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Increase your Google rankings by modifying one small thing on your website

I wanted to shed some light on a small SEO tip that many people overlook. Although most people are aware that they should be doing this, I’ve noticed that surprisingly few people take the time to make sure they practice it when handling SEO on a website. I’ve even noticed a lot of people that…

Need an image for your WooCommerce Tags?

Have you run into a situation requiring an image for each of your WooCommerce tags? Lucky for you, so did we! We had a bunch of products and a bunch of categories, but we wanted to keep brands separate from actual categories, so rather than using subcategories under a parent of “Brands” we used tags.…

How to view, change, and manage your mailbox storage usage and quota in Plesk

To check on the current storage usage of your mailboxes and adjust their quota (when permitted) follow these steps: Security Tip: When viewing your list of mailboxes at step 2 above, if you spot any mail accounts you are not currently using, it’s best to remove them now. This will help free up space and…

How to Delete or Remove a Forward, Redirect, or Mail Group in Plesk

Today’s video will show you how to remove or delete a mail group from within the Plesk 10 web hosting control panel.

How to create or add a mail group in Plesk

Today’s video is on adding or creating a mail group within the Plesk 10 hosting control panel. If you’re used to Plesk 9, creating a mail group in Plesk 10 can be quite a bit different as they have changed a lot of the terminology. Follow along with the video below and let us know…

How to remove or delete an email alias in Plesk

We have another demo video for you this morning. Today’s video will be on removing or deleting an email alias in Plesk 10. If you’ve created an email alias in order to sign up for a mailing list chances are you’ll want to remove it when you unsubscribe. You might want to do this if…

Join Us For Coffee Every Tuesday

Update: Thank you everyone that made these events a great hit! We’re no longer hanging out at Hydrostone Cafe on a regular schedule, but if you have a web-anything question, Send us a message any time! We’re happy to help. Join us every Tuesday afternoon to get free advice on anything related to your website or…

Configuring Your Mail in Microsoft Outlook for Windows

This guide will show you how to add your email address to Microsoft Outlook 2016 and newer. Note that due to a lack of TLS support in Outlook 2003 it is not possible to use this version of Outlook with our servers. You must upgrade email clients or switch to one that supports TLS like…

Your keywords are showing: the meta-keywords tag and why you should not be using it

This is one of those topics that simply does not want to die. The use of meta-keywords in search engine optimization and where it stands with search engines. If you’re looking for the quick advice: never use the meta-keywords tag on your website. Lets visit the topic in a bit more detail. Quick history of…

How can web hosts offer unlimited hosting?

Although we started with our very first hosting plan having unlimited resources, just like our current Titanium shared hosting plan, for many years we were opponents of unlimited hosting. Around 2010 we started advertising our own unlimited bandwidth hosting plan. We did this to ensure our hosting plans would fall into line with our very…

SHOUTcast vs Icecast Radio Streams

When comparing the two prevalent online radio streaming solutions I’d like to first emphasize the difference between the server and the source (client). With all radio streaming configurations we’ve got a source that connects to the server. The source could be an application on the DJ’s computer or it might be another process running on…

How to Publish your iWeb site with FTP

Apple provides a very handy video on exactly how to do this! Just click here to watch it on the Apple website. You can also watch it using YouTube right here: When configuring your publishing location as FTP, fill in the host as ftp.yourdomain.com and use the FTP username and password as provided in the…

How to setup a domain forward or 301 redirect in Plesk

There are a variety of ways of redirecting visitors from one domain or page to another with 301 redirects being the style of HTTP redirect that is both user and search engine friendly. 301 redirects are a signal to search engines that a particular website or page has moved permanently to another URL. For example,…

Supporting Local Businesses & @ilovelocalhfx #opencity Halifax

We pride ourselves on being from Halifax and helping to support many of the local businesses in their day to day operations. Today marks the start of @ILOVELOCALHFX‘s weekend-long #opencity event in Halifax, Nova Scotia – a wonderful event. This event is put on by a great group of Community-minded independent businesses that are committed…

Setting up AutoDJ with Centova Cast

Select an FTP application To upload media for your AutoDJ and to add the media to your playlists, you will need an FTP application. Take a look at our guide on choosing an FTP application. The guide suggests using FileZilla, but you may use one of the other suggestions at the bottom or the FTP application of…

How to get your website online – CIRA style

This is a great video by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (you know, the guys who control .ca domain names) all about how to get your website online. It talks you through the general steps required such as domain registration, hosting, design (including all of your design options). Fantastic job CIRA! We love it. Now…