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Six reasons Canadians should choose .CA for a website

Posted on October 8, 2019October 9, 2019 by

Domain names, as our own name suggests, are our jam! While we have more than 500 awesome options to choose from, as a Canadian-owned company our steady favourite remains .CA – and not just because one of our co-founder’s invented it. If you’re a Canadian individual or Canadian business targeting a homegrown audience, here are six compelling reasons (seven, if you count our current $9.99 .CA sale) to choose a .CA domain for your website over an alternative extension like .COM.

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Using HTTPS Leads to Better Website Performance

Posted on September 13, 2019September 16, 2019 by

Jack Parrish

Can SSL/TLS actually improve your website speed and overall performance?

Everyone in the IT industry knows that SSL/TLS is important for your website security. After all, it helps to protect the integrity of your website and the security of your users by securing the connection between clients and your web server(s). It also helps you to avoid those pesky “Not Secure” warnings on your website. However, the benefits of SSL/TLS extend beyond just that — using the TLS protocol can also increase the performance of your site so long as you configure your site for success.

Make your startup fundraising pitch memorable with these tactics

Posted on September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 by

A. Shibli

A fundraising pitch is a carefully crafted document that captures the soul and passion of your startup or organization. It very clearly explains the purpose of you asking for that financial support.

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Why your email for business communications needs to match your domain name

Posted on August 29, 2019October 8, 2019 by

Julianna

Email has a lot of layers these days. List building. Personalization. Lead generation. Drip campaigns. But today we aren’t going to be discussing those things. Rather, on the heels of the massive Telus email outage that happened earlier this month, we wanted to go back to basics and look at the importance of having a business email address that matches your domain name.

Potential scam alert: Domain expiration notices from ‘Domain Registry’

Posted on August 9, 2019 by

Karthik Balachander

An old scam in the domain names industry is back, this merits a throwback post about Domain Slamming. We first wrote about the shady marketing practices of a company that called itself the ‘Domain Registry of Canada’ all the way back in 2011. Read on to know more about how to protect yourself from these practices.

Identifying legitimate looking tactics used by hackers to get inside your organization

Posted on August 7, 2019August 8, 2019 by

Rob Williamson

So you think that site is safe?

It is common myth that cyber thieves and hackers can be avoided by having a good anti-spam filter, a firewall, and anti-virus software installed at the end-points (endpoint = user).

Does a small business website really need SSD Hosting?

Posted on July 29, 2019July 30, 2019 by

Karthik Balachander

A Solid-State Drive (SSD) uses a data storage technology that provides dramatic improvement in the speed at which data is stored and retrieved from a storage device, as compared to classic magnetic hard disk drives (HDD). SSD Hosting is a web hosting service that uses solid state drives for its storage, thereby delivering superior read-write speeds, reliability and performance for websites and applications hosted on the server. Let’s dive deep to look at whether small businesses need hosting that uses SSD storage.

startup entrepreneur searching ideas for a business domain

7 Simple Strategies to Find a Great Business Name

Posted on July 4, 2019August 9, 2019 by

A. Shibli

What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

So goes the eternally popular line from Shakespeare in his play Romeo and Juliet. This statement seemed to hold true in those days. Ironically, many would disagree with Shakespeare today, for a name means and defines everything. Even “a girl who had no name”, chose to become “Arya Stark of Winterfell” in the end. (Surely, GOT fans would agree with this!)

woman confidently researching online and interacting with content

Is Your Website in Perfect Form to Convert Visitors?

Posted on July 3, 2019July 10, 2019 by

Julianna

You’ve optimized your site content, so it’s driving decent search traffic. Check. You’re managing to get visitors to your website. Kudos. And, they have every intention of filling out that form for your white paper or signing up for your newsletter until they see this …

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Should you enable Automatic Updates to WordPress on your WordPress Hosting?

Posted on June 13, 2019June 13, 2019 by

Karthik Balachander

Most WordPress Hosting solutions in the market include ‘automatic updates’ as part of their offering. Why then, are we even toying with the question of whether you should enable these automatic updates?

Five Steps for Protecting your Business from Brandjacking

Posted on June 5, 2019June 5, 2019 by

A. Shibli

Individual victim losses due to internet crime were greater than $1.4 billion in 2017, and those numbers continue to climb. If you think you are well-protected from cybercrime, think again. It’s more than likely that you are overlooking important areas of vulnerability, such as your brand identity. Today, your online reputation can make or break your business. Companies spend untold amounts of money on advertising and marketing but can get close-fisted when it comes to investing in their brand’s security.

A powerful tool to find the best .CA domains coming up for release

Posted on May 20, 2019May 20, 2019 by

Jordan Rieger

Webnames’ TBR page gets a refresh to be more user-friendly

We’re happy to announce our new page for browsing TBR domains! But what are TBR domains? Read on for a little context. (If you’re already familiar with TBR, skip ahead to read about our improved UI.)

Managed WordPress Hosting is Here (and your Website says “Thank You”)

Posted on May 1, 2019June 25, 2019 by

Julianna

With so many of our customers using WordPress, we’re excited to introduce our new line of managed hosting plans designed specifically for WordPress users and their websites. Whether you use WordPress for a simple personal blog or are in the business of designing high-end websites for clients, our WordPress hosting offers improved performance, reduced maintenance, proactive security, and a host of powerful tools to help you create a beautiful website.

Simple Tips to Increase WordPress Website Security Today

Posted on April 25, 2019May 2, 2019 by

Shawn Randhawa

If you ran a store, would you leave it at night with the door unlocked? Would you choose not to get an alarm system or insurance? Not exactly a brilliant way to keep your merchandise safe. Yet, that’s what millions of people do when they manage WordPress sites without proper security systems in place and without regularly updating their plugins.