Go Daddy
Go Daddy is well known as a domain registration company, but they are also a web hosting provider as well. As with most other hosting companies, they offer several tiers of hosting plans, each with their own special set of features. They are also notable for offering both Windows and Linux based plans, so those who prefer using Windows servers and .NET technologies will have a good option with Go Daddy. Here is a breakdown of the features offered, based on the Deluxe $6.99 a month shared hosting plan.
Basic Resources
- Disk Space: 100 GB
- Monthly Bandwith: 1ooo GB
- 25 MySQL Databases (Windows and Linux plans)
- 2 MS SQL Databases (Windows)
- Option of either Windows or Linux operating systems
- E-mail addresses: 1000
- Disk Space: 10 MB
- Webmail Interface
- Auto-Responder and Forwarding
- Spam and Virus protection
Domains
- Unlimited domains hosting
- Unlimited Subdomains
Programming
- Windows Plans
- FrontPage Extensions
- ASP
- ASP.NET v1.0/2.0
- ASP.NET AJAX
- ColdFusion
- Linux Plans
- Server Side Includes
- Frontpage Extensions
- PHP 4/5
- Perl with FastCGI
- Python CGI
- Java
- Ruby CGI
- Ruby on Rails w/ Fast CGI
- ColdFusion for $1.99 / month
Marketing Tools
- $25 AdWords Credit
- $50 Microsoft AdCenter Credits
Other Features
- Many automatic CMS installs available
- Cron Jobs (Linux)
- Site Stats Tool
- Many other pre-installed tools
Support
- 24/7 phone and e-mail support
- Getting Started Guide
- Go Daddy Hosting Connection (useful tools)
CMS Hosting Perspective
Go Daddy offers fairly typical cross section of features for a shared hosting provider. A few areas that immediately stand out, though, is the very low monthly price it offers with such a low commitment. To get the low price with many hosting companies, you need to subscribe for a long period of time, typically a year. In Go Daddy’s case, you can pay only $7 a month with the option to cancel at any time.
As for the ability to host a CMS, I would highly recommend choosing the Linux hosting option so you can get PHP. There are some CMSs written in .NET, but not nearly as many. Go Daddy, with their Hosting Connection package, offers free, easy installs a a large number of CMSs. One potential issue is the fact that the Deluxe plan only gives you 25 MySQL databases. If you need more than this, consider going with one of their upgraded plans.
As always, if you need more performance than you can get from shared hosting, consider a virtual private hosting or dedicated hosting package. Go Daddy offers both options, at very reasonable prices. Check them out here.
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