Comments on: Don’t Trust GoDaddy http://www.articulayers.com/2010/02/dont-trust-godaddy/ Freelance SEO Copywriting, Utilitarian Corporate Copywriting and Online Optimization Sun, 16 May 2010 06:28:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Pritpaul http://www.articulayers.com/2010/02/dont-trust-godaddy/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Pritpaul Sun, 16 May 2010 06:28:56 +0000 http://www.articulayers.com/?p=177#comment-50 Good point! Even if it was misconfigured by you (I'm not saying that it definitely was or wasn't), they shouldn't be sending it off to an ad page. :) Good point! Even if it was misconfigured by you (I’m not saying that it definitely was or wasn’t), they shouldn’t be sending it off to an ad page. :)

]]> By: marty http://www.articulayers.com/2010/02/dont-trust-godaddy/comment-page-1/#comment-49 marty Fri, 14 May 2010 22:23:47 +0000 http://www.articulayers.com/?p=177#comment-49 Oh man, don't get me started on the upsells...that's a whole 'nother piss off for sure! And the absolute WORST aspect of GoDaddy, to me - you need to know how to navigate their cart to avoid accidentally letting them upsell you into oblivion. But again, I have dealt with them for years...I know how to get through it all with only what i want. I have set up hundreds of sites using GoDaddy. I was infuriated, because they were ignoring my DNS records...which were properly set, according to the specs in Blogger. GoDaddy later said this won't work...I want to know why. They gave me a URL redirect to make it work, which it did, so pragmatism rules. But yes, they ignored my DNS and then used my non-canonical domain to target a PPC campaign's landing page content. They used my own domain to advertise my competition, after my site was live. On a parked domain, I know they will advertise. This was an active domain, and they loopholed a PPC page onto my active domain. I will have a tough time seeing this any other way, having seen it. I don't think they made a nickel, and the money in this specific case is not an issue. It is the premise - a "trusted" host, abusing webmaster negligence or incompetence or a loophole in a trusting, proven customer's account. GoDaddy sucks it as a host...I learned that years ago trying to work a client's site into action, so I don't host there. Lots of my clients do, so I am in there, like it or not. As a registrar, I could usually tap dance around the unbelievable upsell landmines to take advantage of their price points. But GoDaddy sucks. They simply don't care at all about you, your site, or anything beyond selling something else. It simply doesn't have to be that way. But I appreciate the banter, and appreciate your skepticism. Oh man, don’t get me started on the upsells…that’s a whole ‘nother piss off for sure! And the absolute WORST aspect of GoDaddy, to me – you need to know how to navigate their cart to avoid accidentally letting them upsell you into oblivion.
But again, I have dealt with them for years…I know how to get through it all with only what i want. I have set up hundreds of sites using GoDaddy.

I was infuriated, because they were ignoring my DNS records…which were properly set, according to the specs in Blogger. GoDaddy later said this won’t work…I want to know why. They gave me a URL redirect to make it work, which it did, so pragmatism rules.
But yes, they ignored my DNS and then used my non-canonical domain to target a PPC campaign’s landing page content. They used my own domain to advertise my competition, after my site was live.

On a parked domain, I know they will advertise. This was an active domain, and they loopholed a PPC page onto my active domain. I will have a tough time seeing this any other way, having seen it.

I don’t think they made a nickel, and the money in this specific case is not an issue. It is the premise – a “trusted” host, abusing webmaster negligence or incompetence or a loophole in a trusting, proven customer’s account. GoDaddy sucks it as a host…I learned that years ago trying to work a client’s site into action, so I don’t host there. Lots of my clients do, so I am in there, like it or not.

As a registrar, I could usually tap dance around the unbelievable upsell landmines to take advantage of their price points.

But GoDaddy sucks.
They simply don’t care at all about you, your site, or anything beyond selling something else.
It simply doesn’t have to be that way.
But I appreciate the banter, and appreciate your skepticism.

]]> By: Pritpaul http://www.articulayers.com/2010/02/dont-trust-godaddy/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Pritpaul Fri, 14 May 2010 21:06:10 +0000 http://www.articulayers.com/?p=177#comment-48 Don't get me wrong, I don't like GoDaddy either. :) The one time I helped somebody who insisted on using it to setup a site, there were like 5-10 different "upsell" ads before it let me get just the services I wanted. I was just thinking about it and couldn't think of any way it could work like you said unless GoDaddy was just completely ignoring your specified DNS records, which would be incredibly egregious. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like GoDaddy either. :) The one time I helped somebody who insisted on using it to setup a site, there were like 5-10 different “upsell” ads before it let me get just the services I wanted. I was just thinking about it and couldn’t think of any way it could work like you said unless GoDaddy was just completely ignoring your specified DNS records, which would be incredibly egregious.

]]> By: marty http://www.articulayers.com/2010/02/dont-trust-godaddy/comment-page-1/#comment-47 marty Fri, 14 May 2010 18:52:46 +0000 http://www.articulayers.com/?p=177#comment-47 Ahh, I wish I had it too, to help make the case stronger. You'll have to trust me, I set them up correctly in GoDaddy. But I learned in this, that though Blogger has specific steps to follow to use GoDaddy, GoDaddy's own practices prevented them from working. The workaround they offered worked - but it was thru domain forwarding, not resetting the A/C records. Do also know this: after it was brought to GoDaddy's attention, it took over a week, and my constant reminders to resolve it. And that is another, more irritating point here I think - they seem to care about customers when customers are paying, and only then. If I call or email, and say I want to buy something, they are on it in minutes. The one time I have needed help (after more than 4 years being a model client for them), they avoid me like the plague. Sorry if I melt my own credibility by lacking that screenshot, but even if I proved I was a dork in setting up the site wrong, it wouldn't make me feel like GoDaddy is any more trustworthy! :) Ahh, I wish I had it too, to help make the case stronger. You’ll have to trust me, I set them up correctly in GoDaddy.
But I learned in this, that though Blogger has specific steps to follow to use GoDaddy, GoDaddy’s own practices prevented them from working.
The workaround they offered worked – but it was thru domain forwarding, not resetting the A/C records.
Do also know this: after it was brought to GoDaddy’s attention, it took over a week, and my constant reminders to resolve it.
And that is another, more irritating point here I think – they seem to care about customers when customers are paying, and only then.
If I call or email, and say I want to buy something, they are on it in minutes. The one time I have needed help (after more than 4 years being a model client for them), they avoid me like the plague.
Sorry if I melt my own credibility by lacking that screenshot, but even if I proved I was a dork in setting up the site wrong, it wouldn’t make me feel like GoDaddy is any more trustworthy! :)

]]> By: Pritpaul http://www.articulayers.com/2010/02/dont-trust-godaddy/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Pritpaul Fri, 14 May 2010 15:24:34 +0000 http://www.articulayers.com/?p=177#comment-46 I wish you'd included a screenshot of your DNS (A/CNAME) records because reading this it really sounds like you got those wrong. If you checked and you're sure those were right, a screenshot would help the reader believe that. I wish you’d included a screenshot of your DNS (A/CNAME) records because reading this it really sounds like you got those wrong. If you checked and you’re sure those were right, a screenshot would help the reader believe that.

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