GoDaddy shuts down website...

[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.

[ecchi]

Originally Posted by ecchi

Because some people refuse to listen. If you look across the boards at the (many) threads badmouthing GoDaddy you will usually find one post in the thread along the lines of "well I use GoDaddy, and I have never had any problems, so I am going to continue using them" (Kind of like the guy who jumps off the roof of a thirty story skyscraper despite the fact that someone told him he would hit the ground and die, then half way down he thinks "well I have not hit the ground yet, so I never will").

Q.E.D. !!!!!

[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?

[JackDaniel's]

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

[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 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?

[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.

[stuveltje]

Originally Posted by ecchi

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

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

heay sure i am dutch but i am not that stupid, i know he is trying to help me, but it has to be my own decision (or how the fuck you write that) and not a desicion because an other told me to do it........so worrieing on this point is good because that makes a person think.

[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

[sabin]

Originally Posted by Jim

I will never understand why anyone would ever use godaddy with as many problems as we see.

Any host is going to take down your content if it goes against their use policy. And as far as their hosting, its worlds cheaper than any other i've seen out there, worlds.

[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.

[ronnie]

Originally Posted by Bill

I like Domain Name Systems - $15 a year if you have less than a hundred domains, and they are friendly to adult webmasters, and they have very responsive customer service.

Actually they went down to $9.99 a while back. But I agree, been very happy for a number of years. And support is very quick.

[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?