acquisitions by the Company of eNom, Trails.com, Maps a La Carte, Pagewise, Pluck, and Indieclick and Creativebug resulted in such an ownership change. Currently, the Company does not expect the utilization of its net operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards in the near term to be materially affected as no significant limitations are expected to be placed on these carry-forwards as a result of its previous ownership changes.
	The Company reduces the deferred tax asset resulting from future tax benefits by a valuation allowance if, based on the weight of the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of these deferred taxes will not be realized. The Company has determined it is more likely than not that it will not realize the benefit of all its deferred tax assets and accordingly a valuation allowance of $23.9 million and $21.1 million against its deferred taxes was required at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The change in the valuation allowance for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was an increase of $2.8 million, a decrease of $1.5 million and a increase of $8.2 million, respectively. The valuation allowance is required as a result of the timing of the reversal of deferred tax liabilities associated with tax deductible goodwill which is not certain and thus not available to assure the realization of deferred tax assets. After consideration of these limitations associated with deferred tax liabilities, the Company has deferred tax assets in excess of deferred tax liabilities at December 31, 2013. As the Company has no sustained history of generating book income, the ultimate future realization of these excess deferred tax assets is not more likely than not and thus subject to a valuation allowance.
	Accounting standards related to stock-based compensation exclude tax attributes related to the exercise of employee stock options from being realized in the financial statements until they result in a decrease to taxes payable. Therefore, we have not included unrealized stock option tax attributes in our deferred tax assets. Cumulative tax attributes excluded through 2013 were $4.1 million. The benefit of these deferred tax assets will be recorded to equity when they reduce taxes payable.
	The Company is subject to the accounting guidance for uncertain income tax positions. The Company believes that its income tax positions and deductions will be sustained on audit and does not anticipate any adjustments that will result in a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, or cash flow.
	The Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties associated with audits and uncertain tax positions is to record such items as a component of income tax expense, and amounts recognized to date are insignificant. No uncertain income tax positions were recorded during 2013 or 2012 and the Company does not expect its uncertain tax position to change during the next twelve months.
	The aggregate changes in our total gross amount of unrecognized tax benefits are summarized as follows (in thousands):
		Year ended December 31,
		2013				2012
Beginning balance	$	85			$	85
Gross increase in unrecognized tax benefits - prior year tax position		—				—
Ending balance	$	85			$	85
The Company files a U.S. federal and many state tax returns. The tax years 2007 to 2013 remain subject to examination by the IRS and most tax years since the Company’s incorporation are subject to examination by various state authorities.

Related_Party_Transactions

Related Party Transactions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Related Party Transactions	'
	10. Related Party Transactions
	Certain members of our board of directors also sit on the board of directors of The FRS Company (“FRS”). We recognized no revenue for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, and $30 thousand and $513 thousand revenue from FRS for advertising and creative services during the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. As of December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, we had no receivable balance due from FRS. The creative services agreement was terminated by the parties effective May 31, 2011.

Employee_Benefit_Plan

Employee Benefit Plan	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Defined Contribution Pension and Other Postretirement Plans Disclosure	'
	11. Employee Benefit Plan
	We have a defined contribution plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (“401(k) Plan”) covering all full-time employees who meet certain eligibility requirements. Eligible employees may defer up to 90% of their pre-tax eligible compensation, up to the annual maximum allowed by the Internal Revenue Service. Under the 401(k) Plan, we may, but are not obligated to, match a portion of the employee contributions up to a defined maximum. We made matching contributions of $2.0 million for the year ended 2013. We did not make any matching contributions for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011.

StockBased_Compensation_Plans_

Stock-Based Compensation Plans and Awards	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Stock-Based Compensation Plans and Awards	'
	12. Stock-based Compensation Plans and Awards
	Stock Incentive Plans
	Under our 2010 Incentive Award Plan (the “2010 Plan”), the Administrator of the 2010 Plan, which is the compensation committee of our board of directors, may grant up to 15.5 million stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock unit and other incentive awards to employees, officers, non-employee directors, and consultants, and such options or awards may be designated as incentive or non-qualified at the discretion of the Administrator. In connection with the adoption of the 2010 Plan on August 5, 2010, 0.3 million stock-based awards then available for grant under the 2006 Plan were canceled. Any stock-based awards outstanding under the 2006 Plan when the 2010 Plan was adopted that subsequently are forfeited, expire or lapse are available for future grants under the 2010 Plan. In addition, awards available for grant under the 2010 Plan shall be increased on an annual basis as of January 1st of each fiscal year by an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 6.0 million (ii) 5% of the total shares outstanding as of the end of the prior fiscal year and (iii) such lesser amount as determined by the Administrator of the 2010 Plan. As of December 31, 2013, 22.4 million stock-based awards were available for future grant under the 2010 Plan. Generally, stock option grants have 10-year terms and employee stock options vest 1/4th on the anniversary of the vesting commencement date and 1/48th monthly thereafter, over a 4-year period. Restricted stock unit awards generally vest quarterly over a 3 or 4-year period. Certain stock options and restricted stock awards have accelerated vesting provisions in the event of a change in control.
	Valuation of Awards
	The per share fair value of stock options granted with service and/or performance conditions was determined on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model with the following assumptions:
		Year ended December 31,
		2013				2012 (1)				2011
	Expected life (in years)		5.5				NA				5.5
	Risk-free interest rate		0.83	%			NA				1.46-2.30	%
	Expected volatility range		51	%			NA				56	%
	Expected dividend yield		—				NA				—
	(1)	We did not grant any stock options to employees during the year ended December 31, 2012.
	The expected term of stock options granted represents the weighted average period that the stock options are expected to remain outstanding. We determine the expected term assumption based on our historical exercise behavior combined with estimates of the post-vesting holding period. Expected volatility is based on historical volatility of peer companies in our industry that have similar vesting and contractual terms. The risk free interest rate is based on the implied yield currently available on U.S. Treasury issues with terms approximately equal to the expected life of the option. We currently have no history or expectation of paying cash dividends on our common stock.
	The expected term for performance-based and non-employee awards is based on the period of time for which each award is expected to be outstanding, which is typically the remaining contractual term.
	Award Activity
	Stock Options
	Stock option activity is as follows (in thousands, except per share data):
											Weighted
											average
							Weighted				remaining
			Number of				average				contractual			Aggregate
			options				exercise				term			intrinsic
			outstanding				price				(in years)			value
	Outstanding at December 31, 2012			11,846			$	16.34				6.93		$	10,208
	Options granted			230			$	8.48
	Options exercised			(797	)		$	5.03
	Options forfeited or canceled			(6,673	)		$	18.75
	Outstanding at December 31, 2013			4,606			$	14.42				3.42		$	1,925
	Exercisable at December 31, 2013			4,363			$	14.36				3.24		$	1,925
	Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2013			4,553			$	14.41				3.38		$	1,925
	The pre-tax aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding and exercisable stock options is based on the difference between the estimated fair value of our common stock at December 31, 2013 and 2012 and their exercise prices, respectively for all awards where the fair value of our common stock exceeds the exercise price. Options expected to vest reflect an estimated forfeiture rate.
	Information related to stock-based compensation activity is as follows (in thousands, except per share data):
			Year ended December 31,
			2013				2012				2011
	Weighted average fair value of options granted (per option)		$	3.92			$	-			$	8.6
	Intrinsic value of options exercised		$	2,179			$	22,863			$	16,487
	Total fair value of restricted stock vested		$	17,404			$	19,072			$	8,377
	There was $1.3 million of stock-based compensation expense as of December 31, 2013 related to the non-vested portion of stock options not yet recognized, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1 year.
	Restricted stock units
	Restricted stock units activity is as follows (in thousands, except per share data):
							Weighted
							average
							grant date
			Shares				fair value
	Unvested at December 31, 2012			4,099			$	9.82
	Granted			5,285			$	7.98
	Vested			(1,865	)		$	9.33
	Forfeited			(2,065	)		$	9.03
	Unvested at December 31, 2013			5,454			$	8.51
	As of December 31, 2013, there was approximately $35.6 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested RSUs and restricted shares. The amount is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.6 years. To the extent that the forfeiture rate is different from that anticipated, stock-based compensation expense related to these awards will be different.
	In March 2014, the company issued 1.2 million RSUs as part of its annual employee compensation grant.
	Employee Stock Purchase Plan
	In May 2011, we commenced our first offering under the Demand Media, Inc. 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”), which allows eligible employees to purchase, through payroll deductions, a limited amount of our common stock at a 15% discount to the lower of market price as of the beginning or ending of each six-month purchase period. Participants can authorize payroll deductions for amounts up to the lesser of 15% of their qualifying wages or the statutory limit under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. The ESPP provides up to a 24-month offering period which is comprised of four consecutive six-month purchase periods commencing May and November. A maximum of one thousand two hundred fifty shares of common stock may be purchased by each participant at six-month intervals during the offering period. The fair value of the ESPP options granted is determined using a Black-Scholes model and is amortized over the remaining life of the 24-month offering period of the ESPP. The Black-Scholes-Merton model included an assumption for expected volatility of between 30% and 43% for each of the four purchase periods. During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, we recognized an expense of $1.8 million and $1.9 million in relation to the ESPP and there were 8.9 million shares of common stock remaining authorized for issuance under the ESPP at December 31, 2013. As of December 31, 2013, all offering periods had ended.
	Stock-based Compensation Expense
	Stock-based compensation expense related to all employee and non-employee stock-based awards was as follows (in thousands):
			Year ended December 31,
			2013				2012				2011
	Service costs		$	2,778			$	2,820			$	2,052
	Sales and marketing			5,328				6,118				4,857
	Product development			5,186				6,452				5,013
	General and administrative			14,092				15,978				16,934
	Total stock-based compensation included in net income (loss)			27,384				31,368				28,856
	Income tax benefit related to stock-based compensation included in net income (loss)			(782	)			(758	)			(1,625	)
		$	26,602			$	30,610			$	27,231
Also included in the table above includes $1.1 million and $0.5 million of expense related to warrants granted to non employees for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
During the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, $2.0 million, $1.7 million and $1.0 million respectively, of stock-based compensation expense related to stock options was capitalized, primarily as part of internally developed software projects.

Stockholders_Equity

Stockholders' Equity	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Stockholders' Equity	'
	13. Stockholders’ Equity
	Stock Repurchases
	Under the stock repurchase plan announced on August 19, 2011 and further increased on February 8, 2012, we are authorized to repurchase up to $50.0 million of its common stock from time to time in open market purchases or in negotiated transactions. During the year ended December 31, 2013, we repurchased 0.6 million shares at an average price of $8.65 per share for an aggregate amount of $4.8 million. The timing and actual number of shares repurchased will depend on various factors including price, corporate and regulatory requirements, debt covenant requirements, alternative investment opportunities and other market conditions.
	Shares repurchased by us are accounted for when the transaction is settled and there were no unsettled share repurchases as at December 31, 2013.
	Other
	Each share of common stock has the right to one vote per share. Each restricted stock purchase right has the right to one vote per share and the right to receive dividends or other distributions paid or made with respect to common shares, subject to restrictions for continued employment service.
	Effective January 31, 2011, all shares of preferred stock and preferred stock warrants were converted into 61.7 million shares of common stock in connection with our initial public offering as described in Note 1— Company Background and Overview. As a result the carrying value of the preferred stock of $373.8 million and the carrying value of the preferred stock warrants of $0.5 million were reclassified from mezzanine equity and liabilities, respectively, to stockholder’s equity.

