Godaddy shuts down site for password file

[spazlabz]

Originally Posted by Jace

ok, what happened?

the first first hand experience i had with them that was totally fucked was can be seen in all its glory here
http://www.greenguyandjim.com/board/...hlight=godaddy
(sorry for the link to the other board gonzo but as you can see from that date it was awhile ago and had almost the whole story.

The second instance was another spam complaint against another company I worked for. No notification, the sites were turned off. when we contacted godaddy and let them know the affiliate who spammed our content had been dealt with they turned us back on and offered to give us protection from spam complaints in the future. For something like, I dint recall exactly but I want to say $250, they would arbitrate with the complaint and give us 24 hours to resolve it before shutting us down.... gee thanks, we moved the domains.

bottom line for me is they are exceedingly quick to turn sites off without any notice at all and once they effect someones business like that they should have better support. Anyone can make a spam complaint to them to any site that pisses them off and get the thing turned off.


spaz

[Hell Puppy]

They're all getting too heavy handed.

And again, I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV, but when you start making your own editorial decisions about SOME things, you open yourself up to being responsible for ALL content using your service.

[spazlabz]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

They're all getting too heavy handed.

And again, I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV, but when you start making your own editorial decisions about SOME things, you open yourself up to being responsible for ALL content using your service.

agreed, and unfortunately you also set precedent for other companies to do the same


spaz

[Hell Puppy]

I'm not overly enamored with ANY of the registrars at the moment, which leaves me diversified.

Growth has decreased, that market is becoming a commodity. So we're going to see a shake out I think, maybe some consolidation. And perhaps some desperation moves like making it very difficult to transfer.