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Discussion on: Why do we still speak in direct DNS?

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Riyas Rawther

I always do a premium DNS service provider like Cloudflare or Digitalocean. Be careful when you use default old generation GoMommy services..
If you registered your domain with GoMommy, then create a account with Cloudflare (free) then point your NS record to Cloudflare.

The propagation time on Cloudflare is very low unlike other DNS servers.
After made any record changes use a dns preparation checker to check the dns status before attempting to verify with Google or other tools.
Because once google found the the dns is not propagated, then it will take some time to clear their cache or if it's urgent then you need to contact Google support team. They will provide a special link for retry...

Also, to generate wildcard domain SSL certificates using Let'sEncrypt, use Certbot. They have a list of DNS providers, which provide API token based DNS creation for automated verification and renewal.