Fair_Value_of_Financial_Instru

Fair Value of Financial Instruments	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value of Financial Instruments	'
	14. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
	Fair value represents the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. We measure our financial assets and liabilities in three levels, based on the markets in which the assets and liabilities are traded and the reliability of the assumptions used to determine fair value.
	—	Level 1—valuations for assets and liabilities traded in active exchange markets, or interest in open-end mutual funds that allow a company to sell its ownership interest back at net asset value on a daily basis. Valuations are obtained from readily available pricing sources for market transactions involving identical assets, liabilities or funds.
	—	Level 2—valuations for assets and liabilities traded in less active dealer, or broker markets, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities or quoted prices in markets that are not active. Level 2 includes U.S. Treasury, U.S. government and agency debt securities, and certain corporate obligations. Valuations are usually obtained from third-party pricing services for identical or comparable assets or liabilities.
	—	Level 3—valuations for assets and liabilities that are derived from other valuation methodologies, such as option pricing models, discounted cash flow models and similar techniques, and not based on market exchange, dealer, or broker traded transactions. Level 3 valuations incorporate certain assumptions and projections in determining the fair value assigned to such assets or liabilities.
	In determining fair value, we utilize valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible and consider counterparty credit risk in our assessment of fair value.
	We chose not to elect the fair value option for our financial assets and liabilities that had not been previously carried at fair value. Therefore, material financial assets and liabilities not carried at fair value, such as trade accounts receivable and payables, are reported at their carrying values.
	The carrying amounts of our financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, receivables from domain name registries, registry deposits, restricted cash, accounts payable, term loan, revolving credit facility, accrued liabilities and customer deposits approximate fair value because of their short maturities. For the term loans and revolving loan facility, the carrying amount approximates fair value since it bears interest at variable rates or fixed rates which approximates fair value. Our investments in marketable securities are recorded at fair value. Certain assets, including equity investments, investments held at cost, goodwill and intangible assets are also subject to measurement at fair value on a nonrecurring basis, if they are deemed to be impaired as the result of an impairment review.
	Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows (in thousands):
			Balance at December 31, 2013
			Level 1		Level 2		Total
	Assets:
	Cash equivalents (1)		$	4,034	$	-	$	4,034
	Marketable securities			902		-		902
			$	4,936	$	-	$	4,936
	Liabilities:
	Debt		$	-	$	96,250		96,250
			$	-	$	96,250	$	96,250
	-1	Comprises money market funds which are included in Cash and cash equivalents in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet
			Balance at December 31, 2012
			Level 1		Level 2		Total
	Assets:
	Cash equivalents (1)		$	29,129	$	7,940	$	37,069
			$	29,129	$	7,940	$	37,069
	-1	Comprises money market funds which are included in Cash and cash equivalents in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet
	For financial assets that utilize Level 1 and Level 2 inputs, we utilize both direct and indirect observable price quotes, including quoted market prices (Level 1 inputs) or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data (Level 2 inputs).

Business_Acquisitions

Business Acquisitions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Business Acquisitions	'
	15. Business Acquisitions
	We account for acquisitions of businesses using the purchase method of accounting where the cost is allocated to the underlying net tangible and intangible assets acquired, based on their respective estimated fair values. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values of the net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill.
	Determining the fair value of certain acquired assets and liabilities is subjective in nature and often involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions, including, but not limited to, the selection of appropriate valuation methodology, projected revenue, expenses and cash flows, weighted average cost of capital, discount rates, estimates of advertiser and publisher turnover rates and estimates of terminal values.
	During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, we acquired businesses consistent with our strategic plan of acquiring, consolidating and developing Internet media properties and applications and domain service businesses. In addition to identifiable assets acquired in these business combinations, our acquired goodwill that primarily derives from the ability to generate synergies across our media services.
	On December 31, 2012, we completed the acquisition of the net assets of Name.com, a retail registrar company based in Denver, Colorado.
	In March 2013, we acquired Creativebug, an online destination for arts and crafts instruction based in San Francisco, California, for an $8.0 million cash purchase price consideration. $0.8 million cash was held back by us to secure post-closing indemnification obligations of the sellers and/or post-closing adjustments to the purchase price. Of the holdback, $0.4 million that is not subject to then-pending claims will be paid will be paid 9 months after the closing date, and the remainder of the holdback that is not subject to then-pending claims will be paid will be paid 18 months after the closing date.
	On June 20, 2013, we completed the acquisition of Society6, an online marketplace and e-commerce platform. The purchase price consideration of $94.3 million was comprised of cash of $76.1 million and 2,322,880 shares of common stock valued at $18.2 million, based on our stock price on the date of acquisition. $7.9 million in cash and 243,902 shares of common stock were held back by us to secure post-closing indemnification obligations of the sellers and/or post-closing adjustments to the purchase price. Any remaining portion of the holdback amount that is not subject to then-pending claims will be paid on the 24-month anniversary of the closing of the transaction.
	The acquisitions are included in our consolidated financial statements as of the date of the acquisition. The allocation of the purchase consideration, for business acquisitions made by us during the year ended December 31, 2013 is as follows (in thousands):
		Creativebug				Society6			Total
	Goodwill	$	4,459			$	76,676		$	81,135
	Media content		3,390				—			3,390
	Technology		—				2,587			2,587
	Artist relationships		—				9,867			9,867
	Non-compete agreements		699				192			891
	Trade names		132				3,419			3,551
	Customer relationships		43				—			43
	Other assets and liabilities assumed		(723	)			1,581			858
	Total	$	8,000			$	94,322		$	102,322
	The following table summarizes the allocation of the purchase consideration, for business acquisitions made by us during the year ended December 31, 2012 (in thousands):
		Name.com
	Goodwill	$	10,313
	Customer relationships		5,094
	Owned website names		1,885
	Trade names		897
	Non-compete agreements		205
	Technology		76
	Other assets acquired (liabilities assumed), net		(470	)
	Total	$	18,000
	On December 31, 2012, we completed the acquisition of the net assets of Name.com, a retail registrar company based in Denver, Colorado. The purchase consideration of $18.0 million comprised an initial cash payment of $16.2 million and the remaining $1.8 million is subject to a hold back to satisfy post-closing indemnification obligations as well as a working capital adjustment and any remaining portion of such hold back amount that is not subject to then pending claims will be paid to the selling shareholders prior to or on the 18-month anniversary of the closing of the transaction. Developed technology, customer relationships and owned website names have an average useful life of four years, non-compete arrangements have a useful life of five years and trade names have an ten year useful life. Goodwill, which is comprised of the excess of the purchase consideration over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired, is primarily derived from assembled workforce and our ability to generate synergies with its services.
	Goodwill of approximately $76.4 million for the Name.com and Society6 acquisitions is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.
	Supplemental Pro forma Information (unaudited)
	Supplemental information on an unaudited pro forma basis, as if the 2013 and 2012 acquisitions had been consummated as of January 1, 2012, is as follows (in thousands):
			Year ended December 31,
			2013				2012
	Revenue		$	405,550			$	407,695
	Net Income (loss)		$	(16,671	)		$	8,934
	The unaudited pro forma supplemental information is based on estimates and assumptions which we believe are reasonable and reflect amortization of intangible assets as a result of the acquisitions. The pro forma results are not necessarily indicative of the results that have been realized had the acquisitions been consolidated in the tables above as of January 1, 2011.

Business_Segments

Business Segments	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Business Segments	'
	16. Business Segments
	We operate in one operating segment. Our chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) manages our operations on a consolidated basis for purposes of evaluating financial performance and allocating resources. The CODM reviews separate revenue information for its Content & Media and Registrar offerings. All other financial information is reviewed by the CODM on a consolidated basis. All of the Company’s principal operations are located in the United States. Revenue generated outside of the United States is not material for any of the periods presented.
	Revenue derived from the Company’s Content & Media and Registrar Services is as follows (in thousands):
		Year ended December 31,
		2013		2012		2011
	Content & Media revenue:
	Owned & operated	$	195,546	$	178,511	$	157,089
	Network		50,851		67,888		48,361
	Total Content & Media revenue		246,397		246,399		205,450
	Registrar revenue		148,201		134,179		119,416
	Total revenue	$	394,598	$	380,578	$	324,866

Concentrations

Concentrations	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Concentrations	'
	17. Concentrations
	Concentration of the Cost of Registered Names
	A significant portion of the payments for the cost of registered names and prepaid registration fees were made to a single domain name registry, which is accredited by ICANN to be the exclusive registry for certain TLD’s. Payment to this registry accounted for approximately 83%, 82% and 80%, of payments for the cost of registered names and prepaid registration fees for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The failure of this registry to perform its operations may cause significant short-term disruption to our domain registration business.
	Concentrations of Credit and Business Risk
	Financial instruments that potentially subject us to a concentration of credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities and accounts receivable.
	At December 31, 2013 and 2012, our cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities were maintained primarily with three major U.S. financial institutions and four foreign banks. We also have used one Internet payment processor in both periods. Deposits with these institutions at times exceed the federally insured limits, which potentially subject us to concentration of credit risk. We have not experienced any losses related to these balances and believe that there is minimal risk.
	A substantial portion of our advertising revenue is generated through arrangements with one advertising network partner. We may not be successful in renewing any of these agreements, or if they are renewed, they may not be on terms as favorable as current agreements. We may not be successful in renewing our agreements with advertising network partners on commercially acceptable terms.
	The percentage of revenue generated through advertising network partners representing more than 10% of consolidated revenue is as follows:
		Year ended December 31,
		2013				2012				2011
	Google		34	%			38	%			33	%
	Advertising network partners comprising more than 10% of the consolidated accounts receivable balance was as follows:
				Year ended
				December 31,
				2013				2012
	Google				27	%			26	%

Net_Income_Loss_Per_Share

Net Income (Loss) Per Share	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Net Income (Loss) Per Share	'
	18. Net Income (Loss) Per Share
	The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share of common stock (in thousands, except per share data):
		Year ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Net income (loss)	$	(20,174	)	$	6,176		$	(18,524	)
	Cumulative preferred stock dividends		-			-			(2,477	)
	Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders	$	(20,174	)	$	6,176		$	(21,001	)
	Weighted average common shares outstanding		88,643			84,921			79,121
	Weighted average unvested restricted stock awards		(109	)		(368	)		(475	)
	Weighted average common shares outstanding—basic		88,534			84,553			78,646
	Dilutive effect of stock options, warrants and ESPP		-			2,684			-
	Weighted average common shares outstanding—diluted		88,534			87,237			78,646
	Net income (loss) per share—basic	$	(0.23	)	$	0.07		$	(0.27	)
	Net income (loss) per share—diluted	$	(0.23	)	$	0.07		$	(0.27	)
	For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2011 we excluded 0.9 million and 4.9 million shares, respectively, from the calculation of diluted weighted average shares outstanding, as their inclusion would have been antidilutive. There were no antidilutive shares for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Summary_of_Significant_Account1

