Why you should avoid GoDaddy
Why you should avoid GoDaddy
by Benjamin Knigge
from an OdinSQL article GoDaddy vs. HostGator vs. BlueHost vs. DreamHost
Supplemental information provided by
Wes Driskell - web statistics analyst.
Deceptive and manipulate up selling.
If you’ve ever had the misfortune of using GoDaddy you know exactly what I’m talking about. In order to make even the simplest purchase via GoDaddy you will be forced to wade though several pages of deceptively titled additional products and “services” which provide little value. Many people complain about services they never intentionally purchased being added to their bill. GoDaddy could steal your domain name.
If you somehow forget to renew your domain name and it expires Godaddy will buy your domain name the moment it expired and then attempt to charge you $400 to get it back. If you don’t pay they will auction your domain name off to the highest bidder. They claim that this is a “service” but it seems a lot more like extortion to me. Support for anti-consumer laws.
GoDaddy has previously supported numerous anti-consumer and pro-censorship laws such as :
- The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)
- PROTECT IP Act (PIPA)
- The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA).
After a consumer boycott and a lot of bad press GoDaddy backed away from it’s support of these laws but the fact that they ever supported them is enough to keep me from ever recommending that anyone do business with them. They’re so big that they won’t care if you need support.
GoDaddy is a huge company with a huge marketing budget that has demonstrated very little interest in actually supporting it’s customers. If you have an issue and need support there’s a very good chance that you’re going to end up extremely disappointed if you’re relying on GoDaddy.
Performance: Web page load time and TTFB (Time to first byte) plays an important role in your SEO rankings. There is a direct correlation between a faster time to first byte and higher search engine rank. A one second delay in webpage time equals a 7% reduction in conversions, 11% fewer page views and 16% reduction in customer satisfaction. GoDaddy entry level web hosting packages introduced on average a delay of 3 to 14 seconds depending on your location. Due to network overloading and multi-hosting on each server, delays in content delivery are costing GoDaddy customers in loss of visibility and viewer departure.
If you’ve read everything I’ve said about GoDaddy and you’re still considering using their services perhaps some reviews from actual customers of theirs can persuade you to reconsider.
