rantsh Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I'm tempted to go with goDaddy as my next host but I want some reference before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I like them. Best service, best prices. I had some problems when my traffic got too high, but if that happens, they have upgraded packages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmanronald06 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 GoDaddy is a cheap knock off for those who are just getting into developing web sites in PHP. It is like the anglefire of PHP web hosting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neylitalo Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 GoDaddy is a cheap knock off for those who are just getting into developing web sites in PHP. I'm not sure how you've determined this, but I'd like to hear the facts behind it - it's always been my impression that GoDaddy was the hosting company. They run ads during the Super Bowl, for Pete's sake. :| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 GoDaddy is a cheap knock off for those who are just getting into developing web sites in PHP. It is like the anglefire of PHP web hosting Wtf? So no one who uses GoDaddy could possibly know what they're doing? I have tried many hosting companies, even used my own server in a datacenter, and I still think GoDaddy is one of the best hosting companies out there. Best of all, they have 24/7 phone support and they fix problems immediately. I have been using them for years with no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmanronald06 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Have you tried serverpowered.com or webhostfreaks.com ??? great service, great prices, etc. GoDaddy has always been cheap. A few clients I dealt with had godaddy, and it sucked trying to get anything done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 No, but as you've pointed out already those are owned by the same people who own php freaks. Whether or not they are good was not what the poster asked, he asked about GoDaddy. Saying it's like Angelfire is pretty extreme, considering they're very reputable and reliable. I'm not sure what you were trying to do that "sucked". I'm able to register a domain, get hosting, and have a site public in 20 minutes using them. They even offer PHP 5, something I don't know of many others doing. Do the ones you mentioned? If so, that's cool. rantsh, you could just get their 3.99 and try it for a month. If you don't like it, you've only lost $3.99, oh noes! :-P It'd be the best way for you to really find out if it will work for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmanronald06 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 They are cheap, and for the most part reliable, but when you need to do stuff they are a bitch to deal with. Like, one client just had some of their hosting for emails and not a web site. Hired me a year later to go in and build a site. Of course i needed more space, bandwidth, php, mysql, etc. It took them two weeks to get their account upgraded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 That's what I'm saying, I have used them for over two years and never had trouble upgrading an account, or getting service. They weren't a bitch to deal with for me, as opposed to MediaTemple where you have to wait three days for a response to an urgent bug. Did you actually call GoDaddy, or is it the client who had trouble doing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmanronald06 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I was actually dealing with GoDaddy, and when they needed client confirmation i handed the phone across the desk to the client. :-/ With webhostfreaks.com , and when I had a vps from serverpowered.com, I have never had to wait longer than an hour for support, and their prices are great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I know hosting and Domain names are different things - but Im quite picky about who I buy Domain names off. There are a lot of things such as "who actually owns the domain name" and if you want to take your Domain name with you to another server - godaddy may not allow that. Now they might - I havn't read up on them. Another thing - I seen on slashdot or digg 2 days ago - that myspace rang them up - said some website had passwords (which were a week old) and godaddy immediately pulled the domain. On a +side - I did come across cheap ssl certs by godaddy. anyhoo. -steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I have multiple domain accounts and hosting accounts through godaddy and have nothing bad to say. I've never had a problem and will continue to use them. They've actually given me 2 free economy hosting packages that I haven't even used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomfmason Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I have been using them for some time. They just happened to have the best deal that I could find for dedicated windows servers. So far I have not had a problem with the service. My only complaint is that there customer service number is not toll free. Other then that they are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmgmyr Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I get all of my domains through GoDaddy, they seem to be the fastest in getting the domain up and running. I have had only one client with a hosting package through there and I didn't have any problems with it. I would say try it if you want to, and if you don't like it...try something else. I have hosting accounts from 3 different companies just so I could try them out and I have different uses for each one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenway Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 There's no question they're the domain registrar of choice for me... but I choose RackSpace for hosting all of my sites, even though it's pricey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjakreborn Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I really like go daddy hosting, however I think there registrar service should go to hell, IF they are "wild-west domains.com" I had an account with www.bluehost.com they said there registrar wildwestdomains.com (aka: godaddy.com) which they addressed it at everytime I spoke with them gave me problems. If www.wildwestdomains.com is the same registrar of go-daddy, I hate them. There hosting however is very good, I have had many clients that used go-daddy, I always had an easy time getting stuff done, adn getting in touch with them. They may have just been busy the time you tried to get help on something (a lot of business going at once or something). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantsh Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 I have used them for registrars myself... and I see many people have a good opinion of them, so I might as well try them out as you all suggest. As a product of this discussion (steelmanronald06) I visited webhostfreaks and serverpowered.com and they seem quite pricey... anyone else thinks so? PS: Those of you who have tried it... what control panel do they provide? I believe is plesk but I'm not sure though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 "My only complaint is that there customer service number is not toll free." Wait, you get charged for long distance? This is 2007, not 1997. :-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantsh Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 well I would get charged for long distance (live outside the US) hehehe, but I don't mind 'cuz I work for a VoIP company though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmanronald06 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Webhostfreaks uses CPanel (very good), and you get a lot for what they ask. I mean space wise might be similar to that which godaddy offers at a cheaper price, but the other specs...Emails, databases, bandwidth, etc. Really, it just depends on what you want. Ever heard the term, "You get what you pay for." ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I used to register domains at registerfly.com but a couple months ago xfered my domain names over to godaddy.com. My stuff is hosted by site5.com though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsidian Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I will jump in with the recommendations to use their domain registration, but I've only used their hosting once, without the greatest results. Part of the problem was that I was ignorant of what I needed at the time, and I didn't take advantage of all they offered (this was a few years ago). I'd definitely be willing to give them another shot if I needed a new hosting package, but recently, I've been using Dreamhost for all my hosting packages (plus, they have a sweet referral program incentives), but I still register domains through GoDaddy. As for control panels, I love Dreamhost: they have their own "home-brewed" c-panel that is very nice, and they have really good turnaround time on propagating new domains/sub-domains/etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 yeah site5.com has their own "home-brewed" cpanel, called netadmin. I like it, but I do wish it offered cpanel as an alternative, because I've only messed around in cpanel a handful of times, and seeing as how cpanel is really popular, I would like to know my way around it better. Not that netadmin in any way fails to measure up to cpanel. It's just a different style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I've only messed around in cpanel a handful of times, and seeing as how cpanel is really popular, I would like to know my way around it better. You could try out the demos at: http://www.cpanel.net/products/cPanelandWHM/linux/try_cp_whm.htm There is demos for the current version and the beta version of v11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 thx for that! okay yeah...there really isn't anything there that netadmin doesn't do. it's just a different style/layout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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