hosting options

[Cary Gordon]

My issue with GoDaddy is that they aren't really a hosting company. To them, hosting is just one more upsell like domain name protection.

The implementation is a trivial detail that gets little attention.

Cary

On Jun 26, 2013, at 10:58 AM, Alisak Sanavongsay <asanavongsay at UCMERCED.EDU> wrote:

> The shared hosting on GoDaddy is using MySQL 5.0 with no announced plan to upgrade. If your apps require MySQL 5.1 and above, you should also avoid GoDaddy.
> 
> Regards,
> Alisak.
> 
> Alisak Sanavongsay  Digital Assets Programmer  http://library.ucmerced.edu  209.201.9073  asanavongsay at ucmerced.edu
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> On Jun 26, 2013, at 9:52 AM, Jesse Ephraim <JEphraim at ROANOKETEXAS.COM> wrote:
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>> Given some of the recent issues with GoDaddy, I would advise avoiding them, too.
>>  
>> Jesse Ephraim
>> Director, Roanoke Public Library
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>> 308 S. Walnut
>> Roanoke, TX  76248
>> jephraim at roanoketexas.com
>> 817-491-2691
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>> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Wilhelmina Randtke
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 11:50 AM
>> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] hosting options
>>  
>> Run a Google image search for GoDaddy, and then maybe don't use them.  No other hosting provider is going to have exposed nipple in the search results.  GoDaddy sometimes does even when safe search is on.  That and the elephant killing video.  Yeah, classy.
>>  
>> -Wilhelmina Randtke
>> 
>> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Ann Johnston <ajohnsto at olivet.edu> wrote:
>> We are considering changing our database hosting site from Host My Site to a less expensive alternative with more functionality.  Below are what we have narrowed our choices down to. 
>> 1) DreamHost
>> 2) JustHost
>> 3) GoDaddy
>> 4) iPage
>>  
>> Our top priorities are up time, multiple/unlimited databases, adequate support, and cost effectiveness.  Does anyone have an experience or knowledge they could contribute to our decision?
>> Thank you in advance for your expertise!
>> aj
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