Google's now a domain registrar

[jmiller]

"Come for the applications, stay for the domain" writes David Utter. Google has teamed up with eNom and GoDaddy to offer up .com, .net,.org, .biz, and .info domains for $10 per year.

The cool part is that Google Apps for Your Domain service allows registrants to set up free email, IM, and calandar services with company logos.

[jrb@w3f.com]

Originally Posted by jmiller

"Come for the applications, stay for the domain" writes David Utter. Google has teamed up with eNom and GoDaddy to offer up .com, .net,.org, .biz, and .info domains for $10 per year.

The cool part is that Google Apps for Your Domain service allows registrants to set up free email, IM, and calandar services with company logos.

That's OK by me, except GoDaddy is a bunch of incompetents when it comes to technical issues, specifically their DNS management. My 12 year old daughter could do better.

[CarolineBogart3]

Originally Posted by jrb@w3f.com

That's OK by me, except GoDaddy is a bunch of incompetents when it comes to technical issues, specifically their DNS management. My 12 year old daughter could do better.

Is your twelve year old daughter available for consulting?
:-)

[soniqhost.com]

I wonder if they'll split the revenue off the landing pages of the domain names in the future?

[jrb@w3f.com]

Originally Posted by CarolineBogart3

Is your twelve year old daughter available for consulting?
:-)

LOL - Unfortunately not, she has too much homework, and already burdened with my internet chores (for her alowance) when she isn't chatting or on the phone. :)

Check a DNS A Record for a domain on GoDaddy. They have 15 standard Subdomains that they stuff into everyones account, don't know what they are for, and it takes 37 questions to get them to change one of them. I transfered about 200 of them for a friend, and it took three months to get them done, when a simple transfer would have worked, they didn't want to do it that way. (Their "policy"?). Then it took a month and a half to fix all their mistakes. About 1/3 of them never got transfered, and my friend just let the domain names go because of it. Oh well...

[CarolineBogart3]

I had a tough problem (tough for me, outside of my experience) of transferring 6 domains to godaddy, making one the web host and two available to answer mail, and the 5 that weren't the web host to resolve to the web host (301 style).

The tech guy at godaddy took me as far as he could but started to freak at the last minute when we were almost done and admitted he was entirely outside his normal sphere of proscribed helpfulness. Which to me translated to, "I might be wrong, but..."

It was a painful experience but no moreso than when I transferred shares of Bed bath and beyond from one brokerage to another and ended up with Best Buy.

Good help is hard to find. Perhaps Google will do better.

[americanahost]

i think that google will be best registrar. but i will not change godaddy else if google provide more features

[domain name registration]

google domains VS yahoo domains. who win?

i think google.

yahoo = bad support

[seifsaudi]

We used to host all of our domains with godaddy, and they were perfectly fine, BUT their email service blacklists a whole lot of isps meaning that our clients could not contact us half the time because their emails to us bounced. I did contact godaddy and they could not resolve the problem. I now host with yahoo and they stink- they have the worst support and buggy software.

[jrb@w3f.com]

Originally Posted by seifsaudi

We used to host all of our domains with godaddy, and they were perfectly fine, BUT their email service blacklists a whole lot of isps meaning that our clients could not contact us half the time because their emails to us bounced. I did contact godaddy and they could not resolve the problem. I now host with yahoo and they stink- they have the worst support and buggy software.

Yeah, it's too bad someone with the skill of Google would pick GoDaddy. But then they are on a merger kick, and I'll bet GoDaddy was cheap.

[web hosting]

google next step will be web hosting

[jrb@w3f.com]

Originally Posted by web hosting

google next step will be web hosting

They certainly have the bandwidth and the storage.

Actually they do have hosting.
They have web pages, and a page generator.
Don't know the URI but I played with it.
Kinda rudamentary, but a good start.

[billiboi]

Heh.. unless you're the progenitor of a wildly pornographic website, a heavy-duty spammer, or the owner of MyStalker.com, why on earth would you wish to conceal your identity? I'm rather proud to be the owner of my sites, and if someone wants to get in touch, hey, that's what whois is all about. Short version: Why should we be all about paying ten bucks a year for ... nothing?

IMNAAHO (In My Not At All Humble Opinion, for the un-webbish), how dare the registrars attempt to hold us hostage to stupidities like, "I'll tell everyone in the world who owns your website unless you pay me ten bucks!" Talk about extortion! I thumb my nose in your general direction, whois!
serpentmusic.com
serpentsystems.com
gonemissing.us, sellanythingatall.com, instantsourcing.com, bellyjellyblaster.com, billwhedon.com, goldenthread.us, advertrix.com, sweets4mysweetie.com, thatcoolmusicsite.com and a few others that elude me ... ALL owned proudly by me.
Bill Whedon
2840 Holcomb Bridge Rd. Suite G8
Alpharetta GA 30022
email billwhedon@billwhedon.com
and a few others.
You can find me on whois. I raise my index and middle fingers in your general direction, hostage-takers!
Here, the rant ends... the giggling dies.
Bill Whedon
bw@bt4you.com

[CarolineBogart3]

Bill that's a very funny post and I agree. Not to take anything away from what you said, I've always assumed the $10 privacy fee was to keep your email away from spammers.

