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No physical presence

How can you choose hosting? To avoid potential problems, don't buy from hosting companies with PMB and P.O. Box addresses. The truth is, some of the biggest and lousiest hosting companies — for example GoDaddy — are highly questionable. Therefore they shouldn't be trusted. Why? Because they fail even the most basic fraud detection test. Why? Because they don't even have a physical presence. Why? Because their address is a ghost address, it's just a disposable mail drop.

They do rip you off

How can you choose hosting? To avoid potential problems, stop reading and listening to sales pitches. Ignore the pitch if it says, "GoDaddy answers their phones and doesn't rip you off." — Come on, dude! Answering the phone doesn't mean they won't rip you off!

In my experience, GoDaddy is an unfair and unscrupulous organization. They employ smooth-talking "fishermen" who very carefully reel you in. And they also employ tough, insensitive guys who sound like Hells Angels who rip you off.

Why? Because GoDaddy — together with their dozens of alternative identities — is the cash register, executioner, ICANN-accredited registrar, investigator, judge and jury, rolled into one. The issue is, once you give them your business, your digital files and domain names, they're the highest authority. Why? Because they write their (terms of service) rules — not you! And because their rules are written for their benefit — not yours!

Ripping you off is easier than you think. Behind your back, while you're sleeping, and with the click of a mouse, a nameless, faceless GoDaddy employee finds (or invents) an excuse and freezes your account. And then, without any warning to you, you lose access to...
  • All of your domains,
  • All of your digital files, and
  • All the hosting.
Please notice your site is no longer hosted, even if you prepaid the hosting for many years.

And, when you complain, there is no address where you can go. You suddenly realize the address they gave you is just a mail drop.

And, when you give them a call, they simply refuse to talk with you over the phone. They transfer all your calls to the so called "president's office" where some tough, insensitive guy who sounds like Hells' Angels will rip you off.

Do you think they will never rip you off? They did rip me off. "Answering the phone" doesn't mean they won't rip you off! ...More >>

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