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Discussion in 'Computers & Technology Forum' started by PrivateWoman, Oct 1, 2010.

  1. Don

    Don Well-Known Member
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    Also a good choice. I recommend Facebook first, however, simply because of its popularity; and easier to "friend" the church website.
     
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    You guys crack me up. You won't use GoDaddy as a webhost because of alleged porn. Yet, you recommend Facebook that contains many very questionable pages and pictures.

    Why not practice what you preach? If you are against of alleged sexual advertisements, why not stop advertising on Facebook and promoting it? Why, when I surf Baptist Board without first signing in, I occasionally see an explicit picture or two. It is amazing how you will accept one site that allows questionable ads and pictures but not another.

    Why not be consistent?

    For the record, I have a paid account with GoDaddy and not one sexually explicit ad or picture has ever shown up on it and my site address does not even have godaddy in the URL.
     
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    It's not that GoDaddy has porn as customers but that they use porn to promote their company. It's the same reason we won't use Axe products and why I am no longer using Gold's horseradish. It's because of their questionable advertising. I don't see Facebook as using porn to advertise.
     
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    Some of my clients' web sites are hosted by Godaddy.com and I've never seen any pornographic web sites. Remember that viruses can redirect you to pornographic web sites. I am surprised that one person said that he saw a bad ad on BaptistBoard.com. I've never seen any pictures before. Maybe that person doesn't have a pop up blocker. I have a pop up blocker on my Internet Browser. I don't want any unwanted pop up ads.

    As for Facebook, I've not seen any bad pictures except for one Facebook Fan page for a Modest Clothing store that was hacked. Somehow that Facebook page was hacked and someone added some pictures. You should always have a password that is hard to guess.

    I recommend that everyone turn on their pop up blocker to block unwanted ads from coming up.
     
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    Again, it's not that they have pornographic websites but that their advertising is pornographic. Search on "GoDaddy ads" on Youtube and see what we mean.
     
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    Do you mean that Godaddy.com has some ads for web hosting on pornographic web sites? I'd rather to not look at the pornographic web sites.

    Look at one of my web sites, http://www.explorencmountains.com. I have several banner ads on the right. Do you mean that Godaddy.com has paid for some ads on pornographic web sites to try getting new web hosting clients?
     
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    No - That GoDaddy has had advertisements on TV for their own company that were pornographic. Here's what I mean (I'm going to delete this in 5 minutes because it's so offensive to me but I don't think you're understanding what I mean). I'm going to PM you instead with the link.
     
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    What I mean is, GoDaddy uses sex in their advertisements to sell their services; and they sell their services to whoever pays, including pornographers.

    You won't see GoDaddy advertisements for pornographic web sites; just as you won't see GoDaddy advertisements for your personal or church websites.

    What I'm talking about is the Domain Name Registration. For example, when I do a WhoIs query on explorencmountains.com, I see the following:
    WHOIS information for explorencmountains.com:

    [Querying whois.verisign-grs.com]
    [whois.verisign-grs.com]
    Whois Server Version 2.0
    Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registeredwith many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.netfor detailed information.
    Domain Name: EXPLORENCMOUNTAINS.COM
    Registrar: GODADDY.COM, INC.
    Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com

    Now, I could start doing that for pornographic web sites (I'm not going to) and eventually compile a list of websites that also use GoDaddy as their Registrar. Make sense?
     
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    Sir, your use of the "ad or picture" reference tells me you don't understand the situation.

    I'm talking about who I do business with, who I give my money to. There are stores that have pornographic magazines on their shelves; if I can get the goods or services that I need from somewhere else, and thus not support their continued supply of pornographic material to the public, then I'll shop elsewhere.

    In this particular case, I can register and maintain my domain name through a service that doesn't allow any pornography; so I choose not to give my money to GoDaddy, which does allow pornographers to register domain names to be used for pornographic sites.

    Understand?
     
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    I know that I can trust our web hosting company. It's a great company run by a man who is a family man. He's got a wife (who's quite wonderful, honestly), 4 gorgeous kids and he's also a great pastor. Of course I think he's quite sexy - not because of what he does for the website but ..... because I married him. :D

    If anyone wants a reputable company, I can recommend my hubby's company. I asked him and he's $25 a month.
     
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    I got your private message. I thought those ads by Godaddy.com were horrible. I absolutely had no idea that Godaddy.com did those commercials. I am disappointed in Godaddy.com.

    I resell web hosting plans for a web hosting company in New Jersey. I try to encourage my web site clients to go with me so I can make some profits from web hosting. But there are some clients who chose to use Godaddy.com as their web hosting company and I just designed their web sites. A majority of the web sites on my portfolio are hosted by the company I resell web hosting plans for. ExploreNCMountains.com is not hosted by Godaddy.com even though the domain name was registered through Godaddy.com. I really like the web hosting company in New Jersey. They gave me 50% off for reseller web hosting plans.

