Maine Hosting Solutions - Web Hosting Made Easy Since 1996    Follow Follow Us    ORDER    
Maine Hosting Solutions
  • Web Hosting
Home > Maine Hosting Blog > Domains

Domains


Understanding Web Hosting: The Five Key Fundamentals

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Hosting a web site is a fairly straightforward procedure. This discussion on what we consider to be the Five Key Fundamentals should provide invaluable insight on the steps required to make your online presence more than just simply “having a website”. Step 1. Register a Domain: The first thing you need is a “name” for your website. A domain name gives your website an Internet address (IP) on the World Wide Web. To purchase a domain name you will need an accredited

Click here to view this entire article...



Moving Away From GoDaddy

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Dec. 29 is also known as “Dump GoDaddy Day.” The initiative to move domains hosted with GoDaddy to other domain registrars was spurred on by reddit user “SelfProdigy,” in the wake of GoDaddy’s public support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Transfer your domain to MHS for 50% OFF, just enter coupon code NOSAPA in the order process. Anti-SOPA reigstrars such as eNom and OpenSRS (both used by us here at MHS) are encouraging users to spread the word about SOPA — and

Click here to view this entire article...



Why Keywords In Your URL Are Important To Your Google Rank

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Does Google care about the position of a web page on your server? Does it make a difference if a web page is in the root directory of your website or in a sub directory? How does your URL structure influence the position of your web pages in Google’s search results? Trailing slashes and sub directories A popular assumption is that Google prefers pages that are in the root directory of a website. If an URL contains many trailing slashes (meaning the page is placed in a

Click here to view this entire article...



"Domain tasters" bitter as new fees put an end to their games

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

“Domain tasters” take advantage of a five-day domain name grace period to perform risk-free cybersquatting. Since ICANN upped the penalty for excessive cancellations, however, the practice has essentially disappeared. Never ones to let a good deed go unpunished, scammers quickly learned to take advantage of a user-friendly policy that allowed a misregistered domain name—perhaps due to a typo—to be withdrawn at no cost. Scammers used this “Add Grace Period” to

Click here to view this entire article...



Domains For Sale through Maine Hosting Solutions

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

These domains are currently For Sale through Maine Hosting Solutions. Any reasonable offer will be happily considered! If you are interested in any of the domains below please contact us. Domain

Click here to view this entire article...






Search Engine Optimization Services
Maine Hosting Solutions  •  122 Front St., Bath, Maine 04530  •  1-888-200-8008 or 207-442-9006  •  Contact Secure Order Button
Web Hosting | Virtual Servers | Web Design | Promotion | SiteMap | Privacy Policy | Support | Blog
McAfee SECURE Site
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn RSS
© 2012 Maine Hosting Solutions, All Rights Reserved