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Principles of Consolidation	'
	Principles of Consolidation
	The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Demand Media. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. Acquisitions are included in our consolidated financial statements from the date of the acquisition. Our purchase accounting resulted in all assets and liabilities of acquired businesses being recorded at their estimated fair values on the acquisition dates. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates	'
	Use of Estimates
	The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include revenue, allowance for doubtful accounts, investments in equity interests, fair value of issued and acquired stock warrants, the assigned value of acquired assets and assumed liabilities in business combinations, useful lives and impairment of property and equipment, intangible assets, goodwill and other assets, the fair value of equity-based compensation awards, and deferred income tax assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates compared to historical experience and trends, which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of our assets and liabilities..
Cash and Cash Equivalents	'
	Cash and Cash Equivalents
	We consider all highly liquid investments with a maturity of 90 days or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. We consider funds transferred from our credit card service providers but not yet deposited into our bank accounts at the balance sheet dates, as funds in transit and these amounts are recorded as unrestricted cash, since the amounts are generally settled the day after the outstanding date. Cash and cash equivalents consist primarily of checking accounts, money market accounts, money market funds, and short-term certificates of deposit.
Investments in Equity	'
	Investments in Equity
	Investments in affiliates over which we have the ability to exert significant influence, but do not control and are not the primary beneficiary of, including NameJet, LLC (“NameJet”), are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Investments in affiliates which we have no ability to exert significant influence are accounted for using the cost method of accounting. Our proportional shares of affiliate earnings or losses accounted for under the equity method of accounting, which are not material for all periods presented, are included in other income (expense) in our consolidated statements of operations. Affiliated companies are not material individually or in the aggregate to our financial position, results of operations or cash flows for any period presented. Transactions with our equity method investees generated revenue of approximately $6.5 million, $5.6 million and $4.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
	We account for investments in companies that we do not control or account for under the equity method either at fair value or under the cost method, as applicable. Investments in equity securities are carried at fair value if the fair value of the security is readily determinable. Equity investments carried at fair value are classified as available-for-sale securities. Realized gains and losses for available-for-sale securities are included in other income (expense), net in our consolidated statements of operations. Unrealized gains and losses, net of taxes, on available-for-sale securities are included in our consolidated financial statements as a component of other comprehensive income and accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) ("AOCI"), until realized.
	Investments in equity securities that we do not control or account for under the equity method and do not have readily determinable fair values are accounted for under the cost method. Cost method investments are originally recorded at cost. In determining whether other-than-temporary impairment exists for equity securities, management considers: (1) the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than cost, (2) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer and (3) the intent and ability of us to retain our investment in the issuer for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value. We have determined that there has been no impairment of our equity marketable securities to date.
	The cost of marketable securities sold is based upon the specific identification method and any realized gains or losses on the sale of investments are reflected as a component of interest income or expense. For the year ended December 31, 2013, unrealized gain on marketable securities was $0.9 million. There were no unrealized gains or losses marketable securities for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011.
	In addition, we classify marketable securities as current or non-current based upon whether such assets are reasonably expected to be realized in cash or sold or consumed during the normal operating cycle of the business.
Revenue Recognition	'
	Revenue Recognition
	We recognize revenue when four basic criteria are met: persuasive evidence of a sales arrangement exists; performance of services has occurred; the sales price is fixed or determinable; and collectability is reasonably assured. We consider persuasive evidence of a sales arrangement to be the receipt of a signed contract. Collectability is assessed based on a number of factors, including transaction history and the credit worthiness of a customer. If it is determined that collection is not reasonably assured, revenue is not recognized until collection becomes reasonably assured, which is generally upon receipt of cash. We record cash received in advance of revenue recognition as deferred revenue.
	For arrangements with multiple deliverables, we allocate revenue to each deliverable if the delivered item(s) has value to the customer on a standalone basis and, if the arrangement includes a general right of return relative to the delivered item, delivery or performance of the undelivered item(s) is considered probable and substantially in our control. The fair value of the selling price for a deliverable is determined using a hierarchy of (1) company specific objective and reliable evidence, then (2) third-party evidence, then (3) best estimate of selling price. We allocate any arrangement fee to each of the elements based on their relative selling prices.
	Our revenue is principally derived from the following services:
	Content & Media
	Advertising Revenue.  Advertising revenue is generated by performance-based Internet advertising, such as cost-per-click advertising, in which an advertiser pays only when a user clicks on our advertisement that is displayed on our owned and operated websites and customer websites; fees generated by users viewing third-party website banners and text-link advertisements; fees generated by enabling customer leads or registrations for partners; and fees from referring users to, or from users making purchases on, sponsors’ websites. In determining whether an arrangement exists, we ensure that a binding arrangement is in place, such as a standard insertion order or a fully executed customer-specific agreement. Obligations pursuant to our advertising revenue arrangements typically include a minimum number of impressions or the satisfaction of the other performance criteria. Revenue from performance-based arrangements, including referral revenue, is recognized as the related performance criteria are met. We assess whether performance criteria have been met and whether the fees are fixed or determinable based on a reconciliation of the performance criteria and an analysis of the payment terms associated with the transaction. The reconciliation of the performance criteria generally includes a comparison of third-party performance data to the contractual performance obligation and to internal or customer performance data in circumstances where that data is available.
	Where we enter into revenue sharing arrangements with our customers, such as those relating to advertising on our customers' domains, and when we are considered the primary obligor, we report the underlying revenue on a gross basis in our consolidated statements of operations, and record these revenue-sharing payments to our customers as revenue-sharing expenses, which are included in service costs.
	In certain cases, we record revenue based on available and preliminary information from third parties. Amounts collected on the related receivables may vary from reported information based upon third-party refinement of estimated and reported amounts owing that occurs typically within 30 days of the period end. For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, the difference between the amounts recognized based on preliminary information and cash collected was not material.
	Subscription Services and Social Media Services.  Subscription services revenue is generated through the sale of membership fees paid to access content available on certain of our owned and operated websites. The majority of the memberships range from 6 to 12 month terms. Subscription services revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the membership term.
	We configure, host, and maintain our platform social media services under private-labeled versions of software for commercial customers. We earn revenue from our social media services through initial set-up fees, recurring management support fees, overage fees in excess of standard usage terms, and outside consulting fees. Due to the fact that social media services customers have no contractual right to take possession of our private-labeled software, we account for our social media services revenue as service arrangements, whereby social media services revenue is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery of the service has occurred and no significant obligations remain, the selling price is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured.
	Social media service arrangements may contain multiple deliverables, including, but not limited to, single arrangements containing set-up fees, monthly support fees and overage billings, consulting services and advertising services. To the extent that consulting services have value on a standalone basis, we allocate revenue to each element in the multiple deliverable arrangement based upon their relative fair values. Fair value is determined based upon the best estimate of the selling price. To date, substantially all consulting services entered into concurrently with the original social media service arrangements are not treated as separate deliverables, as such services do not have value to the customer on a standalone basis. In such cases, the arrangement is treated as a single unit of accounting with the arrangement fee recognized over the term of the arrangement on a straight-line basis. Set-up fees are recognized as revenue on a straight-line basis over the greater of the contractual or estimated customer life once monthly recurring services have commenced. We determine the estimated customer life based on analysis of historical attrition rates, average contractual term and renewal expectations. We review the estimated customer life at least quarterly and when events or changes in circumstances, such as significant customer attrition relative to expected historical or projected future results, occur. Overage billings are recognized when delivered and at contractual rates in excess of standard usage terms.
	Outside consulting services performed for customers that have value on a stand-alone basis are recognized as services are performed.
	We recognize revenue from product sales upon delivery, net of estimated returns based on historical experience. Payments received in advance of delivery are included in deferred revenue in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Revenue is recorded at the gross amount due to the following factors: we are the primary obligor in a transaction, we have inventory and credit risk, and we have latitude in establishing prices and selecting suppliers. Product sales and shipping revenue is recognized net of promotional discounts, rebates, and return allowances. We periodically provide incentive offers to customers to encourage purchases. Such offers may include current discount offers, such as percentage discounts off current purchases, free shipping and other similar offers. Sales tax is not included in revenue, as we are a pass-through conduit for collecting and remitting sales taxes.
	Content and Other Revenue.  Content and other revenue is generated through the sale or license of media content or undeveloped websites. Revenue from the sale or perpetual license of content and undeveloped websites is recognized when the content and the sale of undeveloped websites have been delivered and the contractual performance obligations have been fulfilled. Revenue from the license of content is recognized over the period of the license as content is delivered or when other related performance criteria are fulfilled.
	Registrar
	Domain Name Registration Service Fees.  We recognize revenue from registration fees charged to third parties in connection with new, renewed and transferred domain name registrations on a straight-line basis over the registration term, which ranges from one to ten years. We include payments received in advance of the domain name registration term in deferred revenue in our consolidated balance sheets. The registration term and related revenue recognition commences once we confirm that the requested domain name has been recorded in the appropriate registry under accepted contractual performance standards. We defer the associated direct and incremental costs, which principally consist of registry and ICANN fees, and expense them as service costs on a straight-line basis over the registration term.
	Our businesses including eNom and Name.com, are ICANN accredited registrars. Thus, we are the primary obligor with our reseller and retail registrant customers and are responsible for the fulfillment of our registrar services to those parties. As a result, we report revenue in the amount of the fees we receive directly from our reseller and retail registrant customers. Our reseller customers maintain the primary obligor relationship with their retail customers, establish pricing and retain credit risk to those customers. Accordingly, we do not recognize any revenue related to transactions between our reseller customers and their ultimate retail customers. A portion of our resellers have contracted with us to provide billing and credit card processing services to the resellers' retail customer base in addition to registration services. Under these circumstances, the cash collected from these resellers' retail customer base exceeds the fixed amount per transaction that we charge for domain name registration services. Accordingly, these amounts, which are collected for the benefit of the reseller, are not recognized as revenue and are recorded as a liability until remitted to the reseller on a periodic basis. We report revenue from these resellers on a net basis because the reseller determines the price to charge its retail customers and maintains the primary customer relationship.
	Value Added Services.  We recognize revenue from online registrar value-added services, which include, but are not limited to, security certificates, domain name identification protection, charges associated with alternative payment methodologies, web hosting services and email services on a straight-line basis over the period in which services are provided. We include payments received in advance of services being provided in deferred revenue.
	Auction Service Revenue.  Domain name auction service revenue represents proceeds received from selling domain names from our portfolio, as well as proceeds received from selling domain names that are not renewed by customers of our registrar platform. Domain name sales are primarily conducted through our direct sales efforts as well as through our NameJet joint venture. Domain name sales revenue is recognized when title to the name is transferred to the buyer and the related registration fees are recognized on a straight-line basis over the registration term. If we sell a domain name, any unamortized cost basis is recorded as a service cost. For domain name sales generated through NameJet, we recognize revenue net of auction service fee payments to NameJet.
Service Costs	'
	Service Costs
	Service costs consist primarily of fees paid to registries and ICANN associated with domain registrations, advertising revenue recognized by us and shared with our customers or partners as a result of our revenue-sharing arrangements, such as traffic acquisition costs, Internet connection and co-location charges and other platform operating expenses associated with our owned and operated and customer websites, including depreciation of the systems and hardware used to build and operate our Content & Media platform and Registrar, personnel costs relating to in-house editorial, customer service, information technology and certain content production costs such as our multi-channel video deal with YouTube.
	Registry fee expenses consist of payments to entities accredited by ICANN as the designated registry related to each top level domain (“TLD”). These payments are generally fixed dollar amounts per domain name registration period and are recognized on a straight-line basis over the registration term. The costs of renewal registration fee expenses for owned and operated undeveloped websites are also included in service costs. Amortization of the cost of undeveloped websites and media content owned by us is included in amortization of intangible assets.
Shipping and Handling	'
	Shipping and Handling
	Shipping and handling charged to customers are recorded in revenue. Associated costs are recorded in service costs.
Accounts Receivable	'
	Accounts Receivable
	Accounts receivable primarily consist of amounts due from:
	·	Third parties who provide advertising services to our owned and operated websites in exchange for a share of the underlying advertising revenue. Accounts receivable from third parties are recorded as the amount of the revenue share as reported to us by the advertising networks and are generally due within 30 to 45 days from the month-end in which the invoice is generated. Certain accounts receivable from these parties are billed quarterly and are due within 45 days from the quarter-end in which the invoice is generated, and are non-interest bearing;
	·	Social media services customers and include (i) account set-up fees, which are generally billed and collected once set-up services are completed, (ii) monthly recurring services, which are billed in advance of services on a quarterly or monthly basis, (iii) account overages, which are billed when incurred and contractually due, and (iv) consulting services, which are generally billed in the same manner as set-up fees. Accounts receivable from social media customers are recorded at the invoiced amount, are generally due within 30 days and are non-interest bearing;
	·	Direct advertisers who engage us to deliver branded advertising impressions. Accounts receivable from direct advertisers are recorded at negotiated advertising rates (customarily based on advertising impressions) and as the related advertising is delivered over our owned and operated websites. Direct advertising accounts receivable are generally due within 30 to 60 days from the date the advertising services are delivered and billed;
	·	Customers who syndicate our content over their websites in exchange for a share of related advertising revenue. Accounts receivable from these customers are recorded as the revenue share as reported by the underlying customers and are generally due within 30 to 45 days; and
	—	Certain domain reseller customers of our Registrar service offering.
	Our Registrar services are primarily conducted on a prepaid basis or through credit card or Internet payments processed at the time a transaction is consummated and we do not carry significant receivables related to these business activities. As a result, for each of the periods presented, we did not maintain an allowance for potentially uncollectible receivables from our customers.
	Receivables from registries represent amounts due from registries and from certain domain reseller customers of our registrar service offering. Receivables from registries represent refundable amounts for registrations that were placed on auto-renew status by the registries, but were not explicitly renewed by a registrant as of the balance sheet dates. Registry services accounts receivable is recorded at the amount of registration fees paid by us to a registry for all registrations placed on auto-renew status. Subsequent to the lapse of a prior registration period, a registrant either renews the applicable domain name with us, which results in the application of the refundable amount to a consummated transaction, or the registrant lets the domain name registration expire, which results in a refund of the applicable amount from a registry to us.
	We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts to reserve for potentially uncollectible receivables from our customers based on our best estimate of the amount of probable losses in existing accounts receivable. We determine the allowance based on an analysis of historical bad debts, advertiser concentrations, advertiser credit-worthiness and current economic trends. In addition, past due balances over 90 days and specific other balances are reviewed individually for collectability at least quarterly.
Deferred Revenue and Deferred Registration Costs	'
	Deferred Revenue and Deferred Registration Costs
	Deferred revenue consists primarily of amounts received from customers in advance of our performance for domain name registration services, subscription services for premium media content, social media services and online value added services. Deferred revenue is recognized as revenue on a systematic basis that is proportionate to the unexpired term of the related domain name registration, media subscription as services are rendered, over customer useful life, or online value added service period.
