Comments on: GoDaddy Makes It Harder for Woman’s Husband to Find a Job

By: Marc J. Randazza

Marc J. Randazza — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:26:25 +0000

Yes, it is super-easy to fix the CNAME settings. However, GoDaddy markets itself to the masses -- not exactly a tech savvy crowd. It's simply sleazy on GoDaddy's part. See Is GoDaddy a Mass Cybersquatter?

By: The one and only

The one and only — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:03:37 +0000

DNS at godaddy does default so that sites resolve with and without the www.

This person just went in and messed with the DNS settings pointed the www CNAME to the hosting without changing their A or AAAA records or NS to match that.

This isn’t really newsworthy. If you think it is I’m sure that any ISP, hosting provider, or other tech company is a gold mine user error stories.

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:07:06 +0000

I think it’s time for someone to start talking about how Standard Tactics is back up and running at GoDaddy. It may have a different name but it is the same thing.

By: MyHusbandNeedsaJob.com: Great Idea, GoDaddy Is Making a Killing | Blippitt

MyHusbandNeedsaJob.com: Great Idea, GoDaddy Is Making a Killing | Blippitt — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:30:59 +0000

[...] problem with this is that GoDaddy is probably making a killing off of this “error”, as DomainNameWire agrees. Why someone at GoDaddy can’t point this out to them and help them fix it is beyond me. I [...]

By: Lda

Lda — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:57:48 +0000

> It is what it is, deal with it.
> She could fix it in two minutes,
> but everyone wants to find a big guy to
> blame it on instead.

An apologist for GoDaddy’s incompetence ?
That’s novel.

The CNAME fix is properly used for turning
one or other ‘OFF’. ‘ON’ should be the default
in any half-decent setup.

No one should have to ‘deal with it’.

Basic competence and professionality is what
they supposedly have **PAID** GoDaddy for.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:40:50 +0000

Hi everyone…I am actually Mike of myhusbandneedsajob.com. I appreciate all of the feedback in trying to get this issue resolved. The response has been overwhelming and we appreciate everyone’s feedback.

There was a problem with the hosting site working with godaddy, but it is now fixed (or in the process of being fixed).

And in response to “try harder” all I can say is that my full-time job is finding a job. I can’t even begin to tell you how many informationals I’ve been on just trying to network and meet people. I can guarantee you me not having a job is because of a lack of effort. My wife did a great job setting up the website, but don’t assume she’s doing all of the work trying to find me a job.

We are trying to respond to everyone’s email messages, but we have literally received hundreds so we probably won’t be able to get back to all of them.

Again, we appreciate your support.

Cheers,
Mike

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:30:30 +0000

“It is what it is, deal with it. She could fix it in two minutes, but everyone wants to find a big guy to blame it on instead.”

You’re making the assumption that this person is tech savvy. GoDaddy caters to people who aren’t tech savvy.