whois godaddy.com https://gist.github.com/3693075
Unfortunately, that's just WHOIS spam, a known (& annoying) problem.
To clear things up a bit: $ whois =godaddy.com
See: http://superuser.com/questions/37954/how-to-use-command-line...
GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down
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Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down
#172If you are using GoDaddy for anything, you deserve what you get. If you are using GoDaddy for not just registration but also for DNS, I would just fix it as soon as possible and not tell anyone. Also, do backups, use good password practices, and everything else that everyone knows and the lazy will still fail to do. Oh, 20 seconds in and a downvote. I can take them, I didn't ignore the last 8 problems GoDaddy has bee…
"Oh, 20 seconds in and a downvote." I didn't downvote you. But you might have gotten downvoted because you said "If you are using GoDaddy for anything, you deserve what you get." w/o giving links or further information. The things you are thinking might not be obvious to everyone.
Anyone this far into the chain might be interested in the following links:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/31/bob-parsons-godaddy...
http://gizmodo.com/5870559/as-if-you-needed-another-reason-t...
http://www.salmanahsan.com/godaddy-sucks/
http://www.oooff.com/blacklist/why-godaddy-sucks.php
http://www.simpleproductivityblog.com/why-i-left-godaddy/
From what I gather you should take your money elsewhere because: (1) they love SOPA (even though they redacted their support) (2) they have awful customer service and seedy sell tactics (3) have ads which are sexist and (4) have a CEO who likes hunting elephants.
If those don't bother you then you can now add have DNS servers go down for significant portions of time.
Even wikipedia ditched GoDaddy several months ago.
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#173Earlier quoted context omitted.
It seems there is no way around it, http://support.cloudflare.com/kb/troubleshooting/why-am-i-ge... - so can anyone recommend other DNS providers? (preferably free)
I've had good success in the past with http://www.zoneedit.com/ It's not free but close enough to it for your purposes here.
Thanks, I'll give it a try!
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#174Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it's a collective release of pent up frustration over GoDaddy's operations, ethics and politics.
Pent up? People have been hating on GoDaddy for years. Nothing is pent up.
Well GoDaddy isn't going away. Things get pent up and then let out periodically as long as there's something to be frustrated with.
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#175I don't use GoDaddy, nor do I particularly like them, so this doesn't really affect me or my business directly.
But I got a call earlier today from my less tech-savvy buddy who was freaking out because his GoDaddy website was down. Yea it is probably "his fault" for choosing them, and he probably "deserves it".
Still, not everyone is born a leet computer hacker, and sometimes this is the only way people will learn, so I'm trying not to be too hard on people for that.
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#176Earlier quoted context omitted.
Migrating DNS is easy: 1) Get a new DNS server. I use http://dnspark.net/ and even though their website is very ugly and there's no API, they're tremendous value at $10 - $14 per year 2) In your registrar's page (godaddy) change your DNS servers for your domain to whatever your new ones are.
Route53 is currently $6+ per year per domain.
It's variable though, if you're a small site that's going to work in your favor especially if you already build on AWS.
DNSPark gives you 5m lookups a month and never built in overage charging!
Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down
#177GoDaddy has been providing me with excellent customer support for a decade. I'm not sure what the hate is all about. Sure, they didn't take my side in the SOPA debate, but I'd rather live in a world where everyone is entitled to their opinion. I'm also not comfortable with a group calling themselves "Hackers" giving my profession a foul name by activities like this. This is like bombing a nation which doesn't have sa…
My experience with GoDaddy has been nothing but negative.
The latest being a SSL certificate I purchased 9 months ago. They auto renewed the certificate at full price 90 days in advance, without any warning whatsoever. Partially my fault for not opting out (but I was unaware that I ever opted in). Most services that auto-renew give you a warning prior to the imminent date.
When I asked for a refund, I was told I could only get in store credit. In store credit for a virtual good that hasn't been activated/used and arguably charged without my consent? Joke of a company.
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#178Earlier quoted context omitted.
Moral/political reasons aside, have you ever seen their UI? Try registering for a domain and get an idea of how aggressively and unabashedly they try to upsell you things you have zero need for, how difficult they make it to "transfer" domains. Generally, these practices are good signs of trouble, and a good hint that it's better to take business elsewhere. I should not have to spend hours upon hours wading through B…
While those things are certainly annoying, they take up about 10 minutes per year of my time. Yes, GoDaddy has lots of issues, but it's not like other registrars are any better. E.g. on the front page of NameCheap they advertise that .com domains are 3.99, but when you actually do a lookup they in fact cost $10.69.
It does not say .com names are $3.99
It is slightly misleading (since the default search box is for .com), but all it says is "DOMAINS FROM 3.99"
which is absolutely true. Some .info domains go for as low as $3.99
That is nowhere near as bad as GoDaddy's upselling crap PLUS namecheap's configuration and control panels are really nice to use.
Comparing GoDaddy to NameCheap is like comparing MySpace (before the last major redesign) to Facebook. They both have to make money somehow (and so have certain lame tactics to be competitive), but NameCheap is obviously lightyears beyond godaddy in any informed persons mind (ESPECIALLY when actually using the service after having paid for it... NameCheap's control panels are the best i've ever seen anywhere)
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#179Earlier quoted context omitted.
or Rackspace, which is free and has an API http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/public/dns/ There are many, many options.
Since we're giving options... For DNS, I recommend dnsimple. They do DNS and domain registration for my three domains and their UI is amazing. Here's a referral link that, if used, gives both of us one month free DNS service (which is only $3 anyway). https://dnsimple.com/r/96a980397648e9
Agreed. I use them as well, and they've been great from day one.
Short anecdote: I have an Icelandic (.is) domain. Iceland's NIC has very strict rules regarding DNS records associated with an Icelandic domain. dnsimple's support team got the problem resolved within a few days. I can definitely see myself with them for the long haul.
Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down
#180Earlier quoted context omitted.
or Rackspace, which is free and has an API http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/public/dns/ There are many, many options.
Since we're giving options... For DNS, I recommend dnsimple. They do DNS and domain registration for my three domains and their UI is amazing. Here's a referral link that, if used, gives both of us one month free DNS service (which is only $3 anyway). https://dnsimple.com/r/96a980397648e9
We recently evaluated DNS options for our ~800 domains we host DNS for and decided to go with DNSMadeEasy. We're not switched over yet but the deciding factor for me was they're an anycast network and can offer a lot of cool regional responding if we grow to that size. We want to use vanity domains, e.g. ns1,2.ourcompany.com so w/ DNSimple that's only two locations that need to be DDoSed or fail and our sites are down.