First I wanted to write an average review about Godaddy’s hosting service, but after I read some (over 40 different reviews on different forums) reviews about it, I changed my mind. Why would I review a service that sucks? And the really sad part of my research was that I didn’t find positive reviews about their hosting service -except the ones that are stuffed with affiliate links-.
Some reviews about it from Webhostingtalk.com:
Imho this one was pretty funny. 
PLEASE stay away from godaddy. Not just for support but overall performance AND service. If you lookup WORST HOST in a dictionary you would have an entry for GODADDY.
by stashhh
These technical issues sound interesting.
I hosted with GoDaddy for 2 years. My web site was NEVER down…ever. However they did move me twice and not tell me, so stuff broke. Their help desk fixed it all IMMEDIATLY however. I am leaving them however and cannot recommend them to anyone for a few more technical reasons. 1 - their Control Panel SUCKS *** and has NO features whatsover. 2 - for the aforementioned reason and many others - everything is locked down and beyond manual work arounds for stuff lik PHP control, htaccess etc. 3 - SLOW FTP and a total lack of all other file management/SSH etc. 4 - their price is NOT competitive any more. USED to be, but now I can save a couple bucks a month by going to someone else and getting WAY more stuff/service for it. 5. They keep bumping up space/bandwidth to try and stay competitive, but they have again failed.
So that’s that. If you’re REALLY lazy and simply like having the same company do your Domain and Hosting…then Host Daddy is for you. Otherwise, register with them because they are cheap and they DO give you free, ad-supported hosting with the Domain (which is pretty freaking awesome) but GO SOMEWHERE ELSE for hosting. There’s not a single reason I can give you to host with them. by libster
Godaddy isnt really what you think is best. I have been with them for about 1 year. Their Control panel is not what you think would be. The domain manager is also hard to work with. Overall their prices are cheap but their services arent the best. by InlineFrame
Another interesting story from a user of Godaddy’s hosting service.
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Is there any AOW reader who has used Godaddy’s hosting service before?
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March 26th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
I’ve been using GoDaddy’s hosting for over 10 years now and have run into very few, minimal if any problems with them. Most of my clients come to me without a site to start and I get them set up with GoDaddy and there are no problems. I’ve had one client that complained of occasional slowness, but other than that, really no major issues.
And I don’t know what you mean by people using affiliate links either - I’ve never known GoDaddy to have an affiliate program of any kind, and I’ve been a big fan for a long time.
March 27th, 2008 at 5:57 am
I have never heard a good review of godaddy. Everytime someone says “I might buy hosting from godaddy” i just say no. Buy your domain name, not hosting.
March 27th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Lara: Godaddy has an affiliate program, just register at CJ.com, and you’ll see.
March 27th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I’m not saying there definitely isn’t one, I’m just unaware of it (er, was unaware)… you’d think after being with them for 10 years, I’d have known about it by now. LOL
That said, I’ve never used any affiliate link to promote them, and I’ve promoted the hell out of them for that long. I think there are certain issues they could be better with for some people, sure. It depends on what your needs are. But for the greater majority of sites/site types, I still stand by the statements I’ve made all along.
March 27th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
I understand that you had positive experiences with Godaddy’s hosting service. When I was searching for reviews on different forums, most of the reviewers stated that their service sucks.
March 28th, 2008 at 11:50 am
GoDaddy as a host suck. As domain registrars, they are actually pretty damned good.
That’s my opinion, anyhow.