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What is the best time to post on Facebook and Twitter?

MHS Blog — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:34:36 +0000

We all wonder if anyone is really looking at our posts on Social Networks, it’s a very hard area to assess. Metrics are metrics, it’s easy to measure click throughs, but what if you’re going for branding, what if you just want your message read and your not looking for the click. Here are some [...]

6 Steps to Perfect Page Titles

MHS Blog — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:08:37 +0000

With all the hype about Google’s latest algorithm updates, it is easy to forget about the basics that are needed to get high rankings. Before you work on the links to your site, your web page basics must be right. For example, the title tag has a very big influence on the search engine positions [...]

TOP 5 PPC Alternatives to Google Adwords

MHS Blog — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:07:34 +0000

Having been a long time user and manager of Adwords Campaigns I’ve been forced to find and manage PPC Alternatives for clients. Realizing how difficult it can be for many small and local business to break the high bid barrier on Adwords we need to discuss some PPC Alternatives. Google Adwords is clearly the established leader in the [...]

April Google Changes Bring May Madness

MHS Blog — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:45:41 +0000

Google has announced that they made 52 changes in April. Which of these changes are relevant to your website rankings and how do you have to react to these changes? What has happened? Every month, Google publishes the changes that they made during the last month. This April, Google made 52 changes. Not all of [...]

Google releases two new ranking algorithm updates

MHS Blog — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:12:50 +0000

It seems that Google releases a new ranking algorithm update every week. Last week, Google’s Matt Cutts announced that there is another algorithm update that targets web spam. What does this mean for your rankings and how must you react? Google doesn’t like web spam “In the next few days, we’re launching an important algorithm change [...]

What Social Network Should I Be Using? (InfoGraphic)

MHS Blog — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:39:54 +0000

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, which one should I be using and for delivering what information? Most of us have our favorite networks we use and for different reasons. We also come from a variety of industries that are prone to using specific social networks. This info-graphic shows us the differences between the major social network, [...]

Leveraging Your Social Media! (InfoGraphic)

MHS Blog — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:39:17 +0000

Introducing Logaholic Web Stats

MHS Blog — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:10:27 +0000

Now Included With EVERY Web Hosting Package! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yr22q-Svac Put Your Web Analytics To WorkWith Maine Hosting and Logaholic Logaholic is a powerful web analytics solution that delivers reliable, objective information about the performance of your web site content, traffic, keywords and marketing. Get useful insights that will help you improve your site today. Just click [...]

WordPress 3.3.2 Released

MHS Blog — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:40:16 +0000

On April 20, 2012, WordPress 3.3.2 was released to the public. This is a maintenance and security update. Please login to your WordPress installation and click the Automated Upgrade Link, it’s that easy. WordPress takes care of all the updating for you. For more information on upgrading WordPress please click here. Summary of this update: [...]

Have you received a Google Webmaster notice?

MHS Blog — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:59:46 +0000

During the last few weeks, Google sent many webmaster notification messages about unnatural links. If you have received such a message, here’s what you have to do to make sure that your website doesn’t get penalized. What is this Google unnatural links message? Google has sent the following message to many webmasters: “Dear site owner [...]