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Can I renew my domain name with you only and let the hosting account expire?

If the domain name is free with your account and you only want to keep it and cancel the account, then you could do that from your User Area -> Billing tab -> Cancel Services. Then click Cancel next to the entry for your hosting account and … Continued

Google SMTP Server – How to Send Emails for Free

Google’s Gmail SMTP server is a free SMTP service which anyone who has a Gmail account can use to send emails. You can use it with personal emails, or even with your website if you are sending emails for things such as contact forms, … Continued

Domain name status codes explained

The status of a domain name can be seen in its whois information. To check the whois details of a domain name, you can use an online whois check tool such as whois.domaintools.com. In this article we will explain what the … Continued

SEO – General Guide

Basic Understanding Most people understand Search Engine Optimization or SEO as a way to increase the traffic on their site. A better understanding of SEO is the process of optimizing your content in order to be easier to find by … Continued

How to configure Google Analytics for your website

One of the many great services provided for free by Google is the well-known traffic monitoring feature called Google Analytics. It is a tool that provides a wide range of information regarding your visitors’ physical location, referring websites, unique visitors’ number … Continued

Error: Too many recipients

The “Too many recipients” error will be displayed when: An email message has more than 40 recipients (or 80 under GoGeek plans). A domain tries to send more than 400 emails per hour (or 800 emails/hour if hosted on GoGeek … Continued

What is streaming/broadcasting?

Streaming is a term often used to define the display of video and audio media in real time. Basically, there are two types of streaming. The “real” streaming requires a special service which broadcasts the audio/video information in real time. … Continued

How to Connect to FTP Using FileZilla on Windows

FileZilla is a free FTP client which is available for most of the popular operating systems including Windows, Linux, and Mac OS. In order to use this FTP client, you should follow these steps: Download FileZilla to your local computer … Continued

Private DNS – What is It and How to Use It

The Private DNS are name servers that reflect your domain name rather than our default ones. The service is available to all our clients on all our hosting plans. The default nameservers for your account have the following structure: 1 … Continued

How to generate an SSH key pair in Linux?

onuses key-based authentication for SSH. This has proven more secure over standard username/password authentication. More information on SSH keys can be found here. You can generate an SSH key pair directly in cPanel, or you can generate the keys yourself and … Continued