	Deferred registration costs represent incremental direct cost paid in advance to registries, ICANN, and other third parties for domain name registrations and are recorded as a deferred cost on the balance sheets. Deferred registration costs are amortized to expense on a straight-line basis concurrently with the recognition of the related domain name registration revenue and are included in service costs.
Property and equipment	'
	Property and equipment
	Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Computer equipment is amortized over two to five years, software is amortized over two to three years, and furniture and fixtures are amortized over seven to ten years. Leasehold improvements are amortized straight-line over the shorter of the remaining lease term or the estimated useful lives of the improvements ranging from one to ten years. Upon the sale or retirement of property or equipment, the cost and related accumulated depreciation or amortization is removed from our financial statements with the resulting gain or loss reflected in our results of operations. Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred. In the event that property and equipment is no longer in use, we will record a loss on disposal of the property and equipment, which is computed as difference between the sales price, if any, and the net remaining value (gross amount of property and equipment less accumulated depreciation expense) of the related equipment at the date of disposal.
Intangibles	'
	Intangibles—Undeveloped Websites
	We capitalize costs incurred to acquire and to initially register our owned and operated undeveloped websites (i.e. Uniform Resource Locators). We amortize these costs over the expected useful life of the underlying undeveloped websites on a straight-line basis. The expected useful lives of the website names range from 12 months to 84 months. We determine the appropriate useful life by performing an analysis of expected cash flows based on historical experience with domain names of similar quality and value.
	In order to maintain the rights to each undeveloped website acquired, we pay periodic renewal registration fees, which generally cover a minimum period of 12 months. We record renewal registration fees of website name intangible assets in deferred registration costs and amortize the costs over the renewal registration period, which is included in service costs.
	Intangibles—Media Content
	We capitalize the direct costs incurred to acquire our media content that is determined to embody a probable future economic benefit. Costs are recognized as finite-lived intangible assets based on their acquisition cost to us. Direct content costs primarily represent amounts paid to unrelated third parties for completed content units, and to a lesser extent, specifically identifiable internal direct labor costs incurred to enhance the value of specific content units acquired prior to their publication. Internal costs not directly attributable to the enhancement of an individual content unit acquired are expensed as incurred. All costs incurred to deploy and publish content are expensed as incurred, including the costs incurred for the ongoing maintenance of our websites in which our content is published.
	Capitalized media content is amortized on a straight-line basis over its useful life, which is typically five years, representing our estimate of the pattern that the underlying economic benefits are expected to be realized and based on its estimates of the projected cash flows from advertising revenue expected to be generated by the deployment of our content. These estimates are based on our plans and projections, comparison of the economic returns generated by our content with content of comparable quality and an analysis of historical cash flows generated by that content to date. Amortization of media content is included in amortization of intangible assets in the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Operations and the acquisition costs are included in purchases of intangible assets within cash flows from investing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
	Intangibles—Acquired in Business Combinations
	We perform valuations of assets acquired and liabilities assumed on each acquisition accounted for as a business combination and allocate the purchase price of each acquired business to our respective net tangible and intangible assets. Acquired intangible assets include: trade names, non-compete agreements, owned website names, customer relationships, technology, media content, and content publisher relationships. We determine the appropriate useful life by performing an analysis of expected cash flows based on historical experience of the acquired businesses. Intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives using the straight-line method which approximates the pattern in which the economic benefits are consumed.
Long-lived Assets	'
	Long-lived Assets
	We evaluate the recoverability of our long-lived assets with finite useful lives for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset group may not be recoverable. Such trigger events or changes in circumstances may include: a significant decrease in the market price of a long-lived asset, a significant adverse change in the extent or manner in which a long-lived asset is being used, significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate, including those resulting from technology advancements in the industry, the impact of competition or other factors that could affect the value of a long-lived asset, a significant adverse deterioration in the amount of revenue or cash flows we expect to generate from an asset group, an accumulation of costs significantly in excess of the amount originally expected for the acquisition or development of a long-lived asset, current or future operating or cash flow losses that demonstrate continuing losses associated with the use of a long-lived asset, or a current expectation that, more likely than not, a long-lived asset will be sold or otherwise disposed of significantly before the end of its previously estimated useful life. We perform impairment testing at the asset group level that represents the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other assets and liabilities. If events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset group may not be recoverable and the expected undiscounted future cash flows attributable to the asset group are less than the carrying amount of the asset group, an impairment loss equal to the excess of the asset’s carrying value over its fair value is recorded. Fair value is determined based upon estimated discounted future cash flows. Through December 31, 2013, we have identified no such impairment loss. Assets to be disposed of would be separately presented on the balance sheets and reported at the lower of their carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell, and would no longer be depreciated or amortized.
	Google, the largest provider of search engine referrals to the majority of our websites, regularly deploys changes to our search engine algorithms, some of which have led us to experience fluctuations in the total number of Google search referrals to our owned and operated and network of customer websites. In 2011, the overall impact of these changes on our owned and operated websites was negative primarily due to a decline in traffic to eHow.com, our largest website. Beginning in response to changes in search engine algorithms since 2011, we have performed evaluations of our existing content library to identify potential improvements in our content creation and distribution platform. As a result of these evaluations, we elected to remove certain content assets from service, resulting in $2.4 million, $2.1 million and $5.9 million of related accelerated amortization expense in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Any further discretionary actions may result in additional accelerated amortization in the periods the actions occur.
Goodwill	'
	Goodwill
	Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquired entity over the fair value of the acquired net assets. Goodwill is tested for impairment annually during the fourth quarter of our fiscal year or when events or circumstances change that would indicate that goodwill might be impaired. Events or circumstances that could trigger an impairment review include, but are not limited to, a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate, an adverse action or assessment by a regulator, unanticipated competition, a loss of key personnel, significant changes in the manner of our use of the acquired assets or the strategy for our overall business, significant negative industry or economic trends or significant underperformance relative to expected historical or projected future results of operations.
	Goodwill is tested for impairment at the reporting unit level, which is one level below or the same as an operating segment. As of December 31, 2013, we determined that we have three reporting units. We perform an assessment whether a reporting unit's fair value is less than our carrying value of its assets. If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds the carrying value, goodwill is not considered to be impaired and no additional steps are necessary. If, however, the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value, then a second step is performed to determine the amount of the impairment loss. The amount of the impairment loss is the excess of the carrying amount of the goodwill over its implied fair value. The estimate of fair value of goodwill is primarily based on an estimate of the discounted cash flows expected to result from that reporting unit, but may require valuations of certain internally generated and unrecognized intangible assets such as our software, technology, patents and trademarks. We performed our annual impairment analysis in the fourth quarter of the year ended December 31, 2013, and based on the results of the annual impairment test, the fair value of each reporting unit exceeded its carrying value and therefore no impairment of goodwill existed at December 31, 2013.
Operating Leases	'
	Operating Leases
	For operating leases that include rent-free periods or escalation clauses over the term of the lease, we recognize rent expense on a straight-line basis and the difference between expense and amounts paid are recorded as deferred rent in current and long-term liabilities.
Advertising Costs	'
	Advertising Costs
	Advertising costs are expensed as incurred and generally consist of Internet based advertising, sponsorships, and trade shows. Such costs are included in sales and marketing expense in our consolidated statements of operations. Advertising expense was $2.5 million, $2.8 million and $2.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
Stock-Based Compensation	'
	Stock-Based Compensation
	We measure and recognize compensation expense for all share-based payment awards made to employees, non-employees and directors based on the grant date fair values of the awards. For stock option awards to employees with service and/or performance based vesting conditions the fair value is estimated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model. The value of an award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense over the requisite service periods in our consolidated statements of operations. We elected to treat share-based payment awards, other than performance awards, with graded vesting schedules and time-based service conditions as a single award and recognize stock-based compensation expense on a straight-line basis (net of estimated forfeitures) over the requisite service period. Stock-based compensation expenses are classified in the consolidated statement of operations based on the department to which the related employee reports. Our stock-based awards are comprised principally of stock options, restricted stock units and restricted stock awards.
	We account for share-based payment awards and stock options issued to non-employees in accordance with the guidance for equity-based payments to non-employees. Stock option awards to non-employees are accounted for at fair value using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model. We believe that the fair value of share-based payment awards and stock options is more reliably measured than the fair value of the services received. The fair value of the unvested portion of the options granted to non-employees is re-measured each period. The resulting increase in value, if any, is recognized as expense during the period the related services are rendered.
	The Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model requires management to make assumptions and to apply judgment in determining the fair value of our awards. The most significant assumptions and judgments include the expected volatility, expected term of the award and estimated forfeiture rates.
	We estimated the expected volatility of our awards from the historical volatility of selected public companies within the Internet and media industry with comparable characteristics to Demand Media, including similarity in size, lines of business, market capitalization, revenue and financial leverage. From our inception through December 31, 2008, the weighted average expected life of options was calculated using the simplified method as prescribed under guidance by the SEC. This decision was based on the lack of relevant historical data due to our limited experience and the lack of an active market for our common stock. Effective January 1, 2009, we calculated the weighted average expected life of our options based upon our historical experience of option exercises combined with estimates of the post-vesting holding period. The-risk free interest rate is based on the implied yield currently available on U.S. Treasury notes with terms approximately equal to the expected life of the option. The expected dividend rate is zero as we currently have no history or expectation of paying cash dividends on our common stock. The forfeiture rate is established based on applicable historical forfeiture patterns adjusted for any expected changes in future periods.
	Under the Demand Media Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP"), eligible officers and employees could purchase a limited amount of Demand Media's common stock at a discount to the market price in accordance with the terms of the plan as described in Note 12 ("Stock-based Compensation Plans and Awards ") to our consolidated financial statements. Demand Media uses the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model to determine the fair value of the ESPP awards granted which is recognized straight-line over the total offering period.
Stock Repurchases	'
	Stock Repurchases
	Under a stock repurchase plan, shares repurchased by us are accounted for when the transaction is settled. Repurchased shares held for future issuance are classified as treasury stock. Shares formally or constructively retired are deducted from common stock at par value and from additional paid in capital for the excess over par value. If additional paid in capital has been exhausted, the excess over par value is deducted from retained earnings. Direct costs incurred to acquire the shares are included in the total cost of the repurchased shares.
Product Development and Software Development Costs	'
	Product Development and Software Development Costs
	Product development expenses consist primarily of expenses incurred in research and development, software engineering and web design activities and related personnel compensation to create, enhance and deploy our software infrastructure. Product and software development costs, other than software development costs qualifying for capitalization, are expensed as incurred. Costs of computer software developed or obtained for internal use that are incurred in the preliminary project and post implementation stages are expensed as incurred. Certain costs incurred during the application and development stage, which include compensation and related expenses, costs of computer hardware and software, and costs incurred in developing additional features and functionality of the services, are capitalized. The estimated useful life of costs capitalized is evaluated for each specific project. Capitalized costs are generally amortized using the straight-line method over a three year estimated useful life, beginning in the period in which the software is ready for its intended use. Unamortized amounts are included in property and equipment, net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The net book value of capitalized software development costs is $17.6 million (net of $30.8 million accumulated amortization) and $15.3 million (net of $24.5 million accumulated amortization) as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Income Taxes	'
	Income Taxes
	Deferred income taxes are recognized for differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities at the enacted statutory tax rates in effect for the years in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse. The effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. We evaluate the realizability of deferred tax assets and recognizes a valuation allowance for our deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that a future benefit on such deferred tax assets will not be realized.
	We recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the consolidated financial statements from such positions are then measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon settlement. We recognize interest and penalties accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in our income tax (benefit) provision in the accompanying statements of operations.
Net Income (Loss) Per Share	'
	Net Income (Loss) Per Share
	Basic income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Net loss attributable to common stockholders is increased for cumulative preferred stock dividends earned during the period. Diluted loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding plus potentially dilutive common shares. We reported net losses for the years ended December 31, 2013, and 2011, all potentially dilutive common shares comprising of stock options, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), stock from the employee stock purchase plan, warrants and convertible preferred stock are considered antidilutive for those periods.
	RSUs and other restricted awards are considered outstanding common shares and included in the computation of basic earnings per share as of the date that all necessary conditions of vesting are satisfied. RSUs are excluded from the dilutive earnings per share calculation when their impact is antidilutive.
Foreign Currency Transactions and Translations Policy	'
	Foreign Currency Transactions
	Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are charged or credited to earnings as incurred. For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, foreign currency transaction gains and losses that are included in other income (expense) in the accompanying statements of operations were not significant.
	Foreign Currency Translation
	The financial statements of foreign subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars. Where the functional currency of a foreign subsidiary is its local currency, balance sheet accounts are translated at the current exchange rate and income statement items are translated at the average exchange rate for the period. Gains and losses resulting from translation are accumulated in accumulated other comprehensive earnings within stockholders’ equity.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments	'
	Fair Value of Financial Instruments
	We chose not to elect the fair value option for our financial assets and liabilities that had not been previously carried at fair value. Therefore, material financial assets and liabilities not carried at fair value, such as trade accounts receivable and payables, are reported at their carrying values.
	The carrying amounts of our financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, receivables from domain name registries, registry deposits, restricted cash, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and customer deposits approximate fair value because of their short maturities. For the term loans and revolving loan facility, the carrying amount approximate fair value since they bear interest at variable rates or fixed rates which approximates fair value. Our investments in marketable securities are recorded at fair value. Certain assets, including equity investments, investments held at cost, goodwill and intangible assets are also subject to measurement at fair value on a nonrecurring basis, if they are deemed to be impaired as the result of an impairment review. For the years ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, no impairments were recorded on those assets required to be measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. (Refer to Note 17 for additional information).
Recent Accounting Pronouncements	'
	Recent Accounting Pronouncements
	Presentation of unrecognized tax benefits
	In July 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued guidance regarding the presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists. Under certain circumstances, unrecognized tax benefits should be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2013 on either a prospective or retrospective basis. We did not adopt this guidance early and we do not anticipate it to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
	Reclassification of accumulated other comprehensive loss
	In February 2013, the FASB issued an accounting standards update requiring new disclosures about reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss to net income. These disclosures may be presented on the face of the statements or in the notes to the consolidated financial statements. The standards update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2012. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Summary_of_Significant_Account2

