January 25, 2006
When Web Hosts Go Down: GoDaddy.com
I've never really paid much attention to a web site going down until today. I host Smallbiztechnology.com at Hypermart and their customer support is simply wonderful. I've bought domains at GoDaddy.com and recently hosted one web site - Smallbiztechsummit.com there as well.
At this time, the shared server that GoDaddy.com is hosting Smallbiztechusmmit.com on is DOWN. What does this mean? No one can register. No one can get information about the Small Business Summit.
Imagine the small business owner who has an online business and their web site goes down - each minutes is lost sales. Thankfully I'm not in that position (at least to the degree the small business owner would be in) but I sure can more understand the importance of having a reliable web host.
In fairness to GoDaddy.com, webhosts, from time-to-time, have hosting issues and I would hope that this current problem is one glitch that does not happen again.
However, as more and more web hosts (Verio announced something just yesterday) go after "small businesses", they must ensure their SERVICE and RELIABILITY are almost perfect.
Get Small Business Technology Report
Via Email Every Tuesday
What is Smallbiztechnology.com?
Smallbiztechnology.com helps small-medium sized businesses strategically use technology as a tool to grow their businesses and provides news, articles, discussion boards, resources, analysis & events for the owners of small to medium sized busineses.
Subscribe to the Smallbiztechnology feed.
Recent Posts
- Accepting Credit Cards: What You Need to Know
- Christmas & Thanksgiving: It's Not Too Early To Prepare
- Making Your iPhone More Than A Toy
- Use Technology to Surprise Your Customers (In a Good Way)
- The Tooth Fairy, Big Foot and the Paperless Office
- Are You Ready For A World Of Internet Services?
- When Vendors Offer A Larger and More Diverse Menu - Should You Try It?
- Constant Contact Raises the Bar. Emails As Web Sites.
- Leave off the last 's' for (in)security
- Remote Computing Software: Keep A Copy Running While You're Away
Join our Facebook Page
The Third Annual Small Business Summit 2008 was a smashing success. Check out the Summit site for what you missed. See the 2008 Summit presentations, video and photos!
Post a comment