Vicki Bohan ( vlbmailbox12-info at yahoo dot com ) at: 2008-04-14
Time Hosted: 1 to 2 years
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I have used godaddy for over one year now. I find that godaddy is not user friendly and has very SLOW performance. In fact, many times it never responds no matter how long I wait. The features are very primitive for a website builder.
I have used other website builders, such as yahoo's sitebuilder, and find them to be much more robust and with many more features. And I don't have the performance problems that I experience with godaddy.
I have called into godaddy's tech support hotline several times, and find that the customer service reps have a very limited knowledge of the system. I know more than they do.
I DO NOT RECOMMEND godaddy, especially to novice user unless they have a very simple website.
I am a software engineer with over 30 years experience. My specialty is GUI - the user interface. I find godaddy to be unusable and would not continue using it except that it is cheap, this website is for a member of my family, and I don't have time right now to build this website on another more usable website builder.
I agree with an earlier reviewer -- godaddy sucks.
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Lisa Thompson ( ) at: 2008-04-13
Time Hosted: 1 to 2 years
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I've been with Go Daddy for a while and have been really happy with their services. They have made major improvements to their hosting over the last year. I was especially happy that they added the File Manager. I also like that I can easily install applications, like Joomla. I use it on a lot of my sites and it takes no time to get it up and running on my domain.
I think the biggest thing for me has been how much they communicate! I mean any time I change something in my account I get a notice. That really makes me feel safe!
I plan to conitnue referring them to all of my friends and clients. Too bad many others don't feel the same way!
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Greg ( info(at)hotmail dot com ) at: 2008-04-08
Time Hosted: 6 mo. to 1 year
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I'm a .Net developer and host all the sites I build with Godaddy. My experience with them has been very good. I think their control panel is great, very well thought out and thorough. The only weakness is that you cannot connect to their SQL Server remotely, but I understand why they do that for security purposes, and anyway their web-based SQL Server management program is pretty damn good. I have also always been able to get them on the phone very quickly and they have been very helpful. I see there are a lot of people here who have had problems with them, but that just hasn't been my experience at all.
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Frank Gavin ( fsgavin at cs dot com ) at: 2008-02-10
Time Hosted: over 3 years
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Yes! I agree with the previous reviewer - GO DADDY SUCKS! For people like me, who want/need to use their "Website Tonight" sw package (I just don't have the time to write out an html document) in order to build a site, GoDaddy charges a hefty price - I have a bill to renew my site - $268 for another year!! - I don't even want to argue with them about this and I just want to change. Their email is awful - not elegant, very slow - they allow a rediculous 5-10MG space per account/ I have noticed sometimes my site goes down so I call them and they reconnect me but then there is always a sales pitch, etc.
I simply do not understand why GoDaddy appears on the top list of any review company!!
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David ( ) at: 2008-01-18
Time Hosted: 6 mo. to 1 year
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GoDaddy totally sucks!!! I have 2 websites for over 7-8 moths (Economy plan). I've had many many problems with them! i've had the similar problem like
mark ( mark0(at)dodgeit(dot)com ) when it try to access the site it shows blank page - white :) nothing else :) haha i wrote to them and the answer was "Please send a screenshot of the troubles you're experiencing...", etc. etc. Muahahah total joke! And the final thing was - " It appears that the buzler database is using over 20% of the CPU on the server." and they've stopped my site not even warn me about that! They've disabled my account so i can't even login to download it! 2 days ....still no response... the account is still disabled and they don't even reply to my mails, i spoke by the phone, "godaddy: wait for email".....
GODADDY - TOTALLY SUCKS!!!
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Nicholas ( nicholas(dot)webads at gmail(dot)com ) at: 2007-12-16
Time Hosted: 1 to 3 months
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I make the VERY WRONG move in becoming GoDaddy.com reseller.
They OVER PROMISE and UNDER DELIVER - to the hell bottom.
My first my customer hits problem with CF server and the message tells the server
is facing problem as there are multiple / concurrent access.
They told me the problem was with the code - and the page is only running
SIMPLE SELECT SQL. Guess what...the website is not completed and the only
person accessing it is the developer, and that's me!! If one person can cause
multiple access problem, imagine if the website is open to everyone.....say 5 customer.
They keep on blaming my code until I search the internet and found that the problem
actually require hotfix. I send the link to them to put the hotfix and guess what...
They said they will send my request to the suggestion department, they can't give me
the dateline.
