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Slowness on Linux Shared Servers – RESOLVED
UPDATE: This issue is resolved as of 3:59pm EDT. We are currently experiencing an event in a subset of our shared-hosting Linux servers. You may have experienced slowness or found you had to refresh once or twice to view your website. Our teams are working to address the issue right now; check back here for [...]
Website Protection Site Scanner Scorecards Not Updating – Fixed!
Update: As of about 4 p.m. PST, Website Protection is operating as intended for all users. Website Protection customers may have noticed this morning that their scorecards were not updated. We are looking into the issue and working to correct it. Website Protection regularly scans customers’ websites and issues a daily scorecard, alerting them to [...]
Hosting Migration Update – Complete!
8/17/2010 — Complete! All hosting accounts affected by the recent hardware failure have been migrated to a new hosting environment. We recently told you about why hosting migrations take so long. Migration for the majority of customers troubled by the recent hardware failure is complete. We’re working very hard to move the rest of those [...]
Consumer Alert! – Fake ICANN Notification Email
ALERT: A fake ICANN notification email, claiming to be from GoDaddy.com, is circulating the Internet. See a copy of this email at the bottom of this post and notice that it may contain a copyright date of 2008, a ‘typo’, and also mentions a May 1st date. If you have any questions on the legitimacy [...]
Why do hosting migrations take so long?
Recently, when a hardware failure rendered a small group of Go Daddy-hosted sites inconsistently available to Internet traffic, we immediately began working to migrate their data and our engineers are working night and day until all the data has safely moved. But, “what’s taking so long?” some have asked. Moving terabytes of data from one [...]
On Recent Trouble with Some Hosting Accounts…
8/17/2010 — Complete! All hosting accounts affected by the recent hardware failure have been migrated to a new hosting environment. 8/3/2010 — Update Many hosting account have been successfully migrated to new hardware. Here’s an update. 7/26/2010 — Update Those accounts that have not yet completed migration are experiencing some sporadic downtime this afternoon. We’re [...]
Trouble With Exchange After iPhone 4.0 Update? Here’s Your Fix!
UPDATE: iOS firmware update 4.0.1 released on July 15, 2010 addresses this issue. Instead of installing the patch as mentioned in Apple’s knowledge base, users can instead just update to the newest firmware. Apple’s most recent iPhone firmware update, iOS 4.0, brought with it some highly anticipated features and certainly got a lot of attention. [...]
You Can Trust Go Daddy With Your Domain Searches
Rumor As soon as you look for a name (Go Daddy) will basically reserve it – this is known… the domain name registration price will then go up when you return to register the name. It’s a scam. Status: FALSE This false accusation that Go Daddy participates in domain name front running was made during [...]
Anatomy of a Fake Email
Monday, Go Daddy detected a phishing attack and alerted customers to be on the look-out for fake emails. Here’s a blog post with advice on how to spot a phishing attack. Below is a copy of an actual phishing email distributed yesterday and tell-tale signs to identify a fake email. Four elements that quickly identify [...]
Consumer Alert! Don’t Be a Victim. How NOT to Get Phished
ALERT: A fake order confirmation email referencing the amount of $357 – claiming to be from GoDaddy.com – is currently circulating the Internet. These emails are spam and should be deleted. More information can be found on the blog post – ‘Anatomy of a Fake Email‘. View the FTC’s Alert regarding Phishing. Phishing attacks are [...]
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