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Avoid GoDaddy

Avoid GoDaddy

Posted Feb 1, 2007 15:13 UTC (Thu) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630)
Parent article: Who owns your domain?

I've heard numerous horror stories about GoDaddy. Avoid them at all costs.


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Avoid GoDaddy

Posted Feb 1, 2007 17:23 UTC (Thu) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link] (3 responses)

Can anyone post good, inexpensive alternatives? I loathe Godaddy's entire used-car-salesman approach but they are 1/2 the price of the next-most-inexpensive, good registrar that I know of. It doesn't take too many domains before that really starts to add up. (http://nodaddy.com/#alternatives shows Moniker and NameSecure are close in price; any good?)

Since Godaddy general counsel Christine Jones is demonstrating a pretty serious lack of understanding of the law and ethics, I think I'd like to start moving my domains elsewhere. Ms. Jones, it's one thing to make a mistake; it's quite another thing to make stuff up ("we gave him an hour") to try to bolster an already untenable position.

- Reluctant godaddy user

Avoid GoDaddy

Posted Feb 1, 2007 17:58 UTC (Thu) by grouch (guest, #27289) [Link]

Can anyone post good, inexpensive alternatives?

I use itsyourdomain.com (link gives Netcraft's "What's that site running?" results). There is a list of ICANN Accredited Registrars.

Incidentally, godaddy.com runs "Windows Server 2003" and "Microsoft-IIS/6.0", either of which is sufficient reason for me to avoid them, even if they weren't so ready to engage in censorship to appease corporate interests. See also, How big was Go Daddy's move from Linux to Windows? by Jay Lyman.

Avoid GoDaddy

Posted Feb 2, 2007 12:04 UTC (Fri) by jeroen (guest, #12372) [Link] (1 responses)

I'm using gandi. They have a very nice web interface and they also support projects like Debian and Jamendo.

Avoid GoDaddy

Posted Feb 5, 2007 2:53 UTC (Mon) by himi (subscriber, #340) [Link]

I can second that recommendation - I don't know that they can compare on cost with the ultimate in cut-price registrars, but I've been using them for years with no issues at all.

As a bonus, you get all your communications from them in both English /and/ French ;-)

himi

Avoid GoDaddy

Posted Feb 17, 2007 16:39 UTC (Sat) by busybits (guest, #43397) [Link]

godaddy is not so bad, at least they are not a ghost company, whenever you call them, you get a person to talk with, many others are reachable only by email so you get 24h+ delays in solving issues. --Ann


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