I hated using GoDaddy when doing development work for clients...I would never choose to use it for myself just based on my previous experience with them. I prefer self hosting on a fresh Ubuntu Server install on highspeed residential cable from a server I built myself..there's something satisfying about learning about all aspects of web development
Startups should not use GoDaddy. Ever
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#52GoDaddy is so bad. My heart sinks whenever a client asks me to login and change some setting for them. They've managed to turn the entire process of every function on their site into a purist up-selling unusable monstrosity that confuses customers to such a degree they feel they need to pay more and more money.
If you want a good Domain host try http://www.webwiz.co.uk, the guy who runs it is very good and prompt at support, domains are a fair price and the interface is super easy to use. I have no affiliation to WebWiz but since moving all my domains over there it's been a lot easier.
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#53I have used GoDaddy for their DNS services and have been very happy with their customer service. No issues so far after ~2 years. I may research other DNS though, comments of how easily they shut people down makes me nervous.
Note to Pinolio: I may have missed it, but I did not find a link to your service on your blog.
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#54Has anyone here used Nearly Free Speech (www.nearlyfreespeech.net)? I have finally started to make my migration away from GoDaddy (I have been planning this for years), and NFS seems pretty good.
I can't seem to find any horror stories about them... but I rarely see them brought up in discussions about registrars. Am I missing something?
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#55Don't. Ever. Use. GoDaddy. Ever.
y?
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#56No one should use GoDaddy, ever; there are many other registrars in their price range that don't share their onerous practices with regards to transfer, takedown, security and privacy and which have much better customer service.
which 1?
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#57I've been using GoDaddy for years. Never had a problem. I dont' use their hosting, though.
Exactly what I came here to say. I don't use their hosting because I've tried it and it's painfully slow and I have had it go down intermittently for a number of clients who I know use it still.
I've had to talk with their support several times for little issues too, and I've actually had excellent interactions. Again, not for hosting however.
I use their SSL certificates as well, and it's a very easy process that I've never had a problem with.
I don't know why HN is the dumping ground for bad GoDaddy experiences. There are review sites for this. I've had miserable customer service experiences with countless companies, but I'm not posting them here, and they certainly wouldn't get voted to the top.
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#58I agree with GoDaddy being horrible, but this really isn't just their fault. Certificate revocation does exactly what it says. It's a technical term that everyone using SSL should know and understand the implications of. Their offer of creating a new certificate for you for $15 actually sounds pretty decent. And, you don't have backups of all your data and domains? While running your sites on a shared host? This real…
Backups don't matter in this case. What is he going to do with backups?
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#59All the complaints here about GoDaddy have nothing to do with the one reason to use them, paying the least for a domain with free DNS. If you pay them anything else then you have just nullified this advantage as they can make back the few dollars you saved on the domain by charging you more for things like hosting and SSL (free at startcom).
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#60I moved away from GoDaddy a couple of years ago. Now I have a few expiring domains left on there. Last week I got a notice they were going to charge me for a renewal, which I did not want. So I called the support guy. Twenty or so minutes later, he sent me to a link to fill out a form where all would be taken care of. Except it wasn't. Just like my previous few encounters with GoDaddy, when I went to the link I learn…
Wow. Well... Wow. Domain registrars are things you touch once every few years, and their entire goal is to make it more time consuming to remove yourself from them then switch since its such an insignificant task, most people ignore it and keep with the same one.
Is this even legal?