Glad if offered some light on the situation Andy. I too thinks it’s sad and ironic that someone like Danica, who makes a name for herself in a male-dominated sport, therefore becoming a role model for millions of girls, succumbs to the basest of advertising gimmicks. I guess the money was too good to pass up.

In CEO Bob Parson’s defense regarding the elephant incident, in the video he himself posted, it states the reason they killed the elephant was because it was wreaking havoc in the African village (e.g. destroying their crops, etc.) Perhaps that’s true. The issue people had I think was the way in which the killing was video taped. Why flaunt the killing then show the gruesome scenes of the villagers hacking the animal to pieces for its meat?

Unfortunately, I think you’re right Darin. But, no company should rest too much on its laurels. MySpace, Blockbuster and Borders books come to mind. GoDaddy could be #1 today and filing bankruptcy a year from now. Nothing is guaranteed.

Couldn’t have said it better Randolph. I agree exactly.

Thanks for the comment Randolph. Luckily I don’t have any websites hosted with them, just domains and forwards.

Confusion is right. I’ve used them for four years and every time I log on I cannot for the life of me remember how to do the things I need to do (e.g. manage emails, etc.). Such a pain. Simplicity is beauty.

Ron,

After a while, you know a lot of people in the business, so I always try to steer business to those folks I have enjoyed working with or have provided good products or services in the past. There is a reason why those folks with good product AND good reputations are always busy. I think that GoDaddy will always face a certain amount of attrition due to it’s poor business practices. Having said that, I think that GoDaddy will probably do reasonable business in the near future as many will overlook the poor service and limited usability because of the bargain pricing. I doubt that GoDaddy will make any changes until they have to.

BTW, I agree that both Go Daddy’s business practices and advertising practices are sleazy. Their “base” advertising demonstrates a lack of respect for their customer’s intelligence – especially their female customers. They use a business model based on “lost leader” prices and aggressive confusion generated up-selling. Their customer service is lousy as well. I stopped hosting my websites with them when my web developer complained about not getting adequate help or service. I’m slowly switching over domain registrations as they come up for renewal.

I totally agree Dan about spending more with people you like (if financially feasible). And your fifth suggestion is good too. I would kind of classify that with #4 in that, when those small points do start to outweigh the bad, your conscience will kick in most certainly.

Good points, all. I might also add a fifth point, “When does the cumulative small bad points out-weigh the good”? It sounds as though you hit that point with GoDaddy. Personally, I like to feel that I am spending my money with folks I like. I will pay (a bit more) for goods or service from someone I know and like than with someone who provides the same at a discount but does not give me a good feeling.