Ericast 28 - "GoDaddy vs. DirectNIC"

One of the luxuries of having no sponsorship for your podcast is that you can talk all you want about the companies that sponsor other podcasts. So, that's what I do here, sharing my personal experience with domain registrars/hosts by comparing DirectNIC (my old standby) to GoDaddy (the new, young buck, metaphorically speaking).

Closing music by Tim Lemmens; don't forget to check out his web site at http://www.timlemmens.com! (Get the hint?)

Ever wonder what my show notes look like? Here they are, copied-and-pasted verbatim from Notepad. Yes, this is really all I work from; not a letter more... and maybe that doesn't surprise you! Anyway, here's a peek behind-the-scenes:

Directnic vs. GoDaddy
This is the Ericast for the week of September 11, 2005

Podfader - a new term! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podfader

.jobs domain?!? $119. Interesting
https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/tlds/jobs.asp?

Daniel Hook mentioned, in the context of the Books discussion, the "world without books" in Farenheigt 451. Haven't read it.

-Only read part of Atlas Shrugged
-Atlas Shrugged recommended by Bill Bloomer

Not sponsored! So I can say anything I want about GoDaddy!

Pressure of Sponsorship?

http://www.directnic.com/features/prices.php

GoDaddy Hosting:
https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/hosting/shared.asp
$3.16 * 12 = $37.92

GoDaddy Domain: https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/registrar/search.asp

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