HyTek Hosting: Bestest Hosting Evar

Again, Good Business!

My last post dumped on Go Daddy.

In lieu of crappy hosting, I would suggest HyTek hosting as the best I have encountered.

Aside from ease of implementation, I've had a couple issues that needed addressing. This is not because of their hosting, but because I'm not the 100% brilliance you may see me as when it comes to administering server nuances. Their answer? Within an hour or two via email and always expeditious and courteous, not to mention that if I describe what I'm trying to do well enough, it is answered with "hey, it's done."

Long story short: HyTek hosting is great hosting. Get it.

Get it!

GoDaddy Needs a Spanking

As a web developer, I have occasionally bounced against clients who use Go Daddy as their hosting provider and even used them to purchase a domain name, but have never really needed to delve into their hosting administration and transfer services until yesterday.

It's a damned disaster.

If they had told me it was going to be a damned disaster, I wouldn't be surprised, but here's the story:

A client of mine is looking for a redesign. He was currently hosted - by another company, on GoDaddy.com. Having a rudimentary login, I figured a transfer wouldn't be that difficult (he managed several accounts and - understandably - didn't want folks poking around his clientele). After he called Go Daddy and told me the process, I called Go Daddy to confirm, and we were assured of the "best" way to do it, and that it would be seamless.

24 hours later, I've been on the phone with Go Daddy help 5 times, and each time I get more information on why the last guy I talked to didn't know what he was talking about. My client's email has been down over 12 hours, his website 8.

The only reason I'm hanging on and not going to another provider (that I already have in waiting) is that the email is still on their servers, ease of login for my client.

Advice:

• Avoid GoDaddy.com
• Caveat emptor when it comes to setting your main business email with a hosting provider.
• Avoid GoDaddy.com

See the next post for your Award Winners when it comes to the alternatives for this disaster.