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Bye Daddy: Search who hasn't fled GoDaddy yet

71 points by bpaf 15y ago

buster 15y ago
I still don't get how a few thousand lost domains hurt when godaddy has over 32 million.. Idea: Wouldn't it make sense to build a website that lists SOPA supporters, how to cancel subscriptions step-by-step (in case of godaddy) or listing competitors (in case of L'Oreal, etc.)? Something easy enough for the non-techies. Something that describes in small bulletpoints how evil SOPA/PROTECT-IP is (and thus the supporting companies).. Most people probably don't care about godaddy, but i'm sure more people care about L’Oreal, Tiffany&Co, Pfizer. I'm not american so it's hard to tell how much attention those companies and SOPA gets in general.. on HN it's all about godaddy and nothing about the rest, though. In short, i'm wondering if the resources to build such websites couldn't be used better (pointing out companies that the general public knows about).. just saying..
- a_a_r_o_n 15y ago
  "I still don't get how a few thousand lost domains hurt when godaddy has over 32 million." Probably never hurt them financially. What they may not like is the idea that leaving GoDaddy is a thing, and not using GoDaddy is a thing.
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tnajdek 15y ago
doesn't seem to work. I still have one domain that is not pointing at anything at the moment but is registered with godaddy (will move it soon!) and byedaddy says it "doesn't appear registered with GoDaddy"?
- dan1234 15y ago
  Same with one of mine. I'm wondering whether the site is merely checking to see if the domain is using godaddy's name servers (mine don't) rather than lookup and parse the Whois info (the only way to really tell).
- ellie42 15y ago
  I can confirm that. Try for example: stackoverflow.com or github.com
  - bpaf 15y ago
    fixed, now it's reliable
    - jammus 15y ago
      "The domain "boxsocial.fm" doesn't appear registered with GoDaddy." Another one to test against as I've not moved it yet.
37prime 15y ago
I have one domain still registered under Go Daddy. It was originally registered through Google Apps, which at that time only offered Go Daddy as their "partner" Domain Registrar. Currently Google offer eNom, inc. as the alternative to Go Daddy, which I'm not too fond of. I'd like to move this one domain to another registrar without causing troubles to my Google App service.
- nickcharlton 15y ago
  As long as your DNS settings are correct when it's transferred, you won't have a problem. Most registrars and DNS providers also have a checkbox to auto fill out Google Apps details. I know name.com and PowerDNS do.
profitbaron 15y ago
I tested this with a few domains which are registered at GoDaddy and it says they are not registered at Godaddy. It looks like this is pulling the GoDaddy DNS (since none of my domains use the GoDaddy DNS) rather than if the domain is actually registered at GoDaddy or not.
devmach 15y ago
I don't like it : * SOPA isn't mentioned on the page. * The reason of " hate " isn't clear. Hating someting just because it's hip is nonsense. * "Top searched domains list" is useless, you have to list the domains that gave promise but doesn't act. * Again, in a clear text : It's not about GoDaddy, it's about SOPA.
- jinushaun 15y ago
  Actually, it's very much not about SOPA and all about GoDaddy. All this hate for GD has been simmering underground and has just been waiting to explode. Even before SOPA people been have been talking about leaving GoDaddy.
- Slimy 15y ago
  Click on the link "Why ByeDaddy?"
ry0ohki 15y ago
Wow, so we are making McCarthy style blacklists now? This seems a little too far.
- doktrin 15y ago
  My thoughts exactly. Witch hunting season generally leads to poor discourse.
- jeffreymcmanus 15y ago
  It's only a witch-hunt when the accusations aren't true.
OllieJones 15y ago
Careful, folks, it takes a while to transfer domains. The ones I transferred are still with Go Daddy. It's probably the same deal for wikipedia and stackoverflow.
absconditus 15y ago
Are there really people on HN who do not know how to use whois?
araneae 15y ago
I find it amusing that godaddy.com is the second most searched for domain.
RobertKohr 15y ago
A better way to fight GoDaddy other than a boycott: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3393177 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3393177
- blhack 15y ago
  To the people who don't want to click through an another HN submission, then again to a google+ status update (c'mon...): Google bomb them by including a link to namecheap on all of your web pages.
joejohnson 15y ago
Wikipedia! and XKCD?! That's disappointing...
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diego 15y ago
This means nothing. I initiated transfers away from Godaddy a week ago, and they still haven't gone through. See: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3393263 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3393263
jvinet 15y ago
The archlinux.org transfer is in progress. I'd imagine the domain-transfer tubes are a bit clogged right now, given the mass exodus from GoDaddy.
Arro 15y ago
But GoDaddy reversed their stance on SOPA. Did the makers of this site miss that news?
- Karunamon 15y ago
  You're kidding, right? They didn't reverse anything - that "reversal" is PR chaff at its finest. Their congressional support for SOPA (the only thing that actually matters) has not been withdrawn.

