Webnames.ca StaffThe 6th annual Northern voice personal blogging and social media conference took place this past Friday and Saturday at the University of British Columbia. I attended once again; although I was unable to go on Friday, Saturday’s experience was no less awesome. The conference got a LOT bigger this year, and as such the organizers…
Webnames.ca StaffThe first time I saw a QR Code was about a year ago on a photo of a realtor’s lawn sign that was posted on Flickr. I thought it was interesting but didn’t understand what a QR Code was or could do. It’s amazing what a year can do for the popularity of a piece…
Webnames.ca StaffA WordPress Newbie Sets up her First WordPress Website! Here at Webnames, we are bullish for WordPress. We’re helping any and all of our customers get their webhosting set up so it can take a WordPress install. My personal website was done in WordPress but I had the help of our web designer to get…
Webnames.ca StaffI do a lot of research on the trends in Social Media and where its future may lay. Professional marketers bang on and on about how it is time consuming for companies to be involved in social media with no clear return on investment. Large and small businesses are jumping into social media for more…
Webnames.ca StaffOn March 5th, Cybele published her secrets to high page rank for her dot tel. Given the incredible rank she achieved with Cybele.tel, I asked her to wave her magic wand at Webnames.tel as it was sow’s ear rather than a silk purse. On March 11th, she updated the information and enhanced the listings. Twenty…
Webnames.ca StaffI read an interesting article on the recent ICANN report about how most WhoIs records contain bad data. TheRegister.co.uk article “77% of domain registrations stuffed with rubbish” published on February 17, 2010 by Kieran McCarthy, got me thinking. Most domain registrars offer Domain Privacy services (we do) that mask your data in WhoIs records. If…
Webnames.ca StaffSo I am thinking of quitting