Hows godaddy.com?

[jdiddy45]

Is godaddy.com good? they afforded a super bowl commercial, so they must be decent i would think. $9 to have a .com for a yr, $3.16 a month for hosting. Are they good?

[spufi]

Since I only use them to register a domain, I can only speak about that. Registering with them wasn't bad at all. They seem to throw a lot of extra stuff at you to try and bump up your order, but that's about it.

[jdiddy45]

so why does nobody host with them, why is there hosting bad? most places i see cost $8 a month to host, and i dont have that kind of money $3.16 they offer for 12 months is something i can afford but ive read things about them not being good host.

[spufi]

Originally posted by jdiddy45
so why does nobody host with them...ive read things about them not being good host.

Didn't you just answer you're own question? :) I haven't used them, but when asking around for web host, they usually don't get mentioned. As you stated, there may be a reason for that. What is your price range?

[jdiddy45]

probably no more then $4 a month

[Jona]

I've never hosted with GoDaddy, but I've purchased two domains from them. Aside from the extra services they try to mislead you into purchasing, they're a great domain registrar. Excellent price, too.

[jdiddy45]

ya i', just wondering what would make them a bad host, like reasons lol, cause price is nice.

[rhsunderground]

well what they offer for $3.95 is very impressive. i'm not sure why they don't get good reviews. i guess you'd have to read the reviews to find out :p

[PeOfEo]

I plan on using them for hosting. I am working on a site (slowly) for my brother. I am going to put it on godaddy when I get done. They have very reasonable windows hosting plans... I have never seen a deal as sweet as the one they have. I would not be using the 4 doller hosting though... I would buy in bulk one years worth and that would be about 7 a month.

[mrmazur]

I use GoDaddy hosting for a few of my domains and I have never had any problems with them. That's just my experience.

[jdiddy45]

i read one review on it off search engine, and they said there godaddy website got hacked and godaddy customer service said, sorry we can't do anything, it's your problem. So that's kinda wierd.

[Jona]

Originally posted by jdiddy45
i read one review on it off search engine, and they said there godaddy website got hacked and godaddy customer service said, sorry we can't do anything, it's your problem. So that's kinda wierd.

It's best if you get genuine reviews. A lot of those could be bogus. Just a thought, but it never hurts to check with real people who don't just dislike a company (For example, saying "Microsoft sucks. IE gave me a virus," when in fact the user may have chosen to download some software which contained a virus from a warez site.)

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by jdiddy45
i read one review on it off search engine, and they said there godaddy website got hacked and godaddy customer service said, sorry we can't do anything, it's your problem. So that's kinda wierd. It isn't customer services problem if the website got hacked. If godaddy's server gets hacked it is godaddy's problem, but if bad code written by a user lets someone into that user's db then it is the user's problem, not the host's problem. That is why one must parse through all form inputs and not allow things like sql injection to take place.

[fiercesnowboard]

I have purchased a domain and hosting through them and i hate their hosting. First of all everytime you make a change.... add user, add mysql, or anything it takes about 10minutes to "update changes" that plus your passwords are crazy, they say it must be formatted like so PasSworD511 <<<<Which is very frustrating. Its your site you should make the password up however you wanted. once my 2 months is up i will problably go elsewhere.

[mrmazur]

Another company that I've setup a few sites on is 1&1 hosting (1and1.com). They have a fairly intuitive Control Pannel for your configuration needs....and the prices are VERY competative. Their cheapest hosting (Windows or Linux) starts at just $2.99/mo.

Anyone else have any experience with 1&1?

[invertedpanda]

I have purchased a domain and hosting through them and i hate their hosting. First of all everytime you make a change.... add user, add mysql, or anything it takes about 10minutes to "update changes" that plus your passwords are crazy, they say it must be formatted like so PasSworD511 <<<<Which is very frustrating. Its your site you should make the password up however you wanted. once my 2 months is up i will problably go elsewhere.

Regarding passwords: They make stringent password policies like that to not only cover your butt, but the butts of everybody on the server. Privledge escalation is a big part of compromising security in networks and servers; start with a low level account, and work your way up with whatever information you can gleen.

[felgall]

The only experience I have with godaddy was installing a Paypal IPN script for one of my clients onto their hosting there. The script refused to work and it took a long time to figure out that it was the proxy server setup that godaddy use that was interfering with the script operation. Fortunately one of the Paypal staff members was able to provide me with a one line code fix to the script after I had finally identified the problem. The godaddy interfact also seemed very primitive compared to Plesk (which is what my own web host uses).

[MySyZyGy]

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GoodLuck,
Jesse

[sitehatchery]

I like gearhost. I hate godaddy... they try to upsell you on everything - both on the website and when you call for anything. When you buy a domain name, they try to throw in extra things without you noticing. Then you have to figure out how to get back to remove what you didn't add from your cart. You have to wade through every single feature on their site to find what you are looking for - it's convoluted. I've purchased about 4 domain names from them and have helped 3 others with their unfortunate hosting experience with godaddy. They don't support cron jobs - only on their dedicated servers. I found this after talking and emailing for about an hour and a half with three technicians who didn't even know what cron jobs are. They tell you that you have to wait 2 months after purchasing a domain name to point it to another server. Every time I have contact with them, I'm disappointed for one reason or another.

But, I've had great service and support with gearhost.

[APmassage]

I have purchased a domain and hosting through them and i hate their hosting. First of all everytime you make a change.... add user, add mysql, or anything it takes about 10minutes to "update changes" that plus your passwords are crazy, they say it must be formatted like so PasSworD511 <<<<Which is very frustrating. Its your site you should make the password up however you wanted. once my 2 months is up i will problably go elsewhere.

First, I hope you are not thinking that these things should be immediate. Any changes you make have to take some time to propagate. If it only takes 10 minutes, that is a great time frame considering some hosting companies take a few hours for a change like that to take place.
Second, I actually commend GoDaddy.Com on their hosting passwords. They have taken initiative to make sure people have more security in their passwords. If you read through the help icons you will note the passwords are more like Password511. I can easily run a password sniffer and figure out a password such as "thisismypassword". You are correct that you should be able to have a password of your choosing but even the simplest of things like email have password requirements. Hopefully you don't complain when your site gets hacked for having a password like the one described above :D. I recommend this article for your trouble :Þ http://lifehacker.com/software/passwords/geek-to-live-choose-and-remember-great-passwords-184773.php -Password Article

[sitehatchery]

Many times, it is not the host at all, but rather the ISP that is causing the delay. To improve download time, the data will often come from a nearby datacenter rather than directly from the ISP which could be thousands of miles away. The datacenter caches the sites data to make load time quicker. This is great for the casual web surfer. However, it can be a nightmare for developers.

I've noticed this behavior with both ATT/SBC DSL and Comcast... with Comcast cable being far worse.

Here are a couple ways to keep from getting headaches:
1. View your pages through a local server.
2. Write inline styles to see temporary changes. I found that the main thing that is affected is external style sheets. Inline styles can be viewed immediately.

That's what I've found... hope that helps.

P.S. This post is old. But, I thought I'd share my findings anyway.