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Activity	'
	The allowance for doubtful account activity is as follows (in thousands):
		Balance at		Charged to					Balance at
		beginning of		costs and		Write-offs, net			end of
		period		expenses		of recoveries			Period
	31-Dec-13	$	369	$	61	$	(90	)	$	340
	31-Dec-12	$	419	$	75	$	(125	)	$	369
	31-Dec-11	$	400	$	125	$	(106	)	$	419

Property_and_Equipment_Tables

Property and Equipment (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Property and Equipment	'
	Property and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):
		December 31,			December 31,
		2013			2012
	Computers and other related equipment	$	43,010		$	42,940
	Purchased and internally developed software		65,632			54,657
	Furniture and fixtures		3,868			2,623
	Leasehold improvements		9,075			3,552
			121,585			103,772
	Less accumulated depreciation		(79,392	)		(68,305	)
	Property and equipment, net	$	42,193		$	35,467
Schedule of Depreciation and Amortization	'
	Depreciation and amortization expense, which includes losses on disposal of property and equipment of approximately $0.8 million, $0.3 million and $1.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively, by classification is shown below (in thousands):
		Year ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Service costs	$	14,213		$	14,452		$	16,075
	Sales and marketing		379			453			423
	Product development		865			1,025			1,466
	General and administrative		5,044			3,728			2,994
	Total depreciation	$	20,501		$	19,658		$	20,958

Intangible_Assets_Tables

Intangible Assets (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Intangible Assets	'
	Intangible assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
		31-Dec-13
		Gross carrying amount		Accumulated amortization			Net		Weighted average useful life (years)
	Owned website names	$	22,370	$	(14,684	)	$	7,686	4.7
	Customer relationships		32,462		(26,026	)		6,436	5.5
	Artist Relationships		9,867		(1,507	)		8,360		3
	Media content		143,756		(95,687	)		48,069		5
	Technology		37,832		(30,165	)		7,667	4.1
	Non-compete agreements		1,159		(294	)		865	3.4
	Trade names		15,742		(6,444	)		9,298	12.6
	Content publisher relationships		2,092		(1,707	)		385		5
		$	265,280	$	(176,514	)	$	88,766
		31-Dec-12
		Gross carrying amount		Accumulated amortization			Net		Weighted average useful life (years)
	Owned website names	$	42,994	$	(36,489	)	$	6,505	3.7
	Customer relationships		32,419		(23,151	)		9,268	5.5
	Media content		136,495		(78,223	)		58,272	5.1
	Technology		38,770		(28,556	)		10,214		6
	Non-compete agreements		15,013		(14,685	)		328	3.3
	Trade names		12,191		(5,654	)		6,537	13.7
	Content publisher relationships		2,092		(1,470	)		622		5
		$	279,974	$	(188,228	)	$	91,746
Amortization Expense by Classification	'
	Amortization expense by classification is shown below (in thousands):
		Year ended December 31,
		2013		2012			2011
	Service costs	$	34,310	$	32,792		$	38,715
	Sales and marketing		4,252		2,635			3,069
	Product development		4,903		4,272			4,343
	General and administrative		944		977			1,047
	Total amortization	$	44,409	$	40,676		$	47,174
Estimated future amortization expense	'
	Based upon the current amount of intangible assets subject to amortization, the estimated amortization expense for the next five years as of December 31, 2013 is as follows (in thousands):
		Estimated
		Amortization
	Year ending December 31,
	2014	$	35,730
	2015	$	24,463
	2016	$	12,505
	2017	$	6,056
	2018	$	2,787
	Thereafter	$	7,225

Goodwill_Tables

Goodwill (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Goodwill Changes	'
	The following table presents the changes in our goodwill balance (in thousands):
	Balance at December 31, 2011	$	256,060
	Goodwill arising from acquisitions		10,312
	Other		(23	)
	Balance at December 31, 2012		266,349
	Goodwill arising from acquisitions		81,135
	Working capital adjustment		(102	)
	Balance at December 31, 2013	$	347,382

Other_Balance_Sheets_Items_Tab

Other Balance Sheets Items (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Accounts Receivable	'
	Accounts receivable consisted of the following (in thousands):
		December 31,		December 31,
		2013		2012
	Accounts receivable - trade		29,640		40,995
	Receivables from registries		3,661		4,522
	Accounts receivable , net	$	33,301	$	45,517
Schedule of Other Long Term Assets	'
	Other long term assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
		December 31,		December 31,
		2013		2012
	Payments for gTLD applications	$	21,252	$	18,202
	Other		4,070		2,704
	Other Assets	$	25,322	$	20,906
Schedule of Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities	'
	Accrued expenses and other liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):
		December 31,		December 31,
		2013		2012
	Accrued payroll and related items	$	9,301	$	12,196
	Domain owners' royalties payable		1,193		1,996
	Commission payable		2,808		3,184
	Customer deposits		7,666		7,029
	Other		13,711		16,084
	Accrued expenses and other liabilities	$	34,679	$	40,489

Commitments_and_Contingenices_

Commitments and Contingenices (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Future Minimum Lease Payments Under Operating and Capital Leases	'
	The following is a schedule of future minimum lease payments under operating and capital leases as of December 31, 2013 (in thousands):
		Operating		Capital
		leases		Leases
	Year ending December 31,
	2014	$	4,425	$	728
	2015		3,853		61
	2016		3,117		-
	2017		2,360		-
	2018		3,506		-
	Thereafter		1,509		-
	Total minimum lease payments	$	18,770		789
	Less interest expense				(18	)
	Capital lease obligation			$	771

Income_Taxes_Tables

Income Taxes (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of income/(loss) before income taxes	'
	Income/(loss) before income taxes consisted of the following (in thousands):
			2013				2012			2011
	Domestic		$	(11,101	)		$	9,405		$	(13,820	)
	Foreign			(4,832	)			(1,446	)		(527	)
	Income (loss) before income taxes		$	(15,933	)		$	7,959		$	(14,347	)
Schedule of income tax benefit (expense)	'
	The income tax benefit (expense) consisted of the following (in thousands):
			2013				2012			2011
	Current (expense) benefit:
	Federal		$	-			$	-		$	10
	State			(235	)			314			(1,011	)
	International			(102	)			101			(6	)
	Deferred (expense) benefit:
	Federal			(3,334	)			(3,320	)		(2,551	)
	State			(593	)			1,141			(640	)
	International			23				(19	)		21
	Total income tax benefit (expense)		$	(4,241	)		$	(1,783	)	$	(4,177	)
Reconciliation of federal statutory income tax rate to company effective income tax rate	'
	The reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate of 35% to the Company’s effective income tax rate is as follows (in thousands):
			2013				2012			2011
	Expected income tax benefit (expense) as U.S. statutory rate		$	5,577			$	(2,786	)	$	5,022
	Difference between U.S. and foreign taxes			(1,123	)			(474	)		(124	)
	State tax (expense) benefit, net of federal taxes			(131	)			(312	)		825
	Non-deductible stock-based compensation			(2,832	)			(592	)		(295	)
	Meals and entertainment			(290	)			(286	)		(260	)
	Non-deductible officer compensation			-				(402	)		-
	State rate changes			(252	)			1,487			(787	)
	Indirect federal impact of state deferred taxes			110				(218	)		(9	)
	Valuation allowance			(5,475	)			1,538			(8,241	)
	Other			175				262			(308	)
	Total income tax expense		$	(4,241	)		$	(1,783	)	$	(4,177	)
Tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities	'
	The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are presented below (in thousands):
			December 31,				December 31,
			2013				2012
	Deferred tax assets:
	Accrued liabilities not currently deductible		$	4,193			$	5,623
	Intangible assets—excess of tax basis over financial statement basis			15,008				13,192
	Indirect federal impact of deferred state taxes			114				126
	Deferred revenue			6,126				5,735
	Net operating losses			23,488				21,527
	Stock-based compensation			14,375				11,359
	Other			189				265
				63,493				57,827
	Deferred tax liabilities:
	Deferred registration costs			(23,832	)			(20,582	)
	Prepaid expenses			(1,695	)			(1,797	)
	Goodwill not amortized for financial reporting			(26,206	)			(21,098	)
	Intangible assets—excess of financial statement basis over tax basis			(4,731	)			(5,483	)
	Property and equipment			(8,674	)			(8,186	)
				(65,138	)			(57,146	)
	Valuation allowance			(23,882	)			(21,124	)
	Net deferred tax liabilities		$	(25,527	)		$	(20,443	)
	Current		$	(22,415	)		$	(18,892	)
	Non-current			(3,112	)			(1,551	)
			$	(25,527	)		$	(20,443	)
Summary of aggregate changes in total gross amount of unrecognized tax benefits	'
	The aggregate changes in our total gross amount of unrecognized tax benefits are summarized as follows (in thousands):
		Year ended December 31,
		2013				2012
	Beginning balance	$	85			$	85
	Gross increase in unrecognized tax benefits - prior year tax position		—				—
	Ending balance	$	85			$	85

StockBased_Compensation_Plans_1

Stock-Based Compensation Plans and Awards (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Stock-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions	'
	The per share fair value of stock options granted with service and/or performance conditions was determined on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model with the following assumptions:
		Year ended December 31,
		2013				2012 (1)				2011
	Expected life (in years)		5.5				NA				5.5
	Risk-free interest rate		0.83	%			NA				1.46-2.30	%
	Expected volatility range		51	%			NA				56	%
	Expected dividend yield		—				NA				—
	(1)	We did not grant any stock options to employees during the year ended December 31, 2012.
Schedule of Stock-Based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity	'
	Stock option activity is as follows (in thousands, except per share data):
											Weighted
											average
							Weighted				remaining
			Number of				average				contractual			Aggregate
			options				exercise				term			intrinsic
			outstanding				price				(in years)			value
	Outstanding at December 31, 2012			11,846			$	16.34				6.93		$	10,208
	Options granted			230			$	8.48
	Options exercised			(797	)		$	5.03
	Options forfeited or canceled			(6,673	)		$	18.75
	Outstanding at December 31, 2013			4,606			$	14.42				3.42		$	1,925
	Exercisable at December 31, 2013			4,363			$	14.36				3.24		$	1,925
	Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2013			4,553			$	14.41				3.38		$	1,925
Schedule of Stock-Based Compensation, Activity	'
	Information related to stock-based compensation activity is as follows (in thousands, except per share data):
			Year ended December 31,
			2013				2012				2011
	Weighted average fair value of options granted (per option)		$	3.92			$	-			$	8.6
	Intrinsic value of options exercised		$	2,179			$	22,863			$	16,487
	Total fair value of restricted stock vested		$	17,404			$	19,072			$	8,377
Schedule of Stock-Based Compensation, Restricted Stock Awards And Restricted Stock Units Activity	'
	Restricted stock units activity is as follows (in thousands, except per share data):
							Weighted
							average
							grant date
			Shares				fair value
	Unvested at December 31, 2012			4,099			$	9.82
	Granted			5,285			$	7.98
	Vested			(1,865	)		$	9.33
	Forfeited			(2,065	)		$	9.03
	Unvested at December 31, 2013			5,454			$	8.51
Stock-Based Compensation Expense	'
	Stock-based compensation expense related to all employee and non-employee stock-based awards was as follows (in thousands):
			Year ended December 31,
			2013				2012				2011
	Service costs		$	2,778			$	2,820			$	2,052
	Sales and marketing			5,328				6,118				4,857
	Product development			5,186				6,452				5,013
	General and administrative			14,092				15,978				16,934
	Total stock-based compensation included in net income (loss)			27,384				31,368				28,856
	Income tax benefit related to stock-based compensation included in net income (loss)			(782	)			(758	)			(1,625	)
			$	26,602			$	30,610			$	27,231

