If you own or manage a website, then chances are you use Google Analytics to track and monitor your metrics. With the potential to increase your advertising ROI, boost online performance, and enhance the amount of traffic your site gets, Google...
Making the Most of Web Forms and Email Automation
Most websites these days have at least one or two forms for customers to fill out, be these a contact form, customer registration, or something else. Shopping carts are also a type of form, though we don’t tend to think of them in that way...
What is a DDoS Attack and How Do I Protect My Website?
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack occurs when there is a malicious attempt to negatively impact the functioning of your website, server or network. DDoS attacks do this by flooding the target with increased traffic. Due to the high level...
How to make an Online Course and Monetize it
With so many of us stuck inside due to COVID-19, and with more free time than ever due to a shortage of normal activities, many people have turned to online courses as a way to do some personal development, either professionally or personally for...
7 Things NOT To Do When Selecting a Domain Name for Your New Site
Whether you’re an individual user, a business, or a non-profit organization, if you’re going to create a new website, you’ll need to select a domain name. Ideally, you won’t want to change your domain in the future, as this could risk losing regular...
What is CloudLinux and Do You Need it For Your VPS/Dedicated Server?
For companies that require more control over the performance of their site and their server environment, CloudLinux is a great option. CloudLinux is a very popular environment for servers, and currently underpins about 20 million websites. ...
Website Security Best Practices: 2021 Edition
Website security is always changing. It’s an attack and counterattack industry, where security is always getting better, hackers find a way around it, and then these gaps are patched, ideally resulting in ever-improved security. Here are some...
Looking for New Hosting in 2021? Five Criteria to Evaluate Hosting Companies By
A new year means new possibilities. If you’ve been with your current web hosting company for a while, you might be wondering what else is out there. And you should be. There are so many hosting companies in the marketplace now, that no one should...
What is HTTP/3 and How Will it Make Your Website Faster?
As a site owner, you’ve probably already heard of HTTP, even if you don’t know exactly what it is. The world of website development is filled with acronyms and shortcuts that can befuddle even the most experienced programmers. To make things easier...
Four Strategies for Making Your Website Better in 2021
Everyone wants to make their website better, but how do you actually go about doing so? When everything is working “fine”, it can be hard to get yourself to embark on any radical improvements. By thinking about your company, your customers, your...
WordPress 5.6: What’s New
The latest version of WordPress, version 5.6 was released on December 8th. Even if 5.5 appears to be working well, upgrading to WordPress 5.6 will ensure you have access to the latest security protocols, as well as a whole range of new features. To...
PHP 8.0 is Here! What’s new?
This November was an important month for users of cPanel: PHP 8 support was released on November 26th. The last time a major version was released was 2015, which was ages ago in Internet time. First things first: as a CanSpace customer, we...
What’s new in SEO for 2021
Search Engine Optimization, known as SEO for short, is part science, part mystery. Because figuring out how search engines decide what to prioritize in search rankings can be so lucrative, people are always trying to guess where these trends are...
Best WordPress Plugins for 2021: Our Picks
For the average WordPress site, plugins are an essential part of getting custom functionality without having to pay for custom development. There are more than 50,000 WordPress plugins available online, which can seem a bit intimidating. Thankfully...
Getting Your Website Ready for the Holidays!
The holiday season is one of the busiest times of the year for most businesses. Unless your business is shut down for the holidays, you probably make a significant portion of your annual revenue during this frenetic time when everyone is spending...
How to Register To Be Released (TBR) Domains
Just as thousands of new domains are registered every day, many are cancelled or are not renewed. These domains, about to be released (TBR for short) from their current owner become available to the public, but this happens through a unique process...
Building Your CanSpace Hosting Website with SitePad
Most of our customers choose the WordPress platform and its many available themes for their site, but some do want to explore other options for building their site. Thankfully, there are now a variety of tools that allow you to simply choose a...
Getting your Website Ready for the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Rush
Black Friday and Cyber Monday have become huge shopping holidays in Canada as well as in the US. Recent stats show that nearly half of all Canadians planned to do some shopping on Black Friday last year. The most popular categories tend to be...
