Facts About Godaddy

• An ICANN-Accredited Domain Registrar
• Founded in 1997
• Also own and operate Domains By Proxy
• World’s Largest Domain Registrar

Hosting Plans:

Where to begin!? GoDaddy has sooo many hosting plans that its difficult to decide on which one you want to use! Okay, not really, but they do have quite the variety of solutions and how you will be using your site will determine which plan you want to select. We love the Unlimited Plan best from the shared hosting category.

Shared Hosting Unlimited Plan comes in two flavors, Linux and Windows. A nice feature of these plans is that t hey are equally priced, so ignore what you see at other hosts and their premium charges for Windows Hosting. Hosting plans can start at simple one-month commitments and move strategically up the ladder to 12, 24 and 36 month terms which come with stepped discounts as well. All of the shared Windows hosting plans come with at least some access to Microsoft databases like MS Access and MS SQL, which is a HUGE plus for the same price as a Linux plan with MySQL limitations.

Believe it or not, GoDaddy is also a provider of Grid Hosting, which while not is huge practice in the general realm of web site hosting, for those web applications or data-heavy sites this might be the solution you’ve been looking for. Instead of having one server hosting and churning processes on your site, imagine several servers working hard to deliver the content you worked so hard to create. Will this make your blog faster? Well if your web site is just for blogging or your family reunion photos, you are probably better off with regular old hosting – however, since GoDaddy Grid Hosting starts at JUST $4.99 a month – what do you have to lose!?

GoDaddy Grid Hosting does require a 3 month commitment; however the price is only $4.99 per month regardless if you choose the Linux or Windows variety. Both cases gain you 100 GB of space, 1,000 GB of transfer and UNLIMITED computing cycles.

Technical and Customer Support:

While GoDaddy is no slouch when it comes to web hosting, they could make it easier to navigate their different services a bit easier. Most customers familiar with GoDaddy are most familiar with the Domain Registration field that they are famous for. Even those customers have seen the changing facets of the site as you travel from account management to domain maintenance, to purchasing services like hosting.

Hosting is no different, as you will again see a change in user interface as you delve into the world of hosting with GoDaddy. While the servers and plans themselves are a tight package, the management of them makes for a challenge with the varying user interfaces. This may cause you, as it has us, to need to communicate one-on-one with GoDaddy at a higher frequency than normal.

All of our technical support and customer relation questions have always been handled quickly and within a good timeframe after it has been put into the hands of the right party. Calling GoDaddy on the other hand always seems to route you through a Sales department first, where you are evaluated to make sure you are paying as much as you can. If you make it through that gauntlet you are on your way to solving your problem.

GoDaddy is a volume provider of services. If you are looking for a reliable host with good quality, then GoDaddy just might be the host for you. If you know already that you will be needing frequent communication with customer support or making allowances for advanced site scripting, etc – then a more hands-on host may be better suited for you.

Features:

You want it? You got it. With GoDaddy you have any tool you could possibly need to run your business online. Looking at Windows Shared hosting alone you have scads of features and options that no other host would dream to put into a single hosting package: MS SQL and MS Access databases, MySQL, SSL Certificates, DNS Management Unlimited hosting of domains internal to GoDaddy or external!

Virtual Dedicated Servers come with 3 Dedicated IP addresses, as do the Dedicated Servers all backed with 24/7 customer support and High Data Center Security.