When personally identifiable information (PII) that permits the identity of an individual to be directly or indirectly inferred is shared publicly online it poses a grave threat to fraud, financial security, and potentially even to personal safety. Google has recently released a feature that allows individuals to remove such sensitive information from their databases that…

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The latest addition to our growing suite of SSL Management enhancements is SSL Monitoring. Our SSL monitoring service helps small businesses and large IT teams alike to validate SSL installation and ensure that everything is working as intended, through automated testing. Codes, ciphers, and encryption of communications are almost as old as human society itself.…

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Whether you run a simple one-page-website for a side hustle or manage hundreds of domains for your employer which is a large corporation, domain name security merits your attention and action. Losing control of your domain names could lead to data compromise, website downtime, fraud attempts on your customers and loss of credibility. In this…

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Domain name security is one of the many cybersecurity threats that businesses should be wary of. At Webnames, we have built a free, powerful and easy tool that can help detect potential domain compromise risks for small businesses and large organizations alike. Domain name security risks As the literal address of brands and businesses online, domain…

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Lock in your Black Friday savings early, year with the Webnames’ Black Friday sale that features .CA & .COM Domain names at just $9.99/yr. and includes a slew of deals on WordPress Hosting, Business Email, SSL Certificates and over a 100 other domain extensions. When is the Black Friday 2021 Sale? Black Friday 2021 falls…

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The Internet has transformed the way we do business. Setting up a new website to sell your products, services or even your own works of art is incredibly easy these days. You can choose from a variety of platforms that have simplified connecting a customer to a manufacturer, service provider or creator. Whether you’re doing…

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HTTPS Domain Forwarding with SSL Certificates is a feature that is increasingly important to website owners and webmasters, with rising public awareness about secure websites. Improved messaging by web browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox on the topic of secure websites has had a powerful impact on HTTPS traffic on Google and the…

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Building your own website can seem like a tough chore, especially for small businesses and freelance professionals who are stretched thin for time and tech knowhow. A website is an essential part of every business in today’s digital-first world, and Webnames’ LiteSite Website Builder helps you check that box, in under 60 minutes, in 6…

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A website’s performance and page load speed depends on choices made in choosing a programming language, database, content management system (CMS), web hosting provider and plan as well as ongoing optimization. When your website attracts more traffic, it consumes more hosting resources and if your server is unable to manage the load, that could slow…

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Ten years is a long time, but we’re closing in on that mark since .XXX domains launched. For brand protection professionals, that means that Sunrise B protections on .XXX expire 10 years from Dec. 2011, which puts us at Dec. 2021 and you will need to transition to AdultBlock or AdultBlock+ to protect your brand…

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Gaming has become a multi-billion dollar industry. From passionate indie game studios to mega corporations, gaming is now well established as a growing segment of entertainment. E-sports has also rapidly grown and mobile games have made the industry ever more accessible. With that backdrop, IP owners and game studios are increasingly turning to innovative use…

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We mark Canada Day with patriotic fervour and a big bang sale every year, but Canada Day 2020 is a bigger occasion than the ones before. For one, this year has been an incredible challenge for Canadians due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on health, wellbeing, and economic factors. As restrictions related to…

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Webnames’ Email Hosting has always offered a reliable, secure and feature rich way to help businesses and individuals use branded email on their domain names. As part of our continual efforts to improve our email services, we have now made Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync available as an option for all your email accounts, at no additional…

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Whether you’re a student taking online classes, or an employee working from home for the first time, you need to guard against security threats and cyberattacks online. When you’re at school or in the office, you’re often protected by an IT team or a service provider that manages systems to protect you from cyber criminals.…

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Like you, we at Webnames.ca are deeply concerned with the impact to the health and well-being of our employees and customers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our thoughts are with each one of you who has been directly or indirectly affected by this virus, and we hope that you stay safe and healthy. Webnames Services…

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As seasonal discounts go, it does not get bigger than this. You can get .CA domain names at CDN $8.99, and .COM domains at USD $8.99 with Webnames.ca’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale, but that’s just the beginning! Our sale which runs from 28th November 2019 to 3 December 2019 has you covered for…

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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…

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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…

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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? WordPress updates typically patch vulnerabilities, add features and improve performance of your website. If your question was “Do these updates need to be…

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