GoDaddy

Positive

• Good place to start if you want to dabble with the web
• Could be considered Hip because they have flashy diverse ads
• Generate 500+ jobs
• Active community forums / blog

Negative

• Small List of controversies involving GoDaddy
• Bad Comments
  • fronting their customers for literally decades – buying domains you search for and reselling them juiced up
• 2023 – GoDaddy: Hackers stole source code, installed malware in multi-year breach
• 2021 – Price gouging for domain names related to COVID-19.
• 2020 – Massive data breach, exposed millions of customer records and login credentials
• 2020 – Faced backlash for violating their own privacy policy by sending unsolicited emails to customers promoting third-party services.
• 2019 – Suspended and seized domain of a popular gaming website without warning, leading to accusations of overreach and poor communication with customers.
• 2018 – A GoDaddy employee was caught in a phishing scam targeting cryptocurrency investors, leading to accusations of lax security measures and unethical behavior within the company.
• 2013 – CEO, Blake Irving, was criticized for past involvement in development of controversial digital surveillance program PRISM, while working at Microsoft.
• 2012 – SOPA: Does not support free and open internet
• 2011 -DNS Blackout policy
• 2006 – Domain Kiting Allegations
• Other Problems
  • Domain transfer difficulties
  • Website speed and uptime issues
  • Multiple Security Breaches
  • Questionable business ethics and advertising tactics
  • Misleading pricing and hidden fees
  • Outsourced Customer Support
  • Limited backup and restore options