Is Go Daddy a bad domain?
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I heard today that Go Daddy is not the besting hosting domain for websites...it isn't crawled well by websites. Is this true? What is the best hosting domain?
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Choosing a host would entirely depend on on your requirement. I seriously doubt having your site hosted with them would cause it not to be crawled. ( unless of course the server you have with them have explicitly prevented bots crawling the pages in there , which would make no sense for them to do )
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I agree with Ryan. I have never found that the spam has been worth the few extra dollars I save. I've been getting phone calls about a domain I have expiring non stop. I know they also had an issue with their DNS a little while back. I've always felt that the control panel they use is a little confusing even for someone with experience hosting and developing websites.
I don't think that there would be an issue with the website being crawled but with all the sites they host on a server it may be slow. I'd search and look into a host that has good reviews on here.
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As with most hosting providers, there are positive and negative points about GoDaddy.
Positives: 24/7 live customer service
Negatives:
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if you just want to buy a domain or hosting service, GoDaddy makes it hard. They offer dozens of other products and services which confuse many visitors
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they spam you with sales messages all the time
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instead of using the industry standard cPanel to manage your website, they have a custom tool which is not as good as cPanel. If you use cPanel and change hosts, your new host will likely offer cPanel so you will not have to learn a new tool. With GoDaddy, it's a pain.
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I have called their customer service, their rep confirmed the shared server being used was performing below average but they said they could not change to a faster server unless the server actually went down. I escalated the issue to a supervisor who then confirmed the issue.
Personally I like Surpass Hosting which is another brand for HostDime. Everyone seems to have their own favorite. There is no consensus.
If you are hosting a business site, I would make sure you obtain at least VPS hosting and not shared hosting.
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