GoDaddy shuts down website...

[DangerDave]

Originally Posted by ecchi

Remember, everyone, even the crooks know that GoDaddy is lax on security and refuse to help chase up problems, so the crooks know to hit GoDaddy customers for domains with traffic. And also remember this is an open forum, anyone can read it, even crooks (and dishonest people do read this, read a few old threads and see what some of the (now banned) ex-members have admitted to doing). So by saying "I use GoDaddy" you are saying "Hi guys, my domains get traffic, and they are really easy to steal". In other words, I would change register today, and I mean immediately, not in an hour or so.

Ecchi.. that is excellent propoganda..


I have over 500 domains with Godaddy and have done for > 5 years... with no more problems encountered than with the other 7 registrars we use..

In fact I would rank at least 3 other registrars way below GoDaddy for price, service, efficiency etc.


Most of the stories posted here about "problems" with GoDaddy.. lacked facts and support, other than people blaming GoDaddy for their misfortune... and if i remember correctly... half the stories, involved the so called "crook" having legitimate to the owners account.. which indicates password insecurity as the most likley cause.


Go Daddy aint the problem here... and as for "posting that you have domains at GoDaddy", being an invitation for crooks/hackers.. that is just garbage...

DD

[festeris]

|badidea| Hmmm...Now ya got me thinking. I've got a number of adult domains over at Godaddy.

Will they lock them?

Can they?

I will admit I thought it strange that it was ok to register adult domains but you can't be hosted there?

Just to be on the safe side, I'm gonna move...any suggestions?

[cockhungryhoes]

I use godaddy, and I know I shouldnt I have heard many bad things about them. I will say I am more happy with them then a company I used to use. At least in price.I have mixed feelings about godaddy.

What I cant stand about godaddy is the lack of tech support. Many times, over the last year I have needed to call them for this, or that. When I call tech support, I expect tech support. They never can deal with the problem until I get pissed off. It takes at least 5 phone calls to get something fixed. They dance around the issue and try to kiss it off with some BS. They give you different anwsers. They always say O do this or do that and O by the way, it will take 48 hours for that to take effect so call us back if you have any problems. I had one girl send me through the roof, I was so pissed off I call up "Tech support" with an FTP problem. This girl has the nerve to ask me "WHATS AN FTP"? I lost it!
As far as my site goes, I havent had to many problems with it being down. I will say I have heard they like to hold domains hostage. I never buy domains from them just host them. The other thing that pisses me off is when they dont know how to fix your problem, and say "Well we can put in a help ticket to our tech support" (which there support to be) then when they didnt help you for the 4th time, try to sell you something, then say can I send you a survay. I always love slamming them on that. I got a phone call back one time from a supervisor about a bad review. I still didnt get through to him on my point.
Moral , I guess you do get what you pay for. I am at a loss when it comes to hosting cause before I was with another company, and they were not much better and I was paying $20 per month. At least here I get shit service, and pay a lot less for it. Not that, thats is all that much better.

[SheepGuy]

I've got 4 or 5 domains with GoDaddy, non adult, low traffic. Always found them OK on the phone, but I lost a domain I didn't really care about a year or so ago because I forgot to renew it. My fault entirely, but for the domains that count I still use Netsol because they remind me about 17 times to renew the damn things.
I don't mind paying a little extra for that
I'd never use a mainstream outfit to host adult sites though, wether they allow it or not. They don't speak the same language.

[Papa]

I will never ever use them
DON'T USE THEM

[Jim]

An anology of people still using godaddy is one like using a sponsor that has not paid some people for no reason at all. "I still get paid so I am still going to keep using them".

I'm sure a lot of people will never have a problem with godaddy but with their record, why take the chance?

[stuveltje]

Originally Posted by Jim

I'm sure a lot of people will never have a problem with godaddy but with their record, why take the chance?

i dont know.....maybe because it never happend to me, yeah i know it can happen to me, but still after this time i am using them i didnt had big problems, they where the first i bought from when i got in this bizz, i buy my .eu domains also thru them.

[Jim]

Originally Posted by stuveltje

i dont know.....maybe because it never happend to me, yeah i know it can happen to me, but still after this time i am using them i didnt had big problems, they where the first i bought from when i got in this bizz, i buy my .eu domains also thru them.

But Stu, what would happen to your business if any of the nightmares we see just on this board happens to you? For an extra $10/year, you can go from, "it can happen to me" to "it will never happen to me".

[stuveltje]

Originally Posted by Jim

But Stu, what would happen to your business if any of the nightmares we see just on this board happens to you? For an extra $10/year, you can go from, "it can happen to me" to "it will never happen to me".

ackkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Jim stop it....you are getting me worried again about my bizz and i am just at the point i dont have to worrie.......oke you have done it, now me worried|shocking| , btw i have an directnic accound, gonna check into it

[stuveltje]

"If" i am going to move my domains, i need to move more then 200 domains...........thinking about that already give me the creeps, i am sure i am gonna fuck up...........i hate to do things i have never done|shocking|

[ecchi]

Originally Posted by stuveltje

ackkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Jim stop it....you are getting me worried again about my bizz

He is not trying to worry you he is trying to help you.

