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Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by rwhitman »

atourgates wrote: post #10
recusancy wrote: post #3

Media Temple's brand destroyed by one press release.

Now I'll be spending my morning creating a plan to transfer our clients (mostly small to medium businesses) that host on MediaTemple, to a new host. Any recommendations on a host that offers similar quality/features to Media Temple's Grid/Shared hosting? Specifically: * About $20/mo * An Easy to Use Dashboard * The Ability to Reasonably Handle Traffic Bursts * Decent Support And, of course, not owned by GoDaddy.

Also unlimited domain names and a huge amount of storage.

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by nwh »

mtMattNL wrote: post #8
recusancy wrote: post #3

Media Temple's brand destroyed by one press release.

Matt from (mt) here. Sorry that you feel that way, but we assure everybody that it's a good thing. We're not making any major changes at the company, and we're going to have 10 times the resources to make better products.

You missed the bit where GoDaddy is largely regarded as the scum of the Internet.

Their impossible interfaces, distasteful advertising, dark patterns regarding renewals and addon services, parking domains, and support for massively oppressing SOPA legislation all combine to make an absolutely awful brand image.

You've pretty much just destroyed the quite nice reputation (mt) had as a solid, premium hosting provider.

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by MartinCron »

thebiglebrewski wrote: post #4

I totally agree with @recusancy, this is the worst news I've heard all day...I absolutely despise GoDaddy and everything they represent. Who should I switch to? Just have some WordPress site hosted on MediaTemple mostly...

If it's just some WordPress site, nobody is better at running WordPress than WordPress.

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by meritt »

atourgates wrote: post #10
recusancy wrote: post #3

Media Temple's brand destroyed by one press release.

Now I'll be spending my morning creating a plan to transfer our clients (mostly small to medium businesses) that host on MediaTemple, to a new host. Any recommendations on a host that offers similar quality/features to Media Temple's Grid/Shared hosting? Specifically: * About $20/mo * An Easy to Use Dashboard * The Ability to Reasonably Handle Traffic Bursts * Decent Support And, of course, not owned by GoDaddy.

I've been using site5.com for a few years now for this sort of hosting (small clients & family/friends). I've been happy with them.

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by tyleregeto »

mtMattNL wrote: post #8
recusancy wrote: post #3

Media Temple's brand destroyed by one press release.

Matt from (mt) here. Sorry that you feel that way, but we assure everybody that it's a good thing. We're not making any major changes at the company, and we're going to have 10 times the resources to make better products.

I think for many people its a moral choice. It doesn't mater how it affects MediaTemple as a service, they'll just plain refuse to support the parent company, and good on them for that.

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by josefresco »

For all those here suggestion small alternate hosts, accompanied by their anecdotal positive experience remember that your favorite host is probably one fat check away from selling out just like MT. In fact, most web hosting models are built from the ground up to eventually get swallowed (acquired) but a larger hosting fish.

I've been through several hosting buyouts with my clients over the last 13 years and none have ended well. Even after the dust settles, the "New Company" almost always loses it's original formula for success and with it, it's original customers.

Lessons learned: Host with bigger hosts less likely to be snapped up. Diversify your client hosting providers so one botched buyout will not sink you.

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by mtMattNL »

I was going to post person by person, but I figured a general post with all the info would be a better option. So here it goes...

We're definitely excited about the move. We know GoDaddy may have had a not so stellar reputation in the past, but we're very happy with the changes they've made this year. Along with that, we are very happy to get the funding and resources we need to make bigger and better products. We want to put out better products with the same style and flare, and we can now do it a lot better and a lot faster. Our support isn't changing, products aren't changing, and the only real big change today is that we're getting cake and lunch on the house.

Feel free to shoot any questions at me, or check out our weblog for a FAQ http://weblog.mediatemple.net/2013/10/15/faqs-about-the-goda...

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by acallaghan »

atourgates wrote: post #24
acallaghan wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Digital Ocean by a country mile, they come with a Wordpress image ready set-up for you, will cost $5 a month for an excellent webserver. I host 4 different Rails sites, and a Wordpress Network of 7 sites there, all running v well. My referral link: https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=1ecc21b66a25 Edit: Note, I don't run all of those sites on the same server, that'd be silly.

If you're looking for WP hosting without the need to manage a server, we've been having a good experience with Synthesis' managed Wordpress hosting: http://websynthesis.com/ The only downside is that since their pricing is based on the number of domains/installs ($27 for a single domain/install), it'll get pricy for multiple small WP sites on a single account.

Yeah is a little pricey, but may be what OP was looking for.

The probably don't allow a WP network with multiple other sites CNAMEd to subdomains, which is how I'm set up. It's a little sticky to setup, but you have a free wordpress.org afterwards effectively, which is great for all my friend's and family's pet projects and mini sites.

Re: GoDaddy Buys Media Temple

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Post by codereflection »

I wonder how this is going to affect the jquery.com site, which has been hosted on MT forever.

I have a strong hatred for GoDaddy, and will never consider Media Temple for any of their services now. Sorry MT guys, I just hate GoDaddy THAT much.

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