[jrb@w3f.com]

Originally Posted by CarolineBogart3

Bill that's a very funny post and I agree. Not to take anything away from what you said, I've always assumed the $10 privacy fee was to keep your email away from spammers.

I remember when I used to enjoy spam.
It alerted me of new things on the internet.
There was no Google to find obscure things, and the spam brought it to us. Those were the days...

"The internet used to be a nice place." - John Beaman 1999

[Skywoolf]

I have always been a great fan of Google but this has dropped them way down my list. I know and know of so many people that have serious problems with Godaddy and this will drag down Google in terms of professionalism, etc.

just one example:
I was recently asked to urgently build a web site for a customer. We wanted to move the domain from Godaddy to Network Solutions where I can manage it. They refuse to move his domain name for two months because he recently tried to cahnge his email address! I say tried because he was actiually unable to do it due to the fact that the field in the Godaddy form would only accept short email addresses.

Now the site is on hold, possibly scrapped. I don't see why Godaddy should hold customers domain names hostage like this. It is very unprofessional and appears to be an outright scam. He will of course move all the other domain names he registered with Goddady as soon as possible and never return.

I will be looking at alternatives to Google for search and ads, etc. This news has me worried.

[CarolineBogart3]

Originally Posted by Skywoolf

They refuse to move his domain name for two months because he recently tried to cahnge his email address!

There are rules about transferring more than once in 60 days, but this sounds like pure BS.

Funny how preferences and bad experiences work, I make all my customers quit network solutions and go to GoDaddy. I'd much rather deal with them than netsol. For one thing I have never been able to figure out the ticket system on netsol. If a support reply goes to my bulk email I have no way of following up through the web site.

[Skywoolf]

I use Network Solutions for domain registration and managing DNS. I have always found them very professional and efficient. I do my hosting elswhere.

So far every time I come up against Godaddy it is problems all the way.

[olatokunbo]

skywoolf,
I personally have never had a problem with Godaddy

[CarolineBogart3]

So network solution fans, where is the support ticket area? I have never found that. Would have been helpful.

[jrb@w3f.com]

Originally Posted by CarolineBogart3

So network solution fans, where is the support ticket area? I have never found that. Would have been helpful.

I agree.

NetSol is overpriced, and difficult. GoDaddy is incompetant.
There are many less expensive sources for Domain registration and DNS management.

If you are considering a new registrar, just ask, and I'm sure people here will give their insight/opinions.

[Skywoolf]

I have been using Network Solutions for years (since 1995 I think) and never had a problem so I have no idea if they have a ticket system. I just use the "control panel" to manage my account, domains and DNS, etc. If I have a question I would just send just an email. Come to think of it I did send and email question once and got a quick informative reply.

I agree they are expensive but I see and hear of so many problems and outright scams with cheap registration that I prefer to pay the price and not have the problems.

[CarolineBogart3]

Skywoolf don't you have a problem following up on a ticket if you don't see the email? That happens to me all the time.

[Skywoolf]

No. I have never needed to follow up anything with Network Solutions so the problem does not exist.

My hosting company has a ticket system and it is usefull to see the entire "discussion" in one place but email would also be OK for me. My email program (Apple Mail) filters everything into folders on my Hard disk so its almost as easy as a ticket system.

[jrb@w3f.com]

Originally Posted by Skywoolf

No. I have never needed to follow up anything with Network Solutions so the problem does not exist.

I never got a virus, so the problem must not exist.

[Skywoolf]

Correction - The problem does not exist for me because I have no need for it.

[MikeinFlorida]

People criticize registrars all the time and alot of it for good reason. I think what will be interesting here is which company ends up really providing "Great Customer Service?"

I think domain sellers need to understand consumers can go any where now to buy domain names at fairly competitive low pricing levels and that the company with the best customer service will eventually win out!

[CarolineBogart3]

Yes. Exist for him. It does for me. :-)

[Skywoolf]

Like most things I guess you choose the supplier that suits you best. I will never use Godaddy and am very happy with Network Solutions.

If you mean a ticket system for hosting why not use a hosting company like Rackspace, Hostgator, Energized Hosting, etc and just register your domain with Godaddy or Network Solutions.

[CarolineBogart3]

I am not sure I get you. By ticketing system I mean that I enter a ticket for support, netsol replies via email, the email goes to my spam account, I miss it on my spam scan, I have no way of following up with them about the issue.

[Skywoolf]

Then you simply need to set your email to accept emails from them and not put it in the spam box

[gosaad]

we welcome google stepping into domain registration and on this pleasant occasion
we offer for sale to the highest bidder:

http://googleregister.net

http://googlesell.net

only serious buyers are welcomed
who dares wins.

regards
sam
director
Sydo.co.uk