Garrett SaundryICANN’s announcement about opening the registration of new generic top level domains (gTLD) has created significant buzz in ‘Internetland’ and the domain industry. Industry insiders speculate that it will generate a new gold rush of activity on domain names, like was last seen in the mid 90’s. ICANN also announced that for the first time…
Garrett SaundryBCNET’s 8th annual conference is being held next week, April 22 and 23, at SFU’s Harbour Centre in Vancouver. The conference is considered Western Canada’s premier technology event for research and higher education. Webnames.ca is proud to be involved as a Bronze sponsor. BCNET is a not-for-profit society formed to provide high-speed optical network capabilities, often called…
Garrett SaundryYou’ve been thinking about starting a blog for yourself or your business, but haven’t really done anything about it. You may have either thought that it was something overly complicated or you have just never set aside a block of time to sit down and get organized. Well good news, it’s neither difficult or very time consuming,…
Garrett SaundryWith the impending launch of another TLD in .ASIA, it gets me thinking what is a domain worth? Although your answer of “Well whatever somebody is willing to pay for it silly!” is technically correct, but not altogether right. Domains are like land here in Vancouver. There is a finite amount and it seems like everybody wants some…
Garrett SaundryDon’t wait until the last minute to submit your .ASIA domains. Landrush closes on March 12 (check out the cool countdown ticker on the right). They’ve come up with a new and novel way of registering conflicting domains. Domains that have more than one person that try to register them automatically go to auction. It’s up…
Garrett SaundrySmall Business BC is a non profit organization funded by Western Economic Diversification Canada and the Ministry of Small Business and Revenue. It delivers services and government programs throughout BC. Entrepreneurs can access services and information such as start up and requirements, government acts and regulations as well as business planning services, consultation, business seminars…
Garrett SaundryThere has been quite a bit of fallout since it first came to light in December that Network Solutions had started the practice of front running domains under the pretenses that it was reserving the domain name you searched for in order to protect you from somebody else registering it. That’s a lot of rubbish if…
Garrett SaundryThe program was conceptualized by Nicholas Negroponte from Media Lab. He sketched out an idea for a $100 laptop and sent it to his good friend Hector Ruiz, who just happened to be CEO of AMD. The response he got from AMD was that not only would they be involved, but that they’d like to take…
Garrett SaundrySo It’s late on a Wednesday night, you’re sitting at home in front of your computer in your fuzzy bunny slippers and your red flannel pyjamas with the monkeys all over them. You’re surfing some of the more interesting websites that you can’t go to at work or doing some online shopping because you’re pretty…
Garrett SaundryWe started ‘Customers Rule’ last fall, and then took a bit of a hiatus. We’re back with a contribution from Reah Solutions Inc. Our ‘Customers Rule’ feature is where you tell us about your business and favourite online resource or tools. Are you a customer of Webnames.ca and want your business profiled? Answer our six…
I’ve heard a few horror stories before, people had called up another registrar to check the availability of a domain name only to have the registrar take the name and try to sell it back to the person who was inquiring in good faith for a premium. Illegal? Not according to ICANN. Unethical? You betcha. …
Garrett SaundryThe following is an excerpt from an article that appeared in the Boston Globe on 18 Dec 2007: Two special education students at the controversial Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Canton were wrongfully delivered dozens of punishing electrical shocks in August based on a prank phone call from a former student posing as a supervisor,…
Garrett SaundryOften times people think that if they register a domain and put a web site up, they will automatically appear on the first page of any search engine results. This, unfortunately, is not true. There is quite a bit of work that goes into making your domain appear at the top of search engine lists,…
Garrett SaundrySpam! We all know it, and we all hate it. Some start out offering miracle cures for baldness, weight loss or magic pills for any other ailment you can think of. Others are from famous lawyers in another country, who would like to introduce you to one of their clients, most of the time disgraced…
Garrett SaundryWelcome to the first blogpost of a new monthly feature ‘Customers Rule’ where you tell us about your business and favourite online resource or tools. Are you a customer of Webnames.ca and want your business profiled? Answer our six easy questions and email blog@webnames.ca and you may be chosen for next month’s customer profile. 1.…
