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If you use GoDaddy your sites may not work because GoDaddy is too cheap to provision enough servers to handle the load. So don't use GoDaddy.

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A further note: Also if you use an external monitoring service(e.g. Pingdom, Wormly, Exactstate) that performs DNS traversals for each check instead of relying on a recursive server, this likely explains any increase in false alarms.

Yeah, after I read your comment I recheck my Pingdom's logs, those weird timeout errors since one year ago are now gone (I've switched to CloudFlare). Back then I was scratching my head wondering why Pingdom generated so much errors from random different locations while people reported that they were able to access my sites jut fine. Thanks!

If you are using their DNS service.

Lets not over-sensationalize this, buy domains from GoDaddy, just skip the other services. Their domains and SSL certs are still some of the cheapest.

Godaddy SSL cert: $50

Namecheap SSL cert (RapidSSL): $10

StartCom SSL cert: $0

Gandi.net SSL cert: $0 with domain registration

Prices are not static things. Namecheap isn't always $10 and GoDaddy isn't always $50. In fact, GoDaddy charges $12 for SSL certs right now with a coupon you'll find on any coupon site.

> Gandi.net SSL cert: $0 with domain registration

I am a happy Gandi.net customer but I had never heard of this! Looking back it's mentioned in the renewal confirmation email "Did you know? Since February 20th 2009, when you create a domain name at Gandi, you also benefit from a standard Gandi SSL certificate for one year!" but of course I didn't pay much attention to those.

The fine print for the SSL certificate is "Included for free the first year with the purchase, transfer, or renewal of your domain name. €12 euros excl. vat per year for its renewal. Offer valid until December 31st, 2011."

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