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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'll be canceling my MT hosting as soon as possible.
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The problem is that MT has the best shared host dashboard control panel out there. The grid shared hosting option historically sucked (can't tell you how many fires I've had to fight because of prolonged grid outages) but damn, that slick control panel makes it so easy to spool up a site for a client in a hurry, or set up a new subdomain that it was worth the pain of periodic unannounced downtime. I loved being able…
Right?!
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...
We knew that a lot of our current customers might have a negative response towards this. Like somebody said above, GoDaddy has made some pretty big changes in the past year. With this new acquisition we're hoping for bigger and better things for (mt), especially when it comes to new product lines.
There is no one web technology professionals hate more in the world than GoDaddy. I can't think of a vendor I despise more.
Also I'm an MT customer of 8 years and probably referred tens of thousands of business to MT over the last decade. Dead to me. Thats how much I hate GoDaddy.
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...
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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.
We are well aware of their past, but we're also well aware of what they've been doing to improve their business. Check out our FAQ http://weblog.mediatemple.net/2013/10/15/faqs-about-the-goda...
> Will you be sharing my personal & financial information with GoDaddy?
> Your personal and financial information stays securely in our system. No third-party vendors will ever have access to it, which has always been our practice.
Doesn't quite answer the question, so I'll have to assume (as other commenters did there too) that you will be sharing information with Godaddy, otherwise it would have been expressly denied. "Our" means the shared companies in this case.
> We are well aware of their past, but we're also well aware of what they've been doing to improve their business.
I'd still avoid combining my premium brand with one that used "godaddy girls" to promote their products.
NSFW. Can't believe I just had to write that.
http://i.imgur.com/z2P21XT.png
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...
Have also heard mostly good things about Linode (exception[1]), but don't have personal experience with them.
[0]http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/sites/web-hosting/wordpress/
[1]https://blog.linode.com/2013/04/16/security-incident-update/
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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.
We are well aware of their past, but we're also well aware of what they've been doing to improve their business. Check out our FAQ http://weblog.mediatemple.net/2013/10/15/faqs-about-the-goda...
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We are well aware of their past, but we're also well aware of what they've been doing to improve their business. Check out our FAQ http://weblog.mediatemple.net/2013/10/15/faqs-about-the-goda...
Ugh. There's even some sly wording in that blog post too. > Will you be sharing my personal & financial information with GoDaddy? > Your personal and financial information stays securely in our system. No third-party vendors will ever have access to it, which has always been our practice. Doesn't quite answer the question, so I'll have to assume (as other commenters did there too) that you will be sharing informat…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
We are well aware of their past, but we're also well aware of what they've been doing to improve their business. Check out our FAQ http://weblog.mediatemple.net/2013/10/15/faqs-about-the-goda...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
We are well aware of their past, but we're also well aware of what they've been doing to improve their business. Check out our FAQ http://weblog.mediatemple.net/2013/10/15/faqs-about-the-goda...
