
One of the internet's most notorious web hosting services is Godaddy.com. I have personally had extensive experience getting to know many of the GoDaddy web access features, benefits and disadvantages. You will find many comments when you look at web hosting forums and other social media that play down Godaddy's performance, features and functionality.
I think this is a common misconception that tends to occur when a provide that once used to be small becomes larger and more commercialized. Visiting the GoDaddy.com web site it self may put you off from purchasing because scatterred menus and heavy advertisements.
One of the main Go Daddy.com complaints lie in its use of propietary software and interfaces which can be tricky and difficult to navigate. For those of you used to the standard Apache cPanel layout the GoDaddy.com web hosting style may seem limited (and it sometimes is). However, GoDaddy's web hosting aim is to provide a user friendly enviroment that is non threating to an inexpierenced user. You're able to carry out functions like creating a Google compatible XML sitemap, SQL 4 or SQL 5 databases, multiple FTP usernames, subdomains and redirects without having to run manual commands via an SSH interface or having any XML or database knowledge.
Which brings us to the SSH capabilities. Most other well known web hosting services like Blue Host and Lunar Pages include SSH access even with their most inexpensive, basic products while Godaddy requires that you purchase a dedicated server in order to gain SSH access. This is clearly an attempt by GoDaddy to create a more secure enviroment since a large majority of its web hosting is shared.


