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GoDaddy is really good.

 

inmotion ftw!

 

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I use harddrivehotel.com.

 

I use GoDaddy for my personal website and have never had any problems (though a lot of people hate it). I use MediaTemple at work and have not had any problems with it, either.

 

What's a "domain hosting company"? Domains aren't "hosted". Web servers, email servers, etc. are "hosted". A domain is just a registered name, that is used as a means for users to find your server(s).

I think you probably mean you already have a domain name. A URL is the address of a web page (OK, technically, a "resource", so it could be a web page, an image, etc.), which includes as part of it the domain name.

Ultimately, a domain name is nothing but an entry in a large database (a "registry" - for example, .com is a registry), which contains very little: the domain name, your name, address, and phone number, and the address of a DNS server that can be used to "resolve" names within your domain.

When you register a domain with a domain registrar (for example, GoDaddy), you are simply paying them to stick that information in the database (.com registry) for you, and remember to bill you again next year.

Your DNS server doesn't have to be provided by your registrar, though most offer DNS as a free service with your registration. For most registrants that service is sufficient, but you can move your DNS services elsewhere if you wish.

Some registrars (Godaddy is a good example) do also offer hosting, email, and other services, but you are under no obligation to obtain those services from them.

Are you currently using a hosting company not in the U.S.? Or do you mean your registrar?

I think you mean you want to host a website on your domain. The only way you can "move" your domain is to move it to a different registrar. And that isn't really "moving" it, because no matter what company you use to register your domain name, it still lives in the same database at the "registry". "Moving" a domain name is just changing who takes care of collecting your money and interfacing with the registry, which contains the details of your domain registration.

Then you really should be shopping for an email host. And it sounds like you want one that supports Microsoft Exchange. Will you actually be using Microsoft Exchange as your email client?

You don't need a web host unless you actually have a need or desire for a web site. Email and web hosting don't have to be done by the same company. In fact, seldom does the same company do both well, IMO. Nor does your domain registration have to be done through same company that handles either of these.

You might want to look at Rackspace for email. I'm very happy with them myself. They do have a Microsoft Exchange option, but it's rather costly vs. regular POP/IMAP email hosting. I just use standard IMAP, so I can't comment on how good their Exchange hosting is.

OK, so perhaps people will think I've been picky about correct terminology and overly-technical here, since I "got" what you were asking. (Maybe.) The thing is I DID have to guess what you meant. So, let's start by getting the terminology right so we all know what you are talking about.

Did I guess right? Can you clarify further?

 

Everyone knew what the OP meant.

 

www.1and1.com

A lot Cheaper than godaddy's rip off prices. No sexist ads.

Good web host packages too...

Part of a large company:
With over 9 million fee-based customer contracts and about 27 million ad-financed free accounts, United Internet AG is a leading European internet specialist.

The heart of United Internet is our high-performance “Internet Factory” with over 5,000 employees, of which over 1,100 are engaged in product management, development and data centers. In addition to the high sales strength of its established brands (GMX, WEB.DE, 1&1, united-domains, fasthosts, InterNetX, Sedo and affilinet) and distribution channels (some of which exclusive), United Internet stands for outstanding operational excellence with over 37 million customer accounts at 5 data centers with around 70,000 servers.

I'm not including the lucrative affiliate link so I won't get busted...

 

Try TheWebPole.com, I am actually quite happy with their services. I tried them with a shared hosting plan and then as my site grew, I upgraded to VPS. Now I am using 3 VPS from them now - 2 of which is Linux and one is Windows.

 

How do you figure? From what I can tell, the regular price for basic service at both hosts is $4.99/month.

 

If you want to choose the best hosting provider then you can go with bluehost or hostgator, i think they provide the best hosting service. If you want to buy domain name for your site then you must go with godaddy.com there you can find a large variety of exclusive domain names in very cheaper price....

 

While I use GoDaddy, they have not always been good. There are promotion coupons you can find to help reduce the price by up to 25% which brings the price down.

At this time, I've got too hooks in to simply leave them and after researching the others, I'm not so quick to jump ship.

One good thing is the customer support is pretty fast and responsive via email. Even the times I've resorted to calling them, they have resolved the issue pretty quickly (related to them moving things around).

 

www.doteasy.com

They have a free hosting option that is very good. I used it for years to host my business site, and finally upgraded to a paid option simply out of guilt. They will try and sell you some optional services when you sign up and renew. Other than that, you never know they are there.

I like them alot.

 

terrible.

rather go for myhosting (canadian).

 

Seriously? The only thing GoDaddy is good for is domain registration. They have insanely overloaded servers. If you have anything but a static website GoDaddy will drag terribly.

I had a recent situation where a client insisted on using GoDaddy. The site was developed on another server and transferred to GoDaddy. Upon placement at GoDaddy the site began doing very strange things. (Random artifacts showing up where there were no graphics.) The files were all deleted and transferred again. Same thing. The site files were placed on IIS and CentOS servers from other providers and the site worked just fine.

A call to tech support was less than useless. The guy put me on hold to 'do some tests' and then came back on the line and said "The server tests out ok. It's your problem." I asked him what kind of Linux server it was to try to determine if this was something unique to a particular server distribution. He said "Linux." I told him, no, what KIND of Linux was doing the hosting on that server? The guy responded, "What are you talking about? Linux is Linux. There's only one kind." Um. Yeah.

 

I've been with Dreamhost for several years, and I've been happy.

 

I've been looking to use GoDaddy when my MobileMe expires next summer, I guess I should maybe reconsider.

 

Scott Raymond, blogging over at ZDNet, has some less than complimentary things to say about GoDaddy. Read the blog here.

 

I would NOT recommend GoDaddy for using their email services. Their POP is very unreliable, causing server errors and never works properly on my iPhone.

 

I recommend name.com.

I use them for all domains I have and am happy with their service. They have relatively good prices when I compared to other domain hosts.

 

I am with GoDaddy and I find them fast and pretty good, other than my SSL which took twice the time it should have. The trouble with getting advice on the internet is that people mainly publish their bad experiences. I went with 123-reg once and they were terribly slow. I am on cloud hosting with GoDaddy and can't fault it so far, you can look at the speed of my site if you like. Link is in my signature.

EDIT: It's also best to type the link in manually for an idea of speed. MacRumours link processing seems to take a while when compared to typing it in manually.

 

Stay away from go daddy. If you ever need to move your domain to another registrar they are a pain to deal with. They are the mcdonalds of domain registrars. Good for nothing and most of the time they screw up your order.

 

I'm quite happy with ANHOSTING ... only once they locked me out but I kind of violated the TOS; so my fault.

 

I take back my comment, slow support which always dodges the question in hand. Going to get my moneys worth in wasting their supports time if I am not getting it in hosting.