So guys and girls, trust me....this is the WORST EVER hosting company I experience with. I suggest all review hosting website STOP putting them as TOP 10 web hosting company as you are telling a BIG LIE!!!! Give a true picture to the visitors to your
website...else you are NO DIFFERENT with GoDaddy.com.
Not sure Bob Parson went thru the internet and see how is his business doing or
maybe he just thinking of who the next girl he wants to put on GoDaddy.com mainpage
for next year. His staff is putting his business down the drain...and no one is doing anything about it. All the best Bob!
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Peter M ( chinkyowner at hotmail(dot)com ) at: 2007-12-09
Time Hosted: 1 to 2 years
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This is a very good Domain Host. The price is on average with other websites as well $10/yr for my .com domain. and my .net domain. They have so many features as well and it's a very easy to use interface. The sign-up and checkout part can get annoying though because after every time you press checkout they bombard you with offers that you really don't need or want. Otherwise I give them a nice 9/10 good job GoDaddy!! I saw you bike on American Chopper ;P.
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Fern ( pixles(at)cottagenorth dot com ) at: 2007-10-06
Time Hosted: over 3 years
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GO Daddy does not offer a toll free number.Go Daddy is playing a chameleon game with its clients and I think it is totally deceptive and a ripoff. Go Daddy wanted over $30.00 for 3 .com Domains they were insinuating they had a sale bur it did not include Dot Com names
priced at 9.99 plus fees
I shopped=
Name Registration - 1 Year $7.15 LOONIEEXCHANGE.COM 1 .COM Domain Name Registration - 1 Year $7.15 LOONIEMARKET.COM 1 .COM Domain Name registration - 1 Year $7.15 LOONIEDOLLAR.COM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal: $21.45 Shipping & Handling: $0.00 Tax: $0.00 Total: $21.45
THE INVOICE ABOVE IS WHAT I PAID to http://domainrightnow.com
which is a reseller for Go Daddy.What is different is the price and The Logo the operating system remains Go_Daddy ....save your money shop around don't deal with Go-Daddy
direct.I mask domains but I do not rip off anyone and charge more
than a product is worth,I don't charge at all... Google is my only cash cow !
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Daniel ( marcsidnasse(at)yahoo dot com ) at: 2007-09-22
Time Hosted: 1 to 3 months
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Very Very bad performance for webhosting and email server.
Too many email are blocked out and there is no control over the level of spam filtering, so they just block everything that looks like spam !!
The price is very cheap but so is the service!
DO NOT GO WITH THIS COMPANY
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Giulliano ( giulliano(at)united-card(dot)net ) at: 2007-08-21
Time Hosted: under 1 month.
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Im having a problem with them right now, i paid almost 340 USD for features not only Hosting service, i was going to buy reseller super plan, the problem is two days after i paid i asked refund to buy reseller plan because that was going to be better for me, but the customer suport asked me to Cancel my account to i receive my refund .. and when i did .. they emailed to me saying my refund was not guaranteed and i need to wait for billing department THINK ABOUT DECISION..
SO AVOID THEM
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Gustaf ( abc(at)def dot com ) at: 2007-02-01
Time Hosted: 6 mo. to 1 year
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It is really sick. I exceeded the monthly traffic limit with some 10GB's, and they charged me and additional $300 (yes, that is THREE HUNDRED), claiming I exceeded my limit by 144 GB, which is in fact half of my monthly consumption. Ridiculous!
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leslie henry ( lhenry002 at ca dot rr dot com ) at: 2006-12-05
Time Hosted: over 3 years
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i need to download my web site.web is www.voodoospells.com
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Joe Frische ( joe at yahoo dot com ) at: 2006-11-13
Time Hosted: 2 to 3 years
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I am getting really tired of their server functions not working and then spending time explaining their problems to them. After I explain, they claim it's not their problem. I have had this happen many times. I have to keep calling until I find a rep that's willing to work past the 'not our problem.'
Right now, I have a virtual dedicated server with an email service (HORDE) that the server comes with that DOESN"T WORK. They say it's not their problem, it's my server. I have spent a day going through the tutorials they provide and documentation on the web and can't figure out why it doesn't work. It seems that they should deliver a functional baseline system when they adverties that they will provide the software for this function. Now they tell me if I don't like it, I can install my own email product.
OR SWITCH TO A DIFFERENT VENDOR.
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SaschArt ( contact at saschart dot com ) at: 2006-10-24
Time Hosted: under 1 month.
