So recently I came across this website called nodaddy.com. It is a site dedicated to exposing the supposed unethical practices of godaddy. True, that it is run by a disgruntled former customer of Go daddy; and true that most if not all of the posters are disgruntled ex go daddy customers. However, some of the claims being made against go daddy are quite interesting. I recently had a problem trying to transfer a domain from go daddy to my own hosting company for a client of mine. This is apparently done on purpose by go daddy in order to dissuade hosting companies from taking domains from them. I would be interested in hearing some honest fair feedback relating to go daddy so I know whether to recommend them or not as well as to sift through the spin on nodaddy.

Thanks all,
Eric

I use GoDaddy for almost all of mine and my customers' domains...and have had no issues...however, I have never tried transferring from them. I have heard of others who have had issues, however.

One thing I recently discovered, though, is their "unlimited" hosting is a misnomer if you are using php and mySQL databases. You can only have 200 concurrent hits on the database without receiving an error message...now, while that may not seem like a limitation, if you are thinking you have unlimited bandwidth, etc, and build a whopper of a site on their "unlimited" hosting account, it would not take much to max that out (each database query counts as one hit) if you have even a fairly busy site and rely on database backend support.

But more astounding than that was that you cannot have more than one password combo for each database...and there is no way to set the permissions (they are mysteriously preset...now, is that open and very permissive or very restricted...dunno...could not find any documentation...). I generally have a very limited front end "user" and leave any real editing to behind the htaccess protected admin directory with a slightly more liberal user...no-can-do with GoDaddy...and if you are the impatient type - oh, someone who feels they should be able to set up a database pretty much in real time - forget that...it can take up to 24 hours for the "set up" to occur...not sure if they have a tiny little pit crew back there making all the changes or what, but that alone was enough to make me ask my customer to put on the brakes and we moved her hosting elsewhere! (to stormerhosting.com, to be specific)...so in short, for basic sites, godaddy might be OK, but for anything with real merit or bite, they're not Your Daddy!

Just my 2-cents...

Melanie

Very informative and helpful melanie.

You're welcome I was also surprised they did not have cpanel...partly because I specifically asked if they did use cpanel before I urged my client to sign up. They have a control panel, to be sure, but it is a GoDaddy-specific in-house Ajax-javascript intensive, apparently pit-crew-backed (and somewhat frustrating) place...

Melanie

I buy all my domain names there as they have good prices but always host elsewhere.

I also manage domains through GoDaddy, because of the pricing, but don't use them as a host.

One thing that annoys me is the frequency of the advertising emails they send out. I don't need to buy something from them every week!

In my experience Godaddy is the one stop for domain purchase. That's it their related products are not good in my experience specially their web hosting.

I have had good and bad experience with GoDaddy as far as tranferring domains to another registrar. They told one of my clients he needed SSL and the charge it brought along to the hosting package when he only had a static website without need of SSL.

For those who suggest not hosting with godaddy, would you share your recommendations for other inexpensive, quality hosting services available?

Thanks,
Kirk

In another thread perhaps...


Added later:

Some people have already posted about this:

http://www.coffeecup.com/forums/the-bre … g-service/