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Google Gives Ranking Boost To Secure Sites
Google Gives Secure Sites A Ranking Boost Here's Why: Google says this gives websites a small ranking benefit, only counting as a “very lightweight signal” within the overall ranking algorithm. BUT, there's more to the story! In fact, Google said this carries “less...
How to ADD a user to your Google Places Listing
Owners of listings can invite additional users to own or manage a listing. Adding owners and managers lets users share management of a listing without having to share personal account information. Owners, managers, and communications managers all have different levels of access to the listing. Only an owner can add or remove users. However, a manager may remove himself […]
Who uses WordPress?
Who uses WordPress? What is WordPress? WordPress is open source software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. It just may be the easiest and most flexible blogging and website content management system (CMS) for beginners. In non-geek speak,...
Great Tips on PASSWORD DO’S AND DON’TS
Should you change your password? If you have a poor password your website is at risk! Spammers and Phishers constantly try to break into websites that have poor passwords, once in they use your website to host fake websites intended to deceive people into proving...
Are YOU Mobile Friendly? What Google Wants to Know
What do you have to do now about being Mobile Friendly? It is important to make sure that your web pages are mobile-friendly. Fortunately, Google has a tool for this that is available here. Just enter the URL of your website and click the "Analyze" button. If your...
How To Deal With BAD Reviews
No matter how good your company is, some people will always write something negative about your site, even if you tried your best to help them. So here at the best ways To Deal With BAD Reviews: Some customers might write negative comments about your company in their...
Scam Alert: Website Backup Scam
We just want everyone to be aware of the following scam.. This invoice is a Website Backup Scam! We do not outsource any backups here at MHS. Nor do most other hosting providers. This invoice is a SCAM!
Understanding 301 Redirects, and why you should use them
Whenever you are rebuilding a website, converting to another platform or just renaming a page you should be familiar with 301 Redirects. Here are some examples of when you should use a 301 Redirect: Example 1: If you have a page named /prods.html and you want to...
How to use Gmail with your own domain name
How to use Gmail with your own custom domain (for free) People love the familiar Gmail interface, but using Gmail with your own domain isn’t free, and resorting to myname@gmail.com isn’t very professional. For a long-term solution, I recommend signing up for G Suite, or if you’re a nonprofit, Google for Nonprofits. It’s made to handle enterprise-level […]
Best Time to Post on Social Media
What Are The Best Times to Post on Social Media for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram? Best Times to Post on Facebook Best times to post to Facebook: Wednesday at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Best day: Wednesday is the best day to post on Facebook. Most consistent...
How to Create a YouTube Channel for your Business
If you’re reading this article, then I probably don’t need to tell you that video content accounts for over 74% of all online traffic, or that over five billion YouTube videos are watched every single day. You’re clever. You already know that YouTube is an important content tool, and you’re ready to start leveraging video […]
How to Improve Your Website Over the Weekend
Periodic updates to your website will pay off in the search engines! Everybody may be working for the weekend, but if you run a website, you already know that you're almost always working on the weekend, as well. In fact, most of the work of the everyday Web...