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A LOT OF LIMITS in dedicated server. No root access via FTP, I can't change files from my server, limits at smtp up to 1000 emails/day - this limit is not in godaddy agreement - techical support never answer at clients questions, I never seen this, very bed services! We move our sites in other part!
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mark ( mark0 at dodgeit dot com ) at: 2006-09-29
Time Hosted: 1 to 3 months
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Godaddy's support is a joke.
I hope anyone hosting with them or considering hosting with them doesn't run into any technical problems. Their phone / email support are of the most UN-technical savvy level you could ever run into with a hosting company.
Their typical responses consist of
- "I'm sorry, I was unable to replicate the problem you're experiencing."
- "Your inquiry was forwarded to Advanced Hosting Support, who were unable to replicate the errors you're experiencing.", etc. etc.
The biggest joke of them all...
Me: "My site is loading slow", etc. etc.
Godaddy: "Please send a screenshot of the troubles you're experiencing...", etc. etc.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. How the **** do you take a screenshot of a slow loading site!!
For "technical" support, that should say it all.
No to mention, their servers are EXTREMELY overloaded/croweded. Don't be surprised to find numerous timeouts, errors, etc. with your site after you've been hosted a while. It almost seems as if they move you to a bunged-up server once you've gotten comfortable with them; as initially their hosting was ultra-fast when I first opened my account!
Also do not be surprised to find many of your members/ friends/ customers won't receive your emails if you're using their mailservers, because they're (Godaddy) blacklisted on many of the major ISP's (SBCGlobal, Juno, etc.); they do not pay close enough attention to whose abusing their resources until it's too late.
Lastly, for any company that hires individuals that seek out blogs with "godaddy sucks" written in them, then retorts with obscenities, blaming the complainers for all of their woes does not deserve your hard-earned cash.
Host with somebody that hires respectible individuals that don't fire off the handle like angry teenagers going through puberty when somebody says a few undesirable phrases about them.
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Augustus glue ( AugustusGlue(at)wonka(dot)net ) at: 2006-09-23
Time Hosted: 3 to 6 months
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cheap plan, mediocre , interface pages are a big D-
price to features is a B
support is helpful, I just wish that they wouldn't include all their dumb images and junk in their emails
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( ) at: 2006-08-04
Time Hosted: 2 to 3 years
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Liars is what they are. Someone, I believe it may be google or microsoft will com along and bowl them out soon.
I know their reseller control center is down and I know my site is down but they lie to me and wait until they fix their problems and then write to me saying something like "we don't see any problem, what's the problem?
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Don Austen ( truebluesman at hollymariecombs dot com ) at: 2006-07-20
Time Hosted: over 3 years
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I am the founder of an international charity for missing, exploited, runaway, abused and at risk children. Recently we learned that GoDaddy had changed the cgi protocol on its servers, so that our form mail no longer went through. Only they failed to notify us, so that we lost critical emails regarding missing and at-risk children. So I wrote a letter to the office of the president to complain. Rather than apologize, they took down our website without even telling us and eliminated our email accounts. Where before, through an act of omission, they had harmed I don't know how many children, now they have acted deliberatedly to suspend our services. To add insult to injury, they are demanding we pay them $75 to get them to release our domain, thursdayschild.org, which we have owned for 15 years! Add to that the fact that we are paid up with them through March 2007 for web hosting, as well as web stats! As far as I am concerned, their actions are unconscionable.
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Yoshi ( yoshi at awajis dot net ) at: 2006-06-25
Time Hosted: under 1 month.
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International customers should really avoid them. The support seems to have little notion about non-Roman character codes and of very little help in solving problems related to the issue.
Webmail interface can not properly display Japanese language, no language options are provided as in Horde or Squirrel. Unlimited mail accounts are so cumbersome to set up and manage.
Their refund policy is very disappointing too. Should really make sure if the server supports things you want to do before you buy a long-term plan.
Their control panel is quite different from the standard cpanel; no just different but with less features. They seem to be proud of $$$ worth programs offered within the panel, but most sucks and some don't even function properly.
Set-up can be time-consuming because every time you change something, there's some time lag before the changes take effect.
Well, I was stupid enough to pay for two years in advance, but I hope my bitter experience helps others make wiser decisions. My overall opinion on their service is so low that I don't mind wasting my paid money and go for a better hosting serivce.