Fair_Value_of_Financial_Instru1

Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis	'
	Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows (in thousands):
			Balance at December 31, 2013
			Level 1		Level 2		Total
	Assets:
	Cash equivalents (1)		$	4,034	$	-	$	4,034
	Marketable securities			902		-		902
			$	4,936	$	-	$	4,936
	Liabilities:
	Debt		$	-	$	96,250		96,250
			$	-	$	96,250	$	96,250
	-1	Comprises money market funds which are included in Cash and cash equivalents in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet
			Balance at December 31, 2012
			Level 1		Level 2		Total
	Assets:
	Cash equivalents (1)		$	29,129	$	7,940	$	37,069
			$	29,129	$	7,940	$	37,069
	-1	Comprises money market funds which are included in Cash and cash equivalents in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet

Business_Acquisitions_Tables

Business Acquisitions (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation	'
	The acquisitions are included in our consolidated financial statements as of the date of the acquisition. The allocation of the purchase consideration, for business acquisitions made by us during the year ended December 31, 2013 is as follows (in thousands):
		Creativebug				Society6			Total
	Goodwill	$	4,459			$	76,676		$	81,135
	Media content		3,390				—			3,390
	Technology		—				2,587			2,587
	Artist relationships		—				9,867			9,867
	Non-compete agreements		699				192			891
	Trade names		132				3,419			3,551
	Customer relationships		43				—			43
	Other assets and liabilities assumed		(723	)			1,581			858
	Total	$	8,000			$	94,322		$	102,322
	The following table summarizes the allocation of the purchase consideration, for business acquisitions made by us during the year ended December 31, 2012 (in thousands):
		Name.com
	Goodwill	$	10,313
	Customer relationships		5,094
	Owned website names		1,885
	Trade names		897
	Non-compete agreements		205
	Technology		76
	Other assets acquired (liabilities assumed), net		(470	)
	Total	$	18,000
Business Acquisition Pro forma Information	'
	Supplemental information on an unaudited pro forma basis, as if the 2013 and 2012 acquisitions had been consummated as of January 1, 2012, is as follows (in thousands):
			Year ended December 31,
			2013				2012
	Revenue		$	405,550			$	407,695
	Net Income (loss)		$	(16,671	)		$	8,934

Business_Segments_Tables

Business Segments (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Revenue derived from the Company's Content & Media and Registrar Services is as follows	'
	Revenue derived from the Company’s Content & Media and Registrar Services is as follows (in thousands):
		Year ended December 31,
		2013		2012		2011
	Content & Media revenue:
	Owned & operated	$	195,546	$	178,511	$	157,089
	Network		50,851		67,888		48,361
	Total Content & Media revenue		246,397		246,399		205,450
	Registrar revenue		148,201		134,179		119,416
	Total revenue	$	394,598	$	380,578	$	324,866

Concentrations_Tables

Concentrations (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedules of concentration of risk, by risk factor	'
	The percentage of revenue generated through advertising network partners representing more than 10% of consolidated revenue is as follows:
		Year ended December 31,
		2013				2012				2011
	Google		34	%			38	%			33	%
	Advertising network partners comprising more than 10% of the consolidated accounts receivable balance was as follows:
				Year ended
				December 31,
				2013				2012
	Google				27	%			26	%

Net_Income_Loss_Per_Share_Tabl

Net Income (Loss) Per Share (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of calculation of numerator and denominator in earnings per share	'
	The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share of common stock (in thousands, except per share data):
		Year ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Net income (loss)	$	(20,174	)	$	6,176		$	(18,524	)
	Cumulative preferred stock dividends		-			-			(2,477	)
	Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders	$	(20,174	)	$	6,176		$	(21,001	)
	Weighted average common shares outstanding		88,643			84,921			79,121
	Weighted average unvested restricted stock awards		(109	)		(368	)		(475	)
	Weighted average common shares outstanding—basic		88,534			84,553			78,646
	Dilutive effect of stock options, warrants and ESPP		-			2,684			-
	Weighted average common shares outstanding—diluted		88,534			87,237			78,646
	Net income (loss) per share—basic	$	(0.23	)	$	0.07		$	(0.27	)
	Net income (loss) per share—diluted	$	(0.23	)	$	0.07		$	(0.27	)

Company_Background_and_Overvie1

Company Background and Overview (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 27, 2011	Jan. 31, 2011	Oct. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2013
				services
Company Background and Overview [Abstract]	'	'	'	'
Number of service offerings	'	'	'	2
Proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriters discounts but before deducting offering expenses	$81.80	'	'	'
Issuance of common stock on IPO, net of issuance costs, shares	'	5.2	'	'
Conversion of convertible preferred stock into common stock (in shares)	61.7	'	'	'
Warrants exercised into common stock (in shares)	0.5	'	'	'
Reverse stock split (ratio)	'	'	2	'

Summary_of_Significant_Account3

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Activity (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable [Roll Forward]	'	'	'
Balance at beginning of period	$369	$419	$400
Charged to costs and expenses	61	75	125
Write-offs, net of recoveries	-90	-125	-106
Balance at end of period	$340	$369	$419

Summary_of_Significant_Account4

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Revenue from transactions with equity method investees	$6,500,000	$5,600,000	$4,000,000
Accounts receivable, past due time period individual account reviewed for collectibility	'90 days	'	'
Amortization of intangible assets	3,100,000	2,100,000	5,900,000
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	0	'	'
Advertising expense	2,500,000	2,800,000	2,700,000
Property and equipment, net	42,193,000	35,467,000	'
Accumulated amortization	79,392,000	68,305,000	'
Property and equipment, useful life	'3 years	'	'
Percent likelihood of largest tax benefit being realized upon settlement	50.00%	'	'
Unrealized gain on marketable securities	900,000	'	'
Software Development	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Property and equipment, net	17,600,000	15,300,000	'
Accumulated amortization	30,800,000	24,500,000	'
Engine algorithms 2011	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Amortization of intangible assets	$2,400,000	$2,100,000	$5,900,000
Advertising Service Providers	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Accounts receivable, days outstanding	'45 days	'	'
Social Media Services Customers	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Accounts receivable, days outstanding	'30 days	'	'
Minimum	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Subscription membership term	'6 months	'	'
Domain name registration revenue, customary term	'1 year	'	'
Minimum | Computer Equipment	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Property and equipment, useful life	'2 years	'	'
Minimum | Software	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Property and equipment, useful life	'2 years	'	'
Minimum | Furniture and Fixtures	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Property and equipment, useful life	'7 years	'	'
Minimum | Leasehold Improvements	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Property and equipment, useful life	'1 year	'	'
Minimum | Undeveloped Websites	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Intangibles, useful life	'12 months	'	'
Minimum | Advertising Service Providers	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Accounts receivable, days outstanding	'30 days	'	'
Minimum | Direct Advertisers	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Accounts receivable, days outstanding	'30 days	'	'
Minimum | Syndicated Content Customers	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Accounts receivable, days outstanding	'30 days	'	'
Maximum	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Subscription membership term	'12 months	'	'
Domain name registration revenue, customary term	'10 years	'	'
Maximum | Computer Equipment	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Property and equipment, useful life	'5 years	'	'
Maximum | Software	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Property and equipment, useful life	'3 years	'	'
Maximum | Furniture and Fixtures	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Property and equipment, useful life	'10 years	'	'
Maximum | Leasehold Improvements	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Property and equipment, useful life	'10 years	'	'
Maximum | Undeveloped Websites	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Intangibles, useful life	'84 months	'	'
Maximum | Advertising Service Providers	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Accounts receivable, days outstanding	'45 days	'	'
Maximum | Direct Advertisers	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Accounts receivable, days outstanding	'60 days	'	'
Maximum | Syndicated Content Customers	'	'	'
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Accounts receivable, days outstanding	'45 days	'	'

Property_and_Equipment_Schedul

Property and Equipment - Schedule of Property and Equipment (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]	'	'
Property and equipment, gross	$121,585	$103,772
Less accumulated depreciation	-79,392	-68,305
Property and equipment, net	42,193	35,467
Computer Equipment	'	'
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]	'	'
Property and equipment, gross	43,010	42,940
Purchased and Internally Developed Software	'	'
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]	'	'
Property and equipment, gross	65,632	54,657
Furniture and Fixtures	'	'
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]	'	'
Property and equipment, gross	3,868	2,623
Leasehold Improvements	'	'
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]	'	'
Property and equipment, gross	$9,075	$3,552

Property_and_Equipment_Depreci

Property and Equipment - Depreciation and Software Amortization Expense (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Depreciation And Amortization Expenses [Line Items]	'	'	'
Depreciation	$20,501	$19,658	$20,958
Service Costs	'	'	'
Depreciation And Amortization Expenses [Line Items]	'	'	'
Depreciation	14,213	14,452	16,075
Sales and Marketing	'	'	'
Depreciation And Amortization Expenses [Line Items]	'	'	'
Depreciation	379	453	423
Product Development	'	'	'
Depreciation And Amortization Expenses [Line Items]	'	'	'
Depreciation	865	1,025	1,466
General and Administrative	'	'	'
Depreciation And Amortization Expenses [Line Items]	'	'	'
Depreciation	$5,044	$3,728	$2,994

Property_and_Equipment_Additio

Property and Equipment - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]	'	'	'
Software under capital lease and vendor financing obligations	$3,800,000	$3,800,000	'
Software under capital lease and vendor financing obligations, accumulated amortization	79,392,000	68,305,000	'
Amortization expense for assets under capital lease and vendor financing obligations	700,000	700,000	500,000
Losses on disposal of property and equipment	-800,000	-300,000	-1,000,000
Assets Held under Capital Leases	'	'	'
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]	'	'	'
Software under capital lease and vendor financing obligations, accumulated amortization	$3,000,000	$2,300,000	'

Intangible_Assets_Components_D

Intangible Assets - Components (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'
Gross carrying amount	265,280	279,974
Accumulated amortization	-176,514	-188,228
Net	88,766	91,746
Owned Websites Names	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'
Gross carrying amount	22,370	42,994
Accumulated amortization	-14,684	-36,489
Net	7,686	6,505
Customer Relationships	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'
Gross carrying amount	32,462	32,419
Accumulated amortization	-26,026	-23,151
Net	6,436	9,268
Artist relationships	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'
Gross carrying amount	9,867	'
Accumulated amortization	-1,507	'
Net	8,360	'
Media Content	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'
Gross carrying amount	143,756	136,495
Accumulated amortization	-95,687	-78,223
Net	48,069	58,272
Technology	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'
Gross carrying amount	37,832	38,770
Accumulated amortization	-30,165	-28,556
Net	7,667	10,214
Non-compete agreements	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'
Gross carrying amount	1,159	15,013
Accumulated amortization	-294	-14,685
Net	865	328
Trade Names	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'
Gross carrying amount	15,742	12,191
Accumulated amortization	-6,444	-5,654
Net	9,298	6,537
Content Publisher Relationships	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'
Gross carrying amount	2,092	2,092
Accumulated amortization	-1,707	-1,470
Net	385	622
Weighted Average | Owned Websites Names	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'
Intangibles, useful life	'4 years 8 months 12 days	'3 years 8 months 12 days
Weighted Average | Customer Relationships	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'
Intangibles, useful life	'5 years 6 months	'5 years 6 months
Weighted Average | Artist relationships	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'
Intangibles, useful life	'3 years	'
Weighted Average | Media Content	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'
Intangibles, useful life	'5 years	'5 years 1 month 6 days
Weighted Average | Technology	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'
Intangibles, useful life	'4 years 1 month 6 days	'6 years
Weighted Average | Non-compete agreements	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'
Intangibles, useful life	'3 years 4 months 24 days	'3 years 3 months 18 days
Weighted Average | Trade Names	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'
Intangibles, useful life	'12 years 7 months 6 days	'13 years 8 months 12 days
Weighted Average | Content Publisher Relationships	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'
Intangibles, useful life	'5 years	'5 years

Intangible_Assets_Amortization

Intangible Assets - Amortization Expense by Classification (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'	'
Amortization of intangible assets	$44,409	$40,676	$47,174
Service Costs	'	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'	'
Amortization of intangible assets	34,310	32,792	38,715
Sales and Marketing	'	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'	'
Amortization of intangible assets	4,252	2,635	3,069
Product Development	'	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'	'
Amortization of intangible assets	4,903	4,272	4,343
General and Administrative	'	'	'
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'	'
Amortization of intangible assets	$944	$977	$1,047

