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Why using special DNS Servers is beneficial?
With the internet becoming an integral part of every business today, it has also increasingly become important that DNS servers remain stable, secure, and resilient against DNS attacks. By default, you’re most likely using your Internet Server Provider (ISP) DNS servers. DNS queries through ISP’s are vulnerable to attacks as it does not always use…
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Make WordPress Websites Much Faster In 5 Steps
What can you do to make your WordPress website faster? A fast loading website provides an improved user experience and higher rankings in Google and that is good for your website/business. 1. Install a caching plugin What is it? Caching ensures that your page does not have to be “made” continuously. Making it costs…
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New Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificates – Free SSL But Beware
We offer Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates for a few years now so that together we make the internet more secure. By removing the barrier that SSL certificates cost money, and by easily installing them by pressing a button in the control panel, there is virtually no reason not to use SSL anymore. It is good to…
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Keep Your WordPress Site Safe in 6 Steps
This is a short but powerful guide on how to keep your WordPress website safe, and protected against hackers and other scum. Roadmap Step 1: Make sure you have a good backup plan.Ask yourself this question. If your site is now suddenly deleted, can you restore a backup from 1 day back and also from 1…
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Activate A Better Spam Filter For Free
The new spam filter that we introduced in 2017 works very well. Because of the positive feedback, we have decided to offer this permanently on all our packages without extra costs! You can drastically reduce spam with one click: Via the new account center on ac.managedomain.nl you will find an “Advanced Settings” tab under Email settings where you can…
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Search Engine Tip: Prevent Duplicate Content By Removing Wildcard Subdomain From DNS
If you have a website, it is important to only publish it in one place. The underlying reason is that Google and other search engines do not like it if they find the same information in multiple places (so-called duplicate content). How is that possible if you do not intentionally copy pages to other places? One…
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Set Default Homepage
Three years ago, we added a function to the Control Panel, called “Standard Homepage”, and we think it deserves a bit more attention. With this function, you determine where your website ‘lives’ as it were and it is very positive for SEO and conversion. This is because your website is accessible by default in several ways: http://www.exampledomain.nl (most used)…
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WordPress Downgrade Plugin
If for some reason you run into an issue when you upgraded WordPress, you can simply restore the backup that you made (you made one, right?) If the issue is with WordPress core, and for example your theme does not (yet) support the new WordPress version, then it’s good to know there’s a downgrade plugin…
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WordPress 5.5 “Eckstine”
[Upgrade issues? Check the downgrade plugin post] Here it is! WordPress 5.5 “Eckstine” is finally released. The 39th version of WordPress is named after the jazz musician Billy Eckstine. You can download the latest version of WordPress or update in your dashboard. With the new WordPress 5.5 “Eckstine”, your site gets new power as it is packed with…
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Bank Transfer for EU 🇪🇺 and elsewhere (except USA)
Paying from United States 🇺🇸 ? If you pay from within the United States click here Method 1 (SEPA Bank Transfer) – preferred This account, can only receive Euros! Account holder: SMARTSTER MEDIA PTE. LTD.IBAN: BE84967111442959 If you pay from outside EU, you need this also:SWIFT/BIC: TRWIBEB1XXX Bank Name: WiseBank Address: Avenue Louise 54, Room…
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Payment methods for US 🇺🇸 customers
Paying from EU 🇪🇺 or elsewhere? If you pay from the European Union or anywhere else (except USA), please click here Method 1 (‘Pay now’ button) If your invoice is under $1,000 and it happens around once a year, then please save yourself the trouble and simply click the green “Pay now” button in the…
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Google Resumes Its Attempt to Hides Full Addresses on Chrome 85
Over the years Google has tried to hide full URLs in Chrome’s address bar, despite the public backlash that came after every attempt, Google is pressing on with new plans to hide all parts of web addresses except the domain name. To test this, you have to download and install the Canary channel from the official Google website, and…