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Don Jones ( mymanjones at hotmail dot com ) at: 2006-05-31
Time Hosted: 1 to 2 years
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It is so funny. MSN office is doing a Beta site builder thatn cannot begin to do what Godaddy tossed. I have been months trying to replace the old cheap Website Tonight 7. something. They replaced it with a 3.0 and keep adding bells but the one that tossed the old Website Tonight should be tossed too.
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Pavel Lyakhovsky ( pl(at)fele(dot)ru ) at: 2006-04-06
Time Hosted: 6 mo. to 1 year
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Never host your website there. Very unprofessional and poor support. It can take up to 20 minutes waiting on the phone (and I was calling from Russia). If you send an e-mail to support you do get response within 24 hours but in my case it never resolved the issue because the support staff didn't read the question carefully. Then you reply with a more detailed explanation and again get a junk reply from them because it is now another person who answers and he/she doesn't bother to read your original question. Maybe the support is helpful with easy questions but I am a professional web developer and can solve easy problems myself. I need support for more interesting issues ans it was of no help.
But what made me to cancel everything (hosting, email, domain registrations) at GoDaddy was that they suspended my domain without any prior notice for 'spam abuse' while I have never sent any spam in my life. I am running a big translation agency and we simply don't do such things as spamming.
GoDaddy could not provide any proof of spam (user complaints etc.). They just said 'you're a spammer, your domain name is suspended, pay us $150 to have your domain unlocked'. This looks very much like racket and panel game. We had to pay this money to them because we were loosing more with our website unaccessible. Naturally, we have moved everything away from GoDaddy.
Never work with them. Never.
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heidi pope ( heidi(at)opickles dot com ) at: 2006-04-05
Time Hosted: under 1 month.
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my husband and i purchased a website tonight program through go daddy and found that it was not exactly what we needed to build our website to our satisfaction. in addition to that we received merchant services thru go daddy from innovative merchant solutions - BE CAREFUL the hidding charges are huge $59.95 for quick books set up and $37.95/month statement fee - then if you try to terminate your merchant services the cost is $395.00 for early termination. when i went back to go daddy to recoup the money the customer service person (i use that term tounge and cheek) said "sorry if you didn't read the fine print it's not our problem. this was a very expensive lesson learned and one i wanted to share. my suggestion is read everything carefully and if there's any questions call and ask them before you buy.
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Jim J ( jasljohns at netscape(dot)net ) at: 2006-03-09
Time Hosted: 1 to 2 years
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The Dodaddy package looks good on the outside, but does not deliver.
I don't know why Web hosting Top rates GD so highly, but they missed the mark when they included GD in their list, Cheap i sall GD has to offer.
Their FAQ is deficient and their customer notification does not adequately address issues related to some very important issues involved in switching form another host to their service.
The worst aspects of GD's service are their support and the reliability of their site.
So far, their support is 0:6 in addressing the questions I asked and problems I reported, and I have had to resolve each issue on my own.
I have not been with them long enough to reflect on their 99.9% up time pledge, but I have not been able to login to my account manager or Web based interface for the email accounts for hours at a time over the past week. Just today, my account features have been inaccessible for over 5 hours!
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Ruben Sanchez ( rworld007 at sbcglobal dot net ) at: 2006-02-14
Time Hosted: 3 to 6 months
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Poor service....never again
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Lynn Markey ( lynnmarkey(at)mail(dot)com ) at: 2005-10-30
Time Hosted: 6 mo. to 1 year
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Unless you're prepared to spend hours and hours and hours in agonizing frustration STAY AWAY from this company! The saying, " you get what you pay for" was never more true than dealing with GoDaddy. They may be cheap but you are just throwing your money away and setting yourself up for endless frustration if you chose this company to host your website. This is especially true if you opt for their so-called "user friendly" Website Tonite. This program is so bad that even this company's own techs can't figure it out. I suppose it works great if you only intend to add a little text to the template but if you try to add photos or use any of the offered features you will find that this program is a bad joke. Don't bother calling tech support as they have no toll-free number and you will be put on hold forever. If you finally do talk to a technician they will give you the same song and dance over and over which is: " we've never had this problem before and we don't know how to fix it ". Yeah right.
I' ve been trying to get my website finished and online FOR EIGHT MONTHS but it's impossible due to all of the bugs in the program. Once I went to my site and someone elses website was there! And every time I go back to it something else is screwed up. No explanation given, they just say they don't know what happened.
I should have listened to the other bad reviews I read about GoDaddy but I was lured by the low price. Live and learn. Trust me on this one, ANY OTHER COMPANY on the planet would be better than this one.
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