Originally Posted by stuveltje

i am just at the point i dont have to worrie

Oh, if you are still with GoDaddy, you still have plenty to worry about. Best to take Jim's advice, then stop worrying.

[JackDaniel's]

Ok so which registrar should we use ? Which would be our best choice ?

[Jim]

Originally Posted by JackDaniel's

Ok so which registrar should we use ? Which would be our best choice ?

Since the day they opened, we have used directnic and don't see us changing anytime in the near future.

Whatever happened with the guy who had his site shut down for alleged CP?

[DangerDave]

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Interviewer: - How many times a month, on average, do you suspend a customer's domain name based on the content of his or her Web site?

Directnic: - Generally 20 to 50 domain names a month.

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[stuveltje]

Originally Posted by DangerDave

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Interviewer: - How many times a month, on average, do you suspend a customer's domain name based on the content of his or her Web site?

Directnic: - Generally 20 to 50 domain names a month.

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ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww|shocking| where is that fainting smilie

[Jim]

Originally Posted by DangerDave

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Interviewer: - How many times a month, on average, do you suspend a customer's domain name based on the content of his or her Web site?

Directnic: - Generally 20 to 50 domain names a month.

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Dave, is that hypothetical or did you read that someplace? I read this yesterday.
"Declan McCullagh from CNet surveyed 12 domain registrars on their policies for handling abuse complaints. DirectNIC and French registrar Gandi.net, he said, offer the most extensive guarantees against unnecessary domain name suspension. DirectNIC requires a court order unless a clear case of child porn or phishing is involved, and Gandi.net takes extensive steps to contact domain owners."

[Useless]

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6155614.html

[Jim]

I followed the link from the site I was talking about. They did say that.
Here is the entire article...
http://news.com.com/Survey+Are+domai...tml?tag=st.num

[stuveltje]

i read the links and yep i have to agree godaddy didnt do good there, still i need to think, its 10:13 evening here, i am gonna sleep about it....as usual when i am in a doubting thing...i even will dream about it........even i dont work that much anymore on the net...i still do care about my bizz

[Altheon]

The guy in the article is actually a friend of mine. As soon as I read the article I called him up and got the full story. Essentially someone posted a whole bunch of MySpace Log-ins to a security mailing list. His site indexes theses posts and puts them on his site, which is very popular and great reading if you need to keep up to date on cutting edge security news.

Any way MySpace got wind called GoDaddy. GoDaddy immediately pulled the plug on the domain. GoDaddy told the news that they called the owner of the site and gave him an hour to respond. This was not true. The time stamp on the GoDaddy voice mail and the time to when they disabled his account was 58 Seconds not minutes.

Long story short GoDaddy assumes guilt and administers punishment until proven innocent.

It's true GoDaddy is a stable registrar and I've done business with them in the past. People who get scammed out of their domain names rarely tell the whole story and have most likely fallen prey to scammers, phishing schemes, or do something stupid like use the same login and password for every site that is easily guessable.

Granted, I moved all my stuff from GoDaddy to The Planet because it's cheaper and they are just as reliable.

-A

[stuveltje]

i got it, but i will not move all, i will put half of my domains on an other domain registar......and buy new ones at the other

[softhaus]

If you read the entire article you would have seen that the domain was re-enabled within the hour. I've had webhosts down longer than that! Granted I don't have many domains with godaddy but I do have quite a few with their membership site at bluerazor. It's a lawyers world. Now a days a company won't piss in a toilet until the legal department signs off.

Just my 2 pennies worth.

[DJilla]

I am one of those who "have never had a problem" at GD but well aware of the many, many horror stories and complaints over years about heavy handedness and bully, shady, tactics of GD from boards all over the spectrum.

I'm thinking Stu that some things you don't have to waste time worrying about when someone else has already spent years sweating the small stuff and just gives you the answer, that's a be happy time. Thank goodness I have far fewer than 200 domains but I'm pushing the to directnic this month if I can. Apparently no one can stop GD from its bad behaivor. IMHO, There is something comforting knowing that only a court order can get you shut down. You have the opportunity to fight a court order.

[Brav]

Ouch, I just transfered all my domains to Godaddy from RegisterFly. Sounds like GoDaddy is just as bad.

How long does one have to wait before they can transfer domains again?

[ecchi]

Originally Posted by Brav

Ouch, I just transfered all my domains to Godaddy from RegisterFly. Sounds like GoDaddy is just as bad.

I doubt if anyone is as bad as RegisterFly.