*WARNING* DO NOT host with Yahoo - GoFuckYourself.com

Brad Gosse · 02-21-2006, 11:25 AM

I moved 15 of my mainstream sites to Yahoo hosting for an SEO experiment I was trying.

One of the sites has been completely shut down (403 forbidden) for almost a full week and all I get from support is:

"We have no idea why your site is down and we have asked an engineer to look into it but there is no ETA for getting it back up and you can't speak to anyone else"

This has been going on for almost a week and still no resolution or answer as to why my site and FTP is down. The worst part is that there is data I can't get until I get into the FTP account.

I have over 1000 websites on various hosts and my own dedicated servers and I have NEVER dealt with issues like this.

I just wanted to put out this warning to everyone thinking about trying them out.

Time to move it all to Nat Net and Mojo, I can count on them to be reliable and fast.

com · 02-21-2006, 11:29 AM

sig spot ;)

Sosa · 02-21-2006, 11:30 AM

Good to know.

milkit · 02-21-2006, 11:32 AM

duh.....?

BluMedia · 02-21-2006, 11:34 AM

Yahoo is run by a bunch of fucking monkeys. Their support is the worst I have ever seen. I even charged back over 3k with them and it wasn't even a problem because they didn't even respond to the credit card company so I automatically got the money credited back. I wouldn't use them for anything ever even if they paid me 1k a month to host there.

Mark

Sarah - GTS · 02-21-2006, 11:36 AM

Would the sites have been adult in nature? Could that maybe go against a policy or something?

Brad Gosse · 02-21-2006, 11:38 AM

Well since they won't refund my hosting costs CB may be an option. I hate charging back on anyone but in this case i won't lose any sleep.

Some of you may think it was stupid to put some mainstream sites there but I wanted to try out some sites on their IP block.

Brad Gosse · 02-21-2006, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sarah - GTS

Would the sites have been adult in nature? Could that maybe go against a policy or something?

100% mainstream

reginaldo · 02-21-2006, 11:59 AM

i have about 20 domains under smallbusiness.yahoo and they killed my login because of an old yahoo group i had... now, im fucked, there is no customer service it seems... and that came from the perfectly english speaking yahoo rep on the phone

Brad Gosse · 02-21-2006, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reginaldo

i have about 20 domains under smallbusiness.yahoo and they killed my login because of an old yahoo group i had... now, im fucked, there is no customer service it seems... and that came from the perfectly english speaking yahoo rep on the phone

For a company that used to dominate search they are doing a bad job trying to beat google to the hosting game.

Poor service is a killer, they could have made me a happy client if they just fixed this issue quickly.

Clients don't judge you on your problems they judge you on how you handle the solutions.

SmokeyTheBear · 02-21-2006, 12:02 PM

this thread is totally unfair..

not to mention their shitty registrar service is much wors than the shitty hosting

asdfqwer · 02-21-2006, 01:01 PM

Yahoo is know for beeing a bad host,browse hosting forums and you will see
Try ISPrime if you havent yet or ask gotwebhost for multiple class C hosting for your SEO experiment

Brad Gosse · 02-21-2006, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asdfqwer

Yahoo is know for beeing a bad host,browse hosting forums and you will see
Try ISPrime if you havent yet or ask gotwebhost for multiple class C hosting for your SEO experiment

Thanks

Kevsh · 02-21-2006, 01:04 PM

Not only all this, but your site will be hosted with about 40,000 others on the same box and same IP.

Pornwolf · 02-21-2006, 01:25 PM

Stick to the "porn" hosts. I have found that most of the hosts that cater to our industry are much better than mainstream hosts. Unless you are doing $10,000 a month or more.

BluMedia · 02-21-2006, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pornwolf

Stick to the "porn" hosts. I have found that most of the hosts that cater to our industry are much better than mainstream hosts. Unless you are doing $10,000 a month or more.

There is so much truth to this statement it isn't even funny. We were with a mainstream host for our adult sites back in the day. They seemed to think it was completly normal to perform maintance every fucking week for a couple hours and bring the entire network down. One time we were down for almost 24 hours. That is when I said fuck it and when to a real host, MojoHost. Alot of these mainstream hosts seem to think this is ok and normal to do this weekly or even daily maintance.

Mark

u-Bob · 02-21-2006, 07:56 PM

yahoo: sucks as a hosting company.
yahoo: sucks as a registrar.

The Duck · 02-22-2006, 12:13 AM

now i know...

02-22-2006, 12:26 AM

good to know! thanks!

toddler · 02-22-2006, 12:36 AM

Reflected

Bluewire Ross · 02-22-2006, 12:38 AM

useful information

WiredGuy · 02-22-2006, 12:41 AM

Wanna share what your SEO experiment was

WG

CDSmith · 02-22-2006, 12:42 AM

Thanks for the warning, but in nearly 8 years now I have never had the least bit of interest in hosting with Yahoo.

chaze · 02-22-2006, 02:16 AM

We get more new clients from Yahoo then any other host. It's great business for us but I always feel bad for the customer who loses business before they realize it's time to move. they also encode there site builder so you will stay with them and make switching their dns like getting your teeth pulled. Shady business in my book but I am sure some people here will say it's just smart. Me, I only do business with people I can trust if it will effect business. i think a good busines will even help you move if you want to try another service, we do this and in most cases they come back and stay for life.