Intangible_Assets_Estimated_Am

Intangible Assets - Estimated Amortization Expenses (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'
Estimated amortization expense, 2014	$35,730
Estimated amortization expense, 2015	24,463
Estimated amortization expense, 2016	12,505
Estimated amortization expense, 2017	6,056
Estimated amortization expense, 2018	2,787
Estimated amortization expense, Thereafter	$7,225

Intangible_Assets_Additional_I

Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]	'	'	'
Amortization of intangible assets	$3.10	$2.10	$5.90
Retroactive Goodwill Adjustment	'	$0.70	'

Goodwill_Details

Goodwill (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Goodwill Roll Forward	'	'
Goodwill, beginning balance	$266,349	$256,060
Goodwill arising from acquisitions	81,135	10,312
Goodwill, Other Changes	-102	-23
Goodwill, ending balance	$347,382	$266,349

Goodwill_Additional_Informatio

Goodwill - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012
Goodwill Roll Forward	'
Retroactive Goodwill Adjustment	$0.70

Other_Balance_Sheets_Items_Acc

Other Balance Sheets Items - Accounts Receivables (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]	'	'
Accounts receivable, net	$33,301	$45,517
Accounts receivable - trade	'	'
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]	'	'
Accounts receivable, net	29,640	40,995
Receivables From Registries	'	'
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]	'	'
Accounts receivable, net	$3,661	$4,522

Other_Balance_Sheets_Items_Oth

Other Balance Sheets Items - Other Long Term Assets (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Other long term assets	'	'
Other assets	$25,322	$20,906
Payments for gTLD applications	'	'
Other long term assets	'	'
Other assets	21,252	18,202
Other non current assets	'	'
Other long term assets	'	'
Other assets	$4,070	$2,704

Other_Balance_Sheets_Items_Acc1

Other Balance Sheets Items - Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Balance Sheet Related Disclosures [Abstract]	'	'
Accrued payroll and related items	$9,301	$12,196
Domain owners' royalties payable	1,193	1,996
Commission payable	2,808	3,184
Customer deposits	7,666	7,029
Other	13,711	16,084
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	$34,679	$40,489

Other_Balance_Sheets_Items_Add

Other Balance Sheets Items - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]	'	'
Payments for gTLD applications, net	($3,949,000)	($18,202,000)
Gain on other assets, net	4,232,000	'
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Noncurrent	$900,000	$900,000
Restricted cash, restriction period	'5 years	'

Debt_Additional_Information_De

Debt - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Aug. 29, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Repayments of lines of credit	'	$20
Letters of credit outstanding, amount	'	11.2
Debt instrument, fee amount	1.9	'
Amortized deferred debt issuance costs	'	0.2
Line of credit, amount outstanding	'	96.3
Debt, weighted average interest rate	'	2.42%
Revolving loan Facility, Increase amount	'	25
Repayment of term loan	'	3.75
Letter of Credit	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	25	'
Swingline Loan	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	10	'
Minimum	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Line of credit facility, unused capacity, commitment fee percentage	'	0.20%
Maximum	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Line of credit facility, unused capacity, commitment fee percentage	'	0.40%
Loans based on LIBOR | Minimum	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Credit agreement, marginal interest rate	'	2.00%
Loans based on LIBOR | Maximum	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Credit agreement, marginal interest rate	'	3.00%
Loans based on base rate | Minimum	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Credit agreement, marginal interest rate	'	1.00%
Loans based on base rate | Maximum	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Credit agreement, marginal interest rate	'	2.00%
Term Loan Facility	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	100	'
Line of credit, amount outstanding	'	100
Revolving Loan Facility	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	125	'
Line of credit, maturity date	'	29-Aug-18
Repayments of lines of credit	20	'
Line of credit, remaining borrowing capacity	'	$113.80

Commitments_and_Contingencies_

Commitments and Contingencies - Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]	'
2014	$4,425
2015	3,853
2016	3,117
2017	2,360
2018	3,506
Thereafter	1,509
Total minimum lease payments	18,770
Capital Leases Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]	'
2014	728
2015	61
2016	0
2017	0
2018	0
Thereafter	0
Total minimum lease payments	789
Less interest expense	-18
Capital lease obligation	$771

Commitments_and_Contingencies_1

Commitments and Contingencies - Rent (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Operating Leases Rent Expense [Abstract]	'	'	'
Rent expense	$6.70	$5	$4.90
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	'	'	'
Operating Leases Rent Expense [Abstract]	'	'	'
Deferred rent liability, current	2.6	0.9	'
Other long-term liabilities	'	'	'
Operating Leases Rent Expense [Abstract]	'	'	'
Deferred rent liability, noncurrent	$2.40	$0.60	'

Commitments_and_Contingencies_2

Commitments and Contingencies - Letters of Credit (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]	'
Letters of credit outstanding, amount	$11.20
Standby Letters of Credit	'
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]	'
Letters of credit outstanding, amount	$11.20

Commitments_and_Contingencies_3

Commitments and Contingencies - Domain Name Agreement (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
Long Term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]	'
Contract termination notice prior to end of annual renewal period	'1 year
Domain Name Agreement | Minimum quarterly purchase commitment	'
Long Term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]	'
Long-term purchase commitment	0.2

Commitments_and_Contingencies_4

Commitments and Contingencies - Litigation (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
Disclosure - Commitments and Contingencies - Litigation (Details) [Line Items]	'
Payments for Legal Settlements	$1.85

Commitments_and_Contingencies_5

Commitments and Contingencies - Leases (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
	sqft
Before Amendment Agreement	'
Long Term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]	'
Area of leased space	34,000
After Amendment Agreement | Subsequent Event	'
Long Term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]	'
Date of lease expiration	'2019-04
Area of leased space	41,000
Lease effective month and year	'2014-05

Income_Taxes_IncomeLoss_Before

Income Taxes - Income/(Loss) Before Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes [Abstract]	'	'	'
Domestic	($11,101)	$9,405	($13,820)
Foreign	-4,832	-1,446	-527
Income (loss) before income taxes	($15,933)	$7,959	($14,347)

Income_Taxes_Income_Tax_Benefi

Income Taxes - Income Tax Benefit (Expense) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Current (expense) benefit:	'	'	'
Federal	'	'	$10
State	-235	314	-1,011
International	-102	101	-6
Deferred (expense) benefit:	'	'	'
Federal	-3,334	-3,320	-2,551
State	-593	1,141	-640
International	23	-19	21
Total income tax benefit (expense)	($4,241)	($1,783)	($4,177)

Income_Taxes_Reconciliation_of

Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate to the Company's Effective Income Tax Rate (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations, Income Tax Reconciliation [Abstract]	'	'	'
Expected income tax benefit (expense) as U.S. statutory rate	$5,577	($2,786)	$5,022
Difference between U.S. and foreign taxes	-1,123	-474	-124
State tax (expense) benefit, net of federal taxes	-131	-312	825
Non-deductible stock-based compensation	-2,832	-592	-295
Meals and entertainment	-290	-286	-260
Non-deductible officer compensation	'	-402	'
State rate changes	-252	1,487	-787
Indirect federal impact of state deferred taxes	110	-218	-9
Valuation allowance	-5,475	1,538	-8,241
Other	175	262	-308
Total income tax benefit (expense)	($4,241)	($1,783)	($4,177)

Income_Taxes_The_Tax_Effects_o

Income Taxes - The Tax Effects of Temporary Differences That Give Rise to Significant Portions of the Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Deferred tax assets:	'	'
Accrued liabilities not currently deductible	$4,193	$5,623
Intangible assets—excess of tax basis over financial statement basis	15,008	13,192
Indirect federal impact of deferred state taxes	114	126
Deferred revenue	6,126	5,735
Net operating losses	23,488	21,527
Stock-based compensation	14,375	11,359
Other	189	265
Gross deferred tax assets	63,493	57,827
Deferred tax liabilities:	'	'
Deferred registration costs	-23,832	-20,582
Prepaid expenses	-1,695	-1,797
Goodwill not amortized for financial reporting	-26,206	-21,098
Intangible assets—excess of financial statement basis over tax basis	-4,731	-5,483
Property and equipment	-8,674	-8,186
Gross deferred tax liabilities	-65,138	-57,146
Valuation allowance	-23,882	-21,124
Net deferred tax liabilities	-25,527	-20,443
Current	-22,415	-18,892
Non-current	-3,112	-1,551
Net deferred tax liabilities	($25,527)	($20,443)

Income_Taxes_NOLs_Valuation_Al

Income Taxes - NOLs, Valuation Allowance, and Undistributed Earnings (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]	'	'	'
Federal statutory income tax rate	35.00%	'	'
Valuation allowance	($23,882,000)	($21,124,000)	'
Deferred tax asset, change in valuation allowance amount	2,800,000	1,500,000	8,200,000
Deferred tax assets, Cumulative tax attributes	4,100,000	'	'
Federal	'	'	'
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]	'	'	'
Operating Loss Carryforwards	71,000,000	66,000,000	'
Irish	'	'	'
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]	'	'	'
Operating Loss Carryforwards	5,200,000	'	'
State	'	'	'
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]	'	'	'
Operating Loss Carryforwards	$16,000,000	$13,000,000	'

Income_Taxes_Summary_of_Aggreg

Income Taxes - Summary of Aggregate Changes in Total Gross Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Disclosure - Income Taxes - Summary of Aggregate Changes in Total Gross Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Details) [Line Items]	'	'
Beginning balance	$85	$85
Gross increase in unrecognized tax benefits - prior year tax position	'	'
Ending balance	$85	$85

Related_Party_Transactions_Det

Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]	'	'	'
Revenue from transactions with equity method investees	$6,500	$5,600	$4,000
Management	'	'	'
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]	'	'	'
Revenue from transactions with equity method investees	0	30	513
Due from related parties	$0	$0	'

Employee_Benefit_Plan_Addition

Employee Benefit Plan - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
Employee Benefit Plan [Abstract]	'
Defined Contribution Plan, Cost Recognized	$2
Percent eligible pre-tax compensation that an eligible employee may defer	90.00%

StockBased_Compensation_Plans_2

Stock-Based Compensation Plans and Awards - Fair Value Assumptions Stock Options (Details) (Stock options)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011
Stock options	'	'		'
Weighted-average assumptions used to estimate the fair values of the stock options	'	'		'
Expected life (in years)	'5 years 6 months	'		'5 years 6 months
Expected volatility range	51.00%	'		56.00%
Expected dividend yield	'	'	[1]	'
Risk-free interest rate, maximum	0.83%	'		2.30%
Risk-free interest rate, minimum	'	'		1.46%
[1]	We did not grant any stock options to employees during the year ended December 31, 2012.

