GoDaddy Outage Cost a Ton of Traffic - GoFuckYourself.com

KRL · 07-20-2003, 03:38 AM

Anyone else check their GoDaddy Domains traffic losses?

Mine were off by 50%.

Vendot · 07-20-2003, 03:40 AM

Thats why I like Dotster

Veterans Day · 07-20-2003, 03:42 AM

Ya I was hit small but to the defense of godaddy. Their uptime for me has been a year and a half plus. It sucks but theres always tommorrow

WiredGuy · 07-20-2003, 03:45 AM

To me, registrar downtime is unacceptable. ICANN requires strict backup and contingency plans on the registrars to prevent issues just like this and when we pay $8-35 per year to simply ensure routing, I expect them up 24/7. At the hosting level I can accept some downtime, but at the registrar level I would transfer out.

Just my 2c
WG

KRL · 07-20-2003, 03:48 AM

For a company that I know pays very close attention to customer service and satisfaction, it was surprising to not even see a courtesy e-mail about it and an apology at least. I imagine their legal counsel said no to that though. I guess they just hoped nobody would notice.

EscortBiz · 07-20-2003, 03:50 AM

thats not good at all

how long was it down

swedguy · 07-20-2003, 04:51 AM

Enom is great

KRL · 07-20-2003, 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by EscortBiz
thats not good at all

how long was it down

Not sure of the precise amount of time, but traffic was 50% off across the board so I would guess 8-12 hours.

polish_aristocrat · 07-20-2003, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by vendot
Thats why I like Dotster

but Go Daddy has faster & nicer support

Vendot · 07-20-2003, 05:13 AM

> but Go Daddy has faster & nicer support

Well I can't really comment on that as I havent had enough experience with Godaddy to judge it (apart from one bad experience) but id rather go with a company that charges more and admits it like Dotster.

A company that focusses on making and keeping things working and has a business model thats solid enough to keep em around when the pressure is on. This business has seen to many examples of companies who want to pander to clients on pricing, only to turn around later and say they cant support those prices any more.

Mind you, I still reckon Dotster should drop their reg prices for dot com to around $12.

papa56 · 07-20-2003, 05:16 AM

If a registrar goes down how does that effect someone's traffic?

KRL · 07-20-2003, 05:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by papa56
If a registrar goes down how does that effect someone's traffic?

Your domains don't know where to go.

AdultKing · 07-20-2003, 05:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by KRL

Your domains don't know where to go.

Obviously we're talking about people using GoDaddy as their nameservers as well as Registrar ?

Obviously anyone with sense manages their own nameservers, you'd be foolish to trust DNS to a third party IMHO.

papa56 · 07-20-2003, 05:35 AM

Just to understand this...if GoDaddy is used just as a registrar...and GoDaddy goes down...then there is no problem...correct?

KRL · 07-20-2003, 05:43 AM

say what??

StacyCat · 07-20-2003, 05:49 AM

I suffered no loss in traffic.

Isnt DNS controlled at a higher level than the registrar? As in, my nameservers point to my site, etc. The GoDaddy outage should have only affected if I tried to buy a domain, if I had something hosted there, right?

SYNIKAL · 07-20-2003, 05:50 AM

directnic.com or namecheap.com

godaddy blows ass, i use to use them, but they suck....

Mr.Fiction · 07-20-2003, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by OzMedia

Obviously anyone with sense manages their own nameservers, you'd be foolish to trust DNS to a third party IMHO.

No matter what you do online, there is probably a third party involved somewhere. Unless you own a hosting company and a bandwidth provider and everything else involved.

Something can always go wrong. When it does, make the bastards pay!

AdultKing · 07-20-2003, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr.Fiction

No matter what you do online, there is probably a third party involved somewhere. Unless you own a hosting company and a bandwidth provider and everything else involved.

Something can always go wrong. When it does, make the bastards pay!

Yes that's true , however most people with clue run their own name servers, on separate networks, in separate geographic locations. This way if one name server goes down you have the other to back you up.

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07-20-2003, 05:13 AM	#10
Vendot Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: Malaysia Posts: 3,376	> but Go Daddy has faster & nicer support Well I can't really comment on that as I havent had enough experience with Godaddy to judge it (apart from one bad experience) but id rather go with a company that charges more and admits it like Dotster. A company that focusses on making and keeping things working and has a business model thats solid enough to keep em around when the pressure is on. This business has seen to many examples of companies who want to pander to clients on pricing, only to turn around later and say they cant support those prices any more. Mind you, I still reckon Dotster should drop their reg prices for dot com to around $12. __________________ "In a Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth is a Revolutionary Act." - George Orwell

07-20-2003, 05:16 AM	#11
papa56 Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 155	If a registrar goes down how does that effect someone's traffic?

07-20-2003, 05:35 AM	#14
papa56 Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 155	Just to understand this...if GoDaddy is used just as a registrar...and GoDaddy goes down...then there is no problem...correct?

07-20-2003, 05:43 AM	#15
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07-20-2003, 05:49 AM	#16
StacyCat Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 1,167	I suffered no loss in traffic. Isnt DNS controlled at a higher level than the registrar? As in, my nameservers point to my site, etc. The GoDaddy outage should have only affected if I tried to buy a domain, if I had something hosted there, right?

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