Ecchi22 · 02-22-2006, 02:25 AM

Don't buy their domain names. They will charge you for every fucking service requested!!! For example dns change!!!

chadglni · 02-22-2006, 02:31 AM

They stole my domain with a dead login. lol

bobby666 · 02-22-2006, 05:22 AM

i have just one 2,95$ yahoodomain registered but was well surprised that domainforwarding (fullframed) is for free - i usualy had to pay extra charge for it

picsmasters · 02-22-2006, 05:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad Gosse

I moved 15 of my mainstream sites to Yahoo hosting for an SEO experiment I was trying.

One of the sites has been completely shut down (403 forbidden) for almost a full week and all I get from support is:

"We have no idea why your site is down and we have asked an engineer to look into it but there is no ETA for getting it back up and you can't speak to anyone else"

This has been going on for almost a week and still no resolution or answer as to why my site and FTP is down. The worst part is that there is data I can't get until I get into the FTP account.

I have over 1000 websites on various hosts and my own dedicated servers and I have NEVER dealt with issues like this.

I just wanted to put out this warning to everyone thinking about trying them out.

Time to move it all to Nat Net and Mojo, I can count on them to be reliable and fast.

May be you used free Yahoo hosting

???

Brujah · 02-22-2006, 05:36 AM

Stop putting "Deny from all" in your .htaccess bro.

adonthenet · 02-22-2006, 05:54 AM

thx for the info

Brad Gosse · 02-22-2006, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WiredGuy

Wanna share what your SEO experiment was

WG

I'd tell you but then I'd have to kill you ;)

marko13 · 02-22-2006, 06:07 AM

thanks for the informations.....

Brad Mitchell · 03-01-2006, 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad Gosse

Time to move it all to Nat Net and Mojo, I can count on them to be reliable and fast.

Thank you for the props! I think I can speak for both companies when I say your business is truly appreciated and any time you want to bring more, we'd love it!

Cheers,

Brad

Dagwolf · 03-01-2006, 12:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by milkit

duh.....?

Succint but adequate.

PhotoNut · 03-01-2006, 12:34 AM

1 week down without any info? Whow, time to move buddy!

02-21-2006, 11:25 AM	#1
Brad Gosse Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Carpal Tunnel Posts: 2,616	WARNING DO NOT host with Yahoo I moved 15 of my mainstream sites to Yahoo hosting for an SEO experiment I was trying. One of the sites has been completely shut down (403 forbidden) for almost a full week and all I get from support is: "We have no idea why your site is down and we have asked an engineer to look into it but there is no ETA for getting it back up and you can't speak to anyone else" This has been going on for almost a week and still no resolution or answer as to why my site and FTP is down. The worst part is that there is data I can't get until I get into the FTP account. I have over 1000 websites on various hosts and my own dedicated servers and I have NEVER dealt with issues like this. I just wanted to put out this warning to everyone thinking about trying them out. Time to move it all to Nat Net and Mojo, I can count on them to be reliable and fast. __________________ Free Clipart

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02-21-2006, 11:34 AM	#5
BluMedia Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 3,973	Yahoo is run by a bunch of fucking monkeys. Their support is the worst I have ever seen. I even charged back over 3k with them and it wasn't even a problem because they didn't even respond to the credit card company so I automatically got the money credited back. I wouldn't use them for anything ever even if they paid me 1k a month to host there. Mark __________________ IntenseCash - If you can't convert us then you might want to look for a new job . BrokeStraightBoys.com converting 1:124 stats counted by Nats

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02-21-2006, 11:38 AM	#7
Brad Gosse Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Carpal Tunnel Posts: 2,616	Well since they won't refund my hosting costs CB may be an option. I hate charging back on anyone but in this case i won't lose any sleep. Some of you may think it was stupid to put some mainstream sites there but I wanted to try out some sites on their IP block. __________________ Free Clipart

02-21-2006, 11:30 AM	#3
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02-21-2006, 11:32 AM	#4
milkit Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,141	duh.....?

02-21-2006, 11:59 AM	#9
reginaldo Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 610	i have about 20 domains under smallbusiness.yahoo and they killed my login because of an old yahoo group i had... now, im fucked, there is no customer service it seems... and that came from the perfectly english speaking yahoo rep on the phone

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SmokeyTheBear ►SouthOfHeaven Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: PlanetEarth MyBoardRank: GerbilMaster My-Penis-Size: extralarge MyWeapon: Computer Posts: 28,609	this thread is totally unfair.. not to mention their shitty registrar service is much wors than the shitty hosting __________________ hatisblack at yahoo.com

02-21-2006, 01:01 PM	#12
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02-21-2006, 01:04 PM	#14
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02-21-2006, 01:25 PM	#15
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02-21-2006, 07:56 PM	#17
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chaze Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 9,752	We get more new clients from Yahoo then any other host. It's great business for us but I always feel bad for the customer who loses business before they realize it's time to move. they also encode there site builder so you will stay with them and make switching their dns like getting your teeth pulled. Shady business in my book but I am sure some people here will say it's just smart. Me, I only do business with people I can trust if it will effect business. i think a good busines will even help you move if you want to try another service, we do this and in most cases they come back and stay for life.

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Ecchi22 Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 10,012	Don't buy their domain names. They will charge you for every fucking service requested!!! For example dns change!!! __________________

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