    All of the domain names were registered through Godaddy.com.
     
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    Just an FYI...is the OP volunteering their services to churches or advertising their business? The BB has strict rules against advertising business' in threads, that is what paid advertising is for. If it is the latter I'm sure this thread will be deleted.
     
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    Yep. See, I KNEW you didn't understand. :) That is very typical of their advertising. As a matter of fact, when I searched on YouTube, most of them were labelled "banned" and a few of them you had to log onto YouTube and confirm that you were over 18. That's SOOOO not a company I'd like to do business with. ICK!!! Oh, and this has been going on for years. They have ads from 2005 or so to 2010 so it's not even like they knew they did something wrong and changed it. It continues.
     
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    I didn't pay attention to most of the Superbowl commercials. I guess they must have been aired during half time. I remember that about 5 years ago that the singles group from my church watched Superbowl at my former singles pastor's house and how he changed the channel because there were some inappropriate commericals. Didn't you see those Godaddy.com commercials on TV originally? I would have never known about this if you had not told me. It is so sad about how some companies have to do pornographic advertising.
     
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    Yep - we originally saw them on TV and then heard about some that couldn't even be aired. I remember the first time I saw one and looked at hubby and said "That would be enough to make me make sure I never ever used them." Bleck.
     
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    What are some domain registrars that you use that you are sure do not use pornographic advertising?
     
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    I'd suggest that trying to avoid any Internet server that has no pornographic content is akin to trying to buy a Coke from a corporation that has no shady stockholders. It is a fact of life in this sin-cursed world that the things we touch and use are not pure. That ought not mean that we don't try to avoid sending our church dollars to places that support the sins of the world, by all means no, but that it will be almost impossible to avoid some aspects of sin as we deal with this world.

    With that thought in mind, how many people use the iPhone, which is ATT supported only? ATT is notorious for their support of the homosexual community... :rolleyes:

    About web sites, our church is hugely into web-based support. We have multiple sites and multiple expressions via those sites. Sometimes I think "too much" but there is something there for everyone who is a part of our church. We even have our own social network (provided by Zondervan) called "On the City". Check us out at sojournchurch.com, then start following links... Be prepared to spend a day or so doing that... :type:
     
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    pjldomains.com

    pjlhosting.com
     
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    Due to my current job, I don't even carry a cell phone any more.

    However, all the carriers "do their part" (primarily because of current laws); so you don't have much of a choice in that matter. Anyone know of a wireless carrier that doesn't support homosexuality?
     
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    we use Artistry Marketing to host our site:

    http://www.artistrymarketing.com/

    Forgive me if I'm not accurate with regards to "tech-ese"--I'll try and explain myself as good as I can:

    The pluses:

    • Very user-friendly to set up. Setting up, modifying, and updating the site doesn't take a Ph.D. in Computer science.
    • These guys focus on ministries: They're not building websites for seamy entities, and they most certainly don't do porn. smut, etc. So, the "GoDaddy" issue discussed above doesn't happen with this bunch.
    • The site is visually appealing. And it's that way without crazy work on the user's side.
    • The menus are extremely easy to use and follow.
    • Using the website as a means of keeping up with contacts is made easy by these guys. Event sign-ups can quickly be exported into on Excel file, which then allows me to correspond with participants. For example--we have a two-sided printer. Quite a few weeks ago, we had a big youth event that required advance sign-ups. I went from sign-up lists, to export, to a mail merge--I was able to send personalized postcards to the involved parties after 20-30 minutes of work--start to finish. I had to make two cuts on the paper, and put a stamp on it. That's all.
    • Tech support--these guys answer their phones. And they do it quickly. Not to mention they speak English. (Both literally, and from a "tech-ese" side of things.)
    • If I remember right, they won't use your specific web design for any other church in your geographic area--kind of setting you apart from other churches.
    • Absolutely no bandwidth limits (!).
    • Plenty of email addresses and storage--I think we get 300-500, with each getting up to 10GB.
    • They were quite helpful in helping us walk through the setup process, domain registry, etc.
    The minuses:

    • It costs a few bucks--especially for setup. I honestly don't remember what the cost was (it's been a few years), because at first, only our youth used this site. But then, after they saw the benefits I enjoyed, the church decided to "piggyback" on what I was doing. It'll cost you up front.
    • There are monthly charges as well. No, it's not as cheap as others.
    • That's really about it...the cost is the main obstacle.
    No, they ain't paying me... :D. I've been very pleased, however, with the job they've done for us, and would very highly recommend them.
     
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