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Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
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Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
#392I knew it. I literally knew it. That's the only way they have to register so many good domain names that would be difficult to automate (plays on words, etc).
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#393Earlier quoted context omitted.
> brian1999@yahoo.com I'd be interested to know what percentage of 21 year olds know what yahoo is (they would have sold Tumblr right around them being 18 years old).
Back in the day it was trendy to affix the year you signed up for an account to your account name - rather than the birth year. It was interesting to see things like sandra96@yahoo.com still the primary email address when sending someone an email to catch up post uni.
God help me, I cannot stop myself from laughing every time I see a @yahoo or @aol e-mail address on job applications/resumes.
Bonus laughter if it's something massively inappropriate. Some e-mail stems from the last position search (this is at a college, granted it is an entry level position, but it's still a college): cuntcrasher, c00rslight, bigswag420, trideltaFcups, and my personal favorite, milfhunter9inch.
These are supposed to be professional people. This is real life. This is real. I can't wake up.
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#394Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wow, samesies! brian1999@yahoo.com
> brian1999@yahoo.com I'd be interested to know what percentage of 21 year olds know what yahoo is (they would have sold Tumblr right around them being 18 years old).
You assume 1999 is their birth year...could be a graduation year.
Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
#395Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've loved Namecheap for as long as I've had it. I only switched to Google Domains because that gives me auto-verification in GCP.
How can we win you back?!
Hi Ted, for what it's worth, this is the first time I've heard of you all, and based on your responses here alone, you converted a sale away from Google Domains today. I look forward to being yet another happy customer!
Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
#396Earlier quoted context omitted.
How can we win you back?!
Well, when .dev came out, there was a scramble and Google Domains was being slow af and you guys weren't, so I have my .dev on a 10 year with you. So I guess the answer for what worked in the past is: you let me register when I could. The reasons I transferred to Google Domains are: * I found the interface easier to use: fewer clicks to DNS, email, etc. * The features are easily visible * Auto-verification in GCP I u…
I can't speak to any plans re: auto-verification but we are always looking at improving our dashboard UX. Big things coming there. I should also add that we have direct relationships with almost all of our registry partners now. Even Google Domains, Route53, and Cloudflare don't support a lot of TLDs and/or resell some core TLDs through resellers, not directly through the registries. It's important for many reasons.
Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
#397Ted from Namecheap here. I cannot speak to GoDaddy's practices. However, I can say that for Namecheap, this is not something we would ever even consider doing. In my experience though, lookups are more complex than most think. We are querying so many different sources to give you availability status, some of which are less reliable than others. For example, with smaller TLDs like .ai or .is, lookups may be less relia…
Hey Ted! Been my favorite registrar for over a decade. Just registered a genius domain that I thought of the other night !:)
Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
#398Well, I just tried a few searches on godaddy... fuckgodaddy.com Fuckgodaddyhard.com Fuckgodaddyreallyhard.com Fuckgodaddyproper.com Fuckgodaddyproperly.com Now, gandi: All available except for fuckgodaddy.com edit: Maybe profanity triggered something? reamgodaddyproperly.com Unavailable on godaddy, available on gandi. Finally, I searched on some of the same, arguably in poor taste names, using gandi instead of godadd…
Interestingly, godaddysucks.com redirects to Godaddy.
Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
#399I had this happen as well in the past when researching domain names for a new product. Pro Tip: Stay the hell away from GoDaddy for everything. I've had the unfortunate task of managing a server hosted with them and it's been consistently awful (ex. I literally cannot upgrade PHP because the VPS doesn't support it and there is no upgrade path without spinning up an entirely new VPS on a different, and of course more…
Godaddy spammed me so much and so often that I transferred my domain to porkbun.com. It's been so problem-free that I couldn't even remember the provider's name -- I had to WHOIS my domain to figure out who was hosting it.
I originally was also on Godaddy, but now I moved to Porkbun and never look back. Love their website and their name.
Re: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
#400Ted from Namecheap here. I cannot speak to GoDaddy's practices. However, I can say that for Namecheap, this is not something we would ever even consider doing. In my experience though, lookups are more complex than most think. We are querying so many different sources to give you availability status, some of which are less reliable than others. For example, with smaller TLDs like .ai or .is, lookups may be less relia…
It's funny, I don't even remember why I moved to Namecheap, but I remember years ago getting angry at Godaddy, and then transferring everything. You guys have a great service. No regrets since the move.
Might have been because of the Godaddy CEO killing elephants or something. I vaguely recall some drama about that.