There are literally hundreds of thousands of web pages online about Google, many of them noting the various specifications and variables that the search behemoth utilises in the process of ranking websites for user searches. That ranking mechanism is known as the Google “algorithm” and it takes into account such a myriad of factors that [...]

If you’ve registered a domain name, have your hosting account, and are now ready to take the next big step in creating your first website, there are some important questions that you’ll have to answer first. You likely already know what the site will be about, but the important question then focuses on what you’d [...]

There are a variety of free methods of placing one’s business online, including free hosting accounts that feature “semi-custom” domains, social networking websites, and advertising options that will provide potential customers with your business’s location and contact information (but little else). Though these options are noted as “free,” they come with costs. They can detract [...]

DNS or the “Domain Name System” is the largest distributed database in the world today. It is a directory service for the internet that converts memorable hostnames such as http://www.letshost.ie/ into IP addresses which networking equipment use for directing/routing requests for information. Without DNS, the Internet as we know it would not function. Example of [...]

All Letshost hosting customers have access to fantastico deluxe through their CPanel. Fantastico is an application for installing 3rd party scripts such as blogs, forums and content management systems. There are several reasons why we advise clients wishing to install a package that is listed in Fantastico to do it through Fantastico rather than by [...]

Every LetsHost “Complete” plan allows up to 5 additional domains to be hosted in addition to the primary domain.
An addon domain is a domain name that that points to a subdirectory within your account. For example, you may set up “mynewdomain.com” to point to “myfirstdomain.com/mynewdomain.com/”.
The add-on domain will look completely independent to the outside world [...]

Quite often we come across individuals wanting to register an IE domain name but are of the belief they must have a registered business to achieve this. This is not the case. The bottom line for IE domain registration is:
You must provide information to connect yourself with the domain you require. The information required and [...]

At various times of the year we have our clients contact us regarding a bogus letter they receive in the post relating to some / all of their domain names. The letter hints at the need to renew a domain name with an organisation other than Letshost. This organisation is known as the domain registry [...]

LetsHost have launched a new website which is designed to give customers details of any service affecting issues or planned maintnenance.
The new website can be found at www.letshoststatus.com and will be updated in the event of any issues or problems arising with any of the LetsHost services.
www.letshoststatus.com is hosted in a different location to the [...]

Moving your web hosting company can be an intimidating process. You may have decided to move from an existing hosted solution (eg. blogger, wordpress.com, etc…) to the freedom that self-hosting brings, or you may have outgrown your current hosting provider in terms of capacity, or if the levels of support and service are not what [...]