StockBased_Compensation_Plans_3

Stock-Based Compensation Plans and Awards - Stock Options Activity (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Number of options outstanding	'	'
Outstanding at period start	11,846	'
Options granted	230	'
Options exercised	-797	'
Options forfeited or canceled	-6,673	'
Outstanding at period end	4,606	11,846
Exercisable	4,363	'
Vested and expected to vest	4,553	'
Weighted average exercise price	'	'
Outstanding at period start, weighted average exercise price (usd per share)	$16.34	'
Options granted, weighted average exercise price (usd per share)	$8.48	'
Options exercised, weighted average exercise price (usd per share)	$5.03	'
Options forfeited or canceled , weighted average exercise price (usd per share)	$18.75	'
Outstanding at period end, weighted average exercise price (usd per share)	$14.42	$16.34
Exercisable, weighted average exercise price (usd per share)	$14.36	'
Vested and expected to vest, weighted average exercise price (usd per share)	$14.41	'
Weighted average remaining contractual term (in years)	'	'
Outstanding at period start, weighted average remaining contractual term	'3 years 5 months 1 day	'6 years 11 months 5 days
Exercisable, weighted average remaining contractual term	'3 years 2 months 27 days	'
Vested and expected to vest, weighted average remaining contractual term	'3 years 4 months 17 days	'
Aggregate intrinsic value	'	'
Outstanding at period start, aggregate intrinsic value	$10,208	'
Outstanding at period end, aggregate intrinsic value	1,925	10,208
Exercisable, aggregate intrinsic value	1,925	'
Vested and expected to vest, aggregate intrinsic value	$1,925	'

StockBased_Compensation_Plans_4

Stock-Based Compensation Plans and Awards - Stock Based Compensation Activity (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]	'	'	'
Weighted average fair value of options granted (per option)	$3.92	'	$8.60
Intrinsic value of options exercised	$2,179,000	$22,863,000	$16,487,000
Total fair value of restricted stock vested	17,404,000	19,072,000	8,377,000
Stock options	'	'	'
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]	'	'	'
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to non-vested stock options	$1,300,000	'	'
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense, weighted average period of recognition	'1 year	'	'

StockBased_Compensation_Plans_5

Stock-Based Compensation Plans and Awards - Restricted Stock Units (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
RSUs and other restricted shares	'
Unvested at period start	4,099
Granted	5,285
Vested	-1,865
Forfeited	-2,065
Unvested at period end	5,454
Weighted average grant date fair value	'
Unvested at period start, weighted average grant date fair value (usd per share)	$9.82
Granted, weighted average grant date fair value (usd per share)	$7.98
Vested, weighted average grant date fair value (usd per share)	$9.33
Forfeited,weighted average grant date fair value (usd per share)	$9.03
Unvested at period end, weighted average grant date fair value (usd per share)	$8.51

StockBased_Compensation_Plans_6

Stock-Based Compensation Plans and Awards - Stock-Based Compensation Expense (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]	'	'	'
Total stock-based compensation included in net loss	$27,384,000	$31,368,000	$28,856,000
Income tax benefit related to stock-based compensation included in net loss	-782,000	-758,000	-1,625,000
Total stock-based compensation included in net loss, net of tax	26,602,000	30,610,000	27,231,000
Capitalized stock-based compensation expense	2,000,000	1,700,000	1,000,000
Warrants	'	'	'
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]	'	'	'
Total stock-based compensation included in net loss	'	1,100,000	500,000
Service Costs	'	'	'
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]	'	'	'
Total stock-based compensation included in net loss	2,778,000	2,820,000	2,052,000
Sales and Marketing	'	'	'
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]	'	'	'
Total stock-based compensation included in net loss	5,328,000	6,118,000	4,857,000
Product Development	'	'	'
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]	'	'	'
Total stock-based compensation included in net loss	5,186,000	6,452,000	5,013,000
General and Administrative	'	'	'
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]	'	'	'
Total stock-based compensation included in net loss	$14,092,000	$15,978,000	$16,934,000

StockBased_Compensation_Plans_7

Stock-Based Compensation Plans and Awards - Stock Incentive Plans Narrative (Details)	12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Aug. 05, 2011	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
		2010 Plan	2006 Plan	Minimum	Maximum
				Restricted Stock	Restricted Stock
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'
Number of share authorized to grant	'	15,500,000	'	'	'
Options canceled	'	'	300,000	'	'
Increase in awards available for grant	'	6,000,000	'	'	'
Increase in awards available for grant, percent of total shares outstanding	'	5.00%	'	'	'
Number of common stock shares remaining authorized for issuance	'	22,400,000	'	'	'
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period	'10 years	'	'	'	'
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	'4 years	'	'	'3 years	'4 years

StockBased_Compensation_Plans_8

Stock-Based Compensation Plans and Awards - Restricted Stock Units Narrative (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
In Millions, except Share data in Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 14, 2014
		Restricted stock units (RSUs)	Restricted stock units (RSUs)
			Subsequent Event
Weighted average grant date fair value	'	'	'
Unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested RSUs and restricted shares	'	$35.60	'
Unrecognized compensation cost, weighted average period of recognition	'	'2 years 7 months 6 days	'
Annual employee compensation grant	5,285	'	1,200

StockBased_Compensation_Plans_9

Stock-Based Compensation Plans and Awards - Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	31-May-11	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
				Employee Stock Purchase Plan	Employee Stock Purchase Plan	Employee Stock Purchase Plan
					period
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'	'
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, discount from market price, lower of purchase and offer date	'	'	'	15.00%	'	'
Participants maximum payroll deductions percentage	'	'	'	15.00%	'	'
Duration of each offering period	'	'	'	'	'24 months	'
Number of purchase periods in each offering period	'	'	'	'	4	'
Duration of each purchase period	'	'	'	'	'6 months	'
Maximum number of common stock shares may be purchased by each participant	'	'	'	'	1,250	'
Duration of each interval in each purchase period within an offering	'	'	'	'	'6 months	'
Fair value assumptions, expected life	'	'	'	'	'24 months	'
Fair value assumptions, expected volatility, minimum	'	'	'	'	30.00%	'
Fair value assumptions, expected volatility, maximum	'	'	'	'	43.00%	'
Stock-based compensation expense	$27,384	$31,368	$28,856	'	$1,800	$1,900
Number of common stock shares remaining authorized for issuance	'	'	'	'	8,900,000	'

Stockholders_Equity_Details

Stockholders' Equity (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Share data in Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Equity Class Of Treasury Stock [Line Items]	'	'	'	'
Authorized amount to repurchase	'	$50,000,000	'	'
Shares repurchased during period	'	600	'	'
Shares repurchased during period (usd per share)	'	$8.65	'	'
Shares repurchased during period, value	'	4,835,000	8,868,000	17,064,000
Conversion of preferred stock carrying value to stockholder's equity	373,800,000	'	'	'
Conversion of preferred stock warrants to stockholder's equity	$500,000	'	'	'
Restricted Stock Purchase Right	'	'	'	'
Equity Class Of Treasury Stock [Line Items]	'	'	'	'
Equity instrument voting rights per share	'	1	'	'
Common stock	'	'	'	'
Equity Class Of Treasury Stock [Line Items]	'	'	'	'
Shares repurchased during period	'	559	1,106	2,341
Equity instrument voting rights per share	'	1	'	'
Conversion of stock (in shares)	'	'	'	62,149
Convertible Preferred Stock	'	'	'	'
Equity Class Of Treasury Stock [Line Items]	'	'	'	'
Conversion of stock (in shares)	61,700	'	'	'

Fair_Value_of_Financial_Instru2

Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Fair Value, Financial Assets, Recurring (Details) (Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring, USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Marketable securities	$902		'
Total assets at fair value	4,936		37,069
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure	96,250		'
Money Market Funds	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Cash equivalents	4,034	[1]	37,069	[1]
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Marketable securities	902		'
Total assets at fair value	4,936		29,129
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure	0		'
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Money Market Funds	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Cash equivalents	4,034	[1]	29,129	[1]
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Marketable securities	0		'
Total assets at fair value	0		7,940
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure	96,250		'
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Money Market Funds	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Cash equivalents	$0	[1]	$7,940	[1]
[1]	Comprises money market funds which are included in Cash and cash equivalents in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet

Business_Acquisitions_Schedule

Business Acquisitions - Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation (Details) (USD $)

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

In Thousands, unless otherwise specified

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Mar. 15, 2013

Mar. 31, 2013

Mar. 15, 2013

Mar. 15, 2013

Mar. 15, 2013

Mar. 15, 2013

Jun. 20, 2013

Jun. 20, 2013

Jun. 20, 2013

Jun. 20, 2013

Jun. 20, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2012

Media Content

Technology

Artist relationships

Non-compete agreements

Trade Names

Customer Relationships

Creativebug

Creativebug

Creativebug

Creativebug

Creativebug

Creativebug

Society6

Society6

Society6

Society6

Society6

Name Com

Name Com

Name Com

Name Com

Name Com

Name Com

Media Content

Non-compete agreements

Trade Names

Customer Relationships

Technology

Artist relationships

Non-compete agreements

Trade Names

Technology

Non-compete agreements

Customer Relationships

Owned Websites Names

Trade Names

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Abstract]

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

Goodwill

$81,135

'

'

'

'

'

'

$4,459

'

'

'

'

'

$76,676

'

'

'

'

$10,313

'

'

'

'

'

Intangibles

'

3,390

2,587

9,867

891

3,551

43

'

'

3,390

699

132

43

'

2,587

9,867

192

3,419

'

76

205

5,094

1,885

897

Other assets and liabilities assumed

858

'

'

'

'

'

'

-723

'

'

'

'

'

1,581

'

'

'

'

-470

'

'

'

'

'

Total purchase consideration

$102,322

'

'

'

'

'

'

$8,000

$8,000

'

'

'

'

$94,322

'

'

'

'

$18,000

'

'

'

'

'

Business_Acquisitions_Business

Business Acquisitions - Business Acquisition Pro forma Information (Details) (Acquisitions Consummated during 2012 and 2013, USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Acquisitions Consummated during 2012 and 2013	'	'
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Abstract]	'	'
Revenue	$405,550	$407,695
Net Income (loss)	($16,671)	$8,934

Business_Acquisitions_Addition

Business Acquisitions - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 20, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 15, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013
			Society6	Name Com	Name Com	Name Com	Name Com	Creativebug	Creativebug
					Developed technology, customer relationships and owned website names	Non-compete agreements	Trade Names
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Abstract]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Total purchase consideration	$102,322,000	'	$94,322,000	$18,000,000	'	'	'	$8,000,000	$8,000,000
Purchase consideration, cash	'	'	76,100,000	16,200,000	'	'	'	'	800,000
Purchase consideration, common stock, shares	'	'	2,322,880	'	'	'	'	'	'
Purchase consideration, common stock, value	'	'	18,200,000	'	'	'	'	'	'
Hold back to satisfy post-closing indemnification, value	'	'	7,900,000	1,800,000	'	'	'	'	400,000
Hold back to satisfy post-closing indemnification, shares	'	'	243,902	'	'	'	'	'	'
Weighted average useful life	'	'	'	'	'4 years	'5 years	'10 years	'	'
Goodwill expected to be deductible for tax purposes	'	$76,400,000	'	'	'	'	'	'	'

Business_Segments_Details

Business Segments (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
	segment
Segment Reporting Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]	'	'	'
Number of operating segment	1	'	'
Revenue	$394,598	$380,578	$324,866
Content & Media	'	'	'
Segment Reporting Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]	'	'	'
Revenue	246,397	246,399	205,450
Content & Media | Owned and operated	'	'	'
Segment Reporting Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]	'	'	'
Revenue	195,546	178,511	157,089
Content & Media | Network	'	'	'
Segment Reporting Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]	'	'	'
Revenue	50,851	67,888	48,361
Registrar Services	'	'	'
Segment Reporting Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]	'	'	'
Revenue	$148,201	$134,179	$119,416

Concentrations_Concentrations_

Concentrations Concentrations (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Supplier Concentration Risk | Cost of registered names	'	'	'
Concentration Risk [Line Items]	'	'	'
Concentration risk, percentage	83.00%	82.00%	80.00%
Credit Concentration Risk | Cash And Cash Equivalents And Marketable Securities	'	'	'
Concentration Risk [Line Items]	'	'	'
Number of internet payment processors used	1	'	'
Customer Concentration Risk | Revenue from advertising network partners	'	'	'
Concentration Risk [Line Items]	'	'	'
Number of advertising network partners	1	'	'
Customer Concentration Risk | Revenue from advertising network partners | Advertising Network Partner A	'	'	'
Concentration Risk [Line Items]	'	'	'
Concentration risk, percentage	34.00%	38.00%	33.00%
Customer Concentration Risk | Accounts Receivable | Advertising Network Partner B	'	'	'
Concentration Risk [Line Items]	'	'	'
Concentration risk, percentage	27.00%	26.00%	'
U.S. financial institutions | Credit Concentration Risk | Cash And Cash Equivalents And Marketable Securities	'	'	'
Concentration Risk [Line Items]	'	'	'
Number of financial institutions where deposits are held	3	'	'
Foreign Banks | Credit Concentration Risk | Cash And Cash Equivalents And Marketable Securities	'	'	'
Concentration Risk [Line Items]	'	'	'
Number of financial institutions where deposits are held	4	'	'

Net_Income_Loss_Per_Share_Comp

Net Income (Loss) Per Share - Computation Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Disclosure - Net Income (Loss) Per Share - Computation Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted (Details) [Line Items]	'	'	'
Net income (loss)	($20,174)	$6,176	($18,524)
Cumulative preferred stock dividends	'	'	-2,477
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders	($20,174)	$6,176	($21,001)
Weighted average common shares outstanding	88,643	84,921	79,121
Weighted average unvested restricted stock awards	-109	-368	-475
Weighted average common shares outstanding—basic	88,534	84,553	78,646
Dilutive effect of stock options, warrants and ESPP	'	2,684	'
Weighted average common shares outstanding—diluted	88,534	87,237	78,646
Net income (loss) per share - basic	($0.23)	$0.07	($0.27)
Net income (loss) per share—diluted	($0.23)	$0.07	($0.27)

Net_Income_Loss_Per_Share_Anti

Net Income (Loss) Per Share - Antidilutive Shares (Details)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]	'	'	'
Antidilutive common stock equivalent shares excluded from calculation of diluted net income (loss) per share (in shares)	0.9	0	4.9