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What is a global DNS solution?

With a domain name and hosting things like your own website and email you often have to deal with the DNS or domain name system. This ensures that machines know exactly where to go when a user types a domain name into the browser or you send an email to your email address. But DNS is something that most website owners pay little attention to even though a good DNS solution is crucial for speed stability and reliability. A global DNS solution plays an important role in this.In this blog post we

Updating a database to a newer version

In many situations it is advisable to regularly carry out major maintenance work on a website. One such task that cannot be carried out automatically is updating a database version to a newer version. Major updates for example from MySQL 5 to MySQL 8 or simply switching from MySQL to MariaDB. These can only be carried out manually and require the necessary attention. Using the latest versions will make your websites better in many cases and you may notice a speed difference on your website for

PHP 8 4 is rolled out on our servers

PHP is the code language behind many popular content management systems used by much of the internet. WordPress Joomla Drupal and many others rely on this language to power their version of a CMS. With every major update to PHP there are always a lot of improvements and it is imperative that you update your website accordingly. This will ensure that your website remains secure fast and supported. Actually updating the PHP version is just a click of the mouse but with such an important version it

Reach your target audience - Adapt to different channels

The days of visitors coming directly to your website via a Google search are largely over. Nowadays users follow a whimsical route through various platforms and devices before finally deciding to visit your website. From social media posts to YouTube videos from email newsletters to review sites every channel plays a role in the overall customer journey. At MijnHostingPartner.com we see that this behavior has a direct impact on the design of your website your content and your marketing strategy.

Perplexity Comet Internet-Browser gestartet

Perplexity is one of the biggest players in the field of AI or artificial intelligence on the internet. The focus is on using AI to better understand search results summarize them or already compile the conclusions for you. Last week the company launched its own internet browser with AI fully integrated into it. Let's take a look at what you can do with it and how it might be of interest to your work as a website administrator. If you want to install the browser immediately you can trigger it via

Dutch companies targeted by phishing

Research by SIDN shows that more than half of Dutch companies (58%) were the target of phishing attacks last year. Nevertheless many companies still take too few measures to protect themselves. Only a small proportion have fully implemented the most important email standards such as SPF DKIM and DMARC. Yet these are precisely the means to prevent the misuse of domain names. Fortunately we at MijnHostingPartner.nl make this much easier: we set up most of the important DNS records for you by default.