Maine Hosting Solutions’ Blog
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 […]
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
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 professional has to do with tweaking, analyzing, and generally optimizing the...
How to ADD a User to your Google Analytics Account
Adding a User to your Google Analytics Account: Want to share your Google Analytics with an employee, webmaster, or the website owner? It's easy, and it make Analytics collaboration easy and effective. Login to your Google Analytics Account Select the Account you...
Website Speed, Your Website, Google, and Fast Web Hosting
As with our WordPress Training, we are obsessed with website speed, from Fast Web Hosting of our servers, image compression to cleanly coded websites. Website speed has become more and more important from an SEO perspective as it has in the past. Google Analytics...
Reverse DNS Protection for your email
What is Reverse DNS Protection? Internet Service Providers use the Domain Name System to determine the IP address associated with a domain name; also called Forward DNS. Reverse DNS lookup is the inverse process, the resolution of an IP address to its designated...
How to Edit Images Online
First we'd like to talk about how Online Imaged Editors work in the Cloud (or Online): Everyone has a different definition of "the cloud", a different mission, or a different bandwagon to jump on. Cloud this, Cloud that, it's all what you want it to be today. The...
Dan and Ben Around The World In 30 Seconds
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Domain Registration Scams!
Domain Registration Scams NEVER Seem to End! Always Look Twice Before Crossing The Streets of Domain Registry: So, you reach into your mailbox and mixed in with all of your bills, magazines and assorted junk mail you notice a pretty authentic looking envelope from...
Top 5 ways how to use AWstats
How to use AWstats There are many perks to being a Maine Hosting Solutions customer but one of the MANY amazing features that we often overlook is AWstats. AWstats is included in cPanel on every hosting account. Simply login to your cPanel and click on the AWStats...
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