Go Daddy’s primary focus is
domain names and domain auctions. Web hosting is offered alongside domain
registrations, but the entire front page of the website (apart from the images
of Go Daddy Girls) is dedicated to the registration of domains - hardly
surprising, really, since they manage 53 million of them. Although domain
registration is an important part of their business, we’re primarily going to
look at their web hosting services.
On their website, Go Daddy claims
that it’s the “largest hosting provider of secure websites” with more than 10
million customers hosting 5 million websites between them. Founded in 1997
under a different name, it’s one of three companies under the same umbrella
(Blue Razor Domains and Wild West Domains are the other two). The company
currently has used facilities in five US states and in India, and the
headquarters are in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Go Daddy are known in the US for
their outrageous Superbowl ads; the videos are archived on their site in a
special ‘commercials’ showreel (or on YouTube in ‘uncut’ form).Why choose
GoDaddy for web hosting?
We’ve listed somethings about it
here for you to decide whether or not GoDaddy hosting is the right choice for
you.
Convenience
GoDaddy is a great choice for
registering domain names. Most webmasters already have a domain name registered
with GoDaddy, so it only makes sense to purchase a web hosting account with
them as well. GoDaddy makes it very easy for webmasters to link their domain
name and web hosting account together. After all, combining your domain name
and web hosting account into a single place is quite convenient. Yes, you can
register your domain name with other web hosts, but they usually aren’t the
best choice for domains.
Ease of Use
When you sign up for hosting –
you don’t get a website, you get a place to “put your website” – as it were. So
you get a dashboard to operate your hosting account – add domains, install
files, manage databases, install WordPress, etc.
Since it is the backend of a
server – it’s not going to be super-user friendly, but it’s also nice to be
able to install and manage your account without having to learn programming.
Performance
The GoDaddy Web Hosting
Performance team is the group within GoDaddy that is responsible for tuning our
web hosting environment for peak performance. In order to do so, we measure the
response time of a control page loaded on every one of our web servers, every 5
minutes. An Application Index (APDEX) score is calculated for every server,
which rolls up to product location, to product to product group. The Hosting
Operations Center team has a prioritized list of servers to investigate if a
performance issue arises. The company has great situational awareness of the
performance levels of its products and services.
Price & Features
Their economy plan is $6.99/month
with 12 month lock-in – but they always give away coupons for longer lock-ins
and you can push it down to even $3.49/mo.
Even though GoDaddy’s specialty
is not hosting (they started as a domain registrar) – they are using their
capital and market presence to really push down on prices.
If you go with them, you won’t
have to worry if you are paying too much. (check out their prices here)
Conclusion
While GoDaddy has some negative
factors, it’s still one of the largest internet companies and continues to make
large profits. On a technical review, their web hosting is fairly decent. It’s
not the best one out there, but does hold its own when compared to Bluehost,
HostGator, and iPage.
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