Security & Hacking: "Hacked Go Daddy sites infecting users with ransomware"

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/11/23/hacked-go-daddy-ransomware/

Yet another reason not to use Go Daddy IMO.

No response yet from Go Daddy about the problem, not clear to me how widespread this problem is at the moment.

Will post more if I find out anything useful.

Nerd News: "GoDaddy wins, and loses, Move Your Domain Day over SOPA"

This story on ars provides some interesting data, http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/12/godaddy-wins-and-loses-move-your-domain-day-over-sopa.ars, note the updated information, and like I have said before, often times the comments on ars are better than the main article.

This comment by Nisuo I thought was very valid and insightful:

"These numbers forget a few things.

1)Boycotts started early. Not sure why yesterday was made "the day" to transfer. Transfers have been happening for over a week now. Over 37,000 were deleted in the first 2 days of the "transfer out" last week.

2)Do you really think that this will last? I'm no tinfoil hat kind of person, but if I were Godaddy... I'd register new domains on "protest day" to make it look like supporters of SOPA were equal or stronger."

The really cool thing about ars, is that they listen/read the comments, and generally make corrections when warranted.  They also provide clear links to more information at the end of articles, which is very useful if your trying to learn more about something.

I do think with this story, and many others, you get a much fuller picture from reading the comments, a lot strong critical thinkers, that read ars, point out many of the points that were missed, or only lightly touched on in the main article.

Some Alternatives to Godaddy

I have no opinion or suggestions on these, just some I have found mentioned.

[updated 12/27/2011] A friend @thegeekpirate, if you want hosting http://dreamhost.com 


http://www.namecheap.com/
http://www.10dollar.ca/
http://www.name.com/
http://www.networksolutions.com/
http://www.domaindiscover.com/

Guide to Transfer Domains out of Godaddy

This is something outside my expertise, but I saw some people were wanting to switch but were unsure how to do so, found this guide, http://blog.jeffepstein.me/post/14629857835/a-step-by-step-guide-to-transfer-domains-out-of-godaddy