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Re: GoDaddy Rant

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Post by daneel_w »

darreninthenet wrote: post #18
Gentil wrote: post #16

GoDaddy has never been a good domain registrar. They have horrible practices. Sell our data. And buy the domain you did a lookup for in their website and try to sell it to you for more money. Not a service to use in so many ways if you are looking for something dependent. Namecheap is good. Their customer support has been reliable in two instances I needed it. And I know you shouldn't use GoDaddy and Google domains.…

Hmmm I have all my domains on Google at the moment... what's the story with not using them?

I think the issue is that they might just yank access without a word and on absurd premises, and following that the near impossible task of 1) getting in touch with a human, and 2) a human who's also willing to help instead of just deflecting your plea.

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Post by zinekeller »

darreninthenet wrote: post #18
Gentil wrote: post #16

GoDaddy has never been a good domain registrar. They have horrible practices. Sell our data. And buy the domain you did a lookup for in their website and try to sell it to you for more money. Not a service to use in so many ways if you are looking for something dependent. Namecheap is good. Their customer support has been reliable in two instances I needed it. And I know you shouldn't use GoDaddy and Google domains.…

Hmmm I have all my domains on Google at the moment... what's the story with not using them?

If you're comfortable with Google's ad practices (which is the usual reason why some hate using Google), the fact that Google doesn't have a good customer service (even compared to AWS and Microsoft) means that if you were locked out "for your safety" you don't have any recourse (while AWS and Microsoft (if you have an enterprise product like Azure, retail services are Google-like in support) allows you to get in touch with an actual human and resolve your problems).

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Post by gabrielgio »

Many years ago I bought one domain from them (I didn't know better back them). I have little requirement for DNS service, I just have a couple of subdomains and for couple years I kept using godaddy. But every year it goes godaddy becomes worse. The UI has became slower, the "manage dns" requires more click to go to. So many anti pattern to try to push for some of their service (e.g.: email service, premium DNS? and what not).

It got to a point that even though I'd access godaddy twice a year it was a bad enough experience so I moved to another provider.

Re: GoDaddy Rant

#25

Post by Danieru »

tomxor wrote: post #13

Registrar != nameserver, although they tend to provide one, they also tend to be complete crap IME. Have a look at your hosting provider (which hopefully is not also your registrar). e.g I use Linode's nameservers which are pretty reliable and have a straightforward UI. All you need to do is point your registrar to a different name server.

> (which hopefully is not also your registrar)

It is a new era so the old Slashdot wisdom bares repeating: always use a separate registrar from your host.

Your domain ownership is your key. Your host is your service provider. Do not give your key to your service provider.

And new wisdom for the modern era: never use Google for domains or anything you'd care about the next day should their algo ban you.

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#26

Post by Spunkie »

darreninthenet wrote: post #18
Gentil wrote: post #16

GoDaddy has never been a good domain registrar. They have horrible practices. Sell our data. And buy the domain you did a lookup for in their website and try to sell it to you for more money. Not a service to use in so many ways if you are looking for something dependent. Namecheap is good. Their customer support has been reliable in two instances I needed it. And I know you shouldn't use GoDaddy and Google domains.…

Hmmm I have all my domains on Google at the moment... what's the story with not using them?

Google will nuke your entire domain at the registrar level and put it on a malware/phishing list just because one subdomain generates some traffic google does not understand.

Don't trust google with your registrar needs.

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Post by partyguy »

Try using a different, dedicated DNS provider first - no need to switch registrars. For example you could try (shameless plug) https://nanelo.com If you want, I can migrate everything for you and hook you up with a free account for now.

Re: GoDaddy Rant

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Post by darreninthenet »

Spunkie wrote: post #26
darreninthenet wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmmm I have all my domains on Google at the moment... what's the story with not using them?

Google will nuke your entire domain at the registrar level and put it on a malware/phishing list just because one subdomain generates some traffic google does not understand. Don't trust google with your registrar needs.

Are Cloudflare generally considered ok...?

Re: GoDaddy Rant

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Post by sandGorgon »

partyguy wrote: post #27

Try using a different, dedicated DNS provider first - no need to switch registrars. For example you could try (shameless plug) https://nanelo.com If you want, I can migrate everything for you and hook you up with a free account for now.

hey - very cool service. but no API ?

im not in the market right now, but i have been in the past. your pricing is pretty good for early stage (before people might have to move to bunny.net or nsone at scale).

but no API is a blocker. just FYI.

Re: GoDaddy Rant

#30

Post by mananaysiempre »

tomxor wrote: post #13

Registrar != nameserver, although they tend to provide one, they also tend to be complete crap IME. Have a look at your hosting provider (which hopefully is not also your registrar). e.g I use Linode's nameservers which are pretty reliable and have a straightforward UI. All you need to do is point your registrar to a different name server.

Gandi’s bundled DNS seems pretty OK, am I missing anything? Aside from the fact that you have to submit to Gandi’s prices first.
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