71 points by bpaf 15y ago

I still don't get how a few thousand lost domains hurt when godaddy has over 32 million.. Idea: Wouldn't it make sense to build a website that lists SOPA supporters, how to cancel subscriptions step-by-step (in case of godaddy) or listing competitors (in case of L'Oreal, etc.)? Something easy enough for the non-techies. Something that describes in small bulletpoints how evil SOPA/PROTECT-IP is (and thus the supporting companies).. Most people probably don't care about godaddy, but i'm sure more people care about L’Oreal, Tiffany&Co, Pfizer. I'm not american so it's hard to tell how much attention those companies and SOPA gets in general.. on HN it's all about godaddy and nothing about the rest, though. In short, i'm wondering if the resources to build such websites couldn't be used better (pointing out companies that the general public knows about).. just saying..

a_a_r_o_n 15y ago
"I still don't get how a few thousand lost domains hurt when godaddy has over 32 million." Probably never hurt them financially. What they may not like is the idea that leaving GoDaddy is a thing, and not using GoDaddy is a thing.
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tnajdek 15y ago

doesn't seem to work. I still have one domain that is not pointing at anything at the moment but is registered with godaddy (will move it soon!) and byedaddy says it "doesn't appear registered with GoDaddy"?

dan1234 15y ago
Same with one of mine. I'm wondering whether the site is merely checking to see if the domain is using godaddy's name servers (mine don't) rather than lookup and parse the Whois info (the only way to really tell).
ellie42 15y ago
I can confirm that. Try for example: stackoverflow.com or github.com
- bpaf 15y ago
  fixed, now it's reliable
  - jammus 15y ago
    "The domain "boxsocial.fm" doesn't appear registered with GoDaddy." Another one to test against as I've not moved it yet.

37prime 15y ago

I have one domain still registered under Go Daddy. It was originally registered through Google Apps, which at that time only offered Go Daddy as their "partner" Domain Registrar. Currently Google offer eNom, inc. as the alternative to Go Daddy, which I'm not too fond of. I'd like to move this one domain to another registrar without causing troubles to my Google App service.

nickcharlton 15y ago
As long as your DNS settings are correct when it's transferred, you won't have a problem. Most registrars and DNS providers also have a checkbox to auto fill out Google Apps details. I know name.com and PowerDNS do.

profitbaron 15y ago

I tested this with a few domains which are registered at GoDaddy and it says they are not registered at Godaddy. It looks like this is pulling the GoDaddy DNS (since none of my domains use the GoDaddy DNS) rather than if the domain is actually registered at GoDaddy or not.

devmach 15y ago

I don't like it : * SOPA isn't mentioned on the page. * The reason of " hate " isn't clear. Hating someting just because it's hip is nonsense. * "Top searched domains list" is useless, you have to list the domains that gave promise but doesn't act. * Again, in a clear text : It's not about GoDaddy, it's about SOPA.

jinushaun 15y ago
Actually, it's very much not about SOPA and all about GoDaddy. All this hate for GD has been simmering underground and has just been waiting to explode. Even before SOPA people been have been talking about leaving GoDaddy.
Slimy 15y ago
Click on the link "Why ByeDaddy?"

ry0ohki 15y ago

Wow, so we are making McCarthy style blacklists now? This seems a little too far.

doktrin 15y ago
My thoughts exactly. Witch hunting season generally leads to poor discourse.
jeffreymcmanus 15y ago
It's only a witch-hunt when the accusations aren't true.

OllieJones 15y ago

Careful, folks, it takes a while to transfer domains. The ones I transferred are still with Go Daddy. It's probably the same deal for wikipedia and stackoverflow.

absconditus 15y ago

Are there really people on HN who do not know how to use whois?

araneae 15y ago

I find it amusing that godaddy.com is the second most searched for domain.

RobertKohr 15y ago

A better way to fight GoDaddy other than a boycott: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3393177 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3393177

blhack 15y ago
To the people who don't want to click through an another HN submission, then again to a google+ status update (c'mon...): Google bomb them by including a link to namecheap on all of your web pages.

joejohnson 15y ago

Wikipedia! and XKCD?! That's disappointing...

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diego 15y ago

This means nothing. I initiated transfers away from Godaddy a week ago, and they still haven't gone through. See: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3393263 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3393263

jvinet 15y ago

The archlinux.org transfer is in progress. I'd imagine the domain-transfer tubes are a bit clogged right now, given the mass exodus from GoDaddy.

Arro 15y ago

But GoDaddy reversed their stance on SOPA. Did the makers of this site miss that news?

Karunamon 15y ago
You're kidding, right? They didn't reverse anything - that "reversal" is PR chaff at its finest. Their congressional support for SOPA (the only thing that actually matters) has not been withdrawn.