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I know this question's been asked over and over...but its 2012 and things may have changed.
I been with Daily.co.uk for years, they have a fantastic ad-free control panel but one huge problem they have is e-mail routing.
If I set all my MX records to point to a different server e.g. Google, I still find e-mails go through their own mail system. You can only fix this by sending an e-mail (sometimes two or three e-mails) to their support guys to manually delete some domain record from their mail server.
Basically when an e-mail originates from their mail server (e.g. another customer using Daily.co.uk), their mail server could ignore your custom MX settings - absolutely shocking.
Anyway, so I'm looking to move...I'm not going back to 123-reg, I don't like their control panel.
Here's a summary of my research:
Namecheap.com - looks like a great control panel, set up URL forwarding
godaddy.com - they claim world's #1, forum members say, stay away!
enom.com - apparently good, but site contains no info
vidahost.com - the most highly rated hosting provider on this forum
domainmonster.com - lots of adverts but offer free whois guard
register1.net - apparently good control panel, free whois guard
Question, does a UK nameserver/registrar help with UK search rankings?
Which domain registrar do you guys recommend?
Whois guard, good value, full DNS, e-mail forwarding are basically what I need. If you guys could send a screenshot of your registrar's control panel. That would be handy.
I been with Daily.co.uk for years, they have a fantastic ad-free control panel but one huge problem they have is e-mail routing.
If I set all my MX records to point to a different server e.g. Google, I still find e-mails go through their own mail system. You can only fix this by sending an e-mail (sometimes two or three e-mails) to their support guys to manually delete some domain record from their mail server.
Basically when an e-mail originates from their mail server (e.g. another customer using Daily.co.uk), their mail server could ignore your custom MX settings - absolutely shocking.
Anyway, so I'm looking to move...I'm not going back to 123-reg, I don't like their control panel.
Here's a summary of my research:
Namecheap.com - looks like a great control panel, set up URL forwarding
godaddy.com - they claim world's #1, forum members say, stay away!
enom.com - apparently good, but site contains no info
vidahost.com - the most highly rated hosting provider on this forum
domainmonster.com - lots of adverts but offer free whois guard
register1.net - apparently good control panel, free whois guard
Question, does a UK nameserver/registrar help with UK search rankings?
Which domain registrar do you guys recommend?
Whois guard, good value, full DNS, e-mail forwarding are basically what I need. If you guys could send a screenshot of your registrar's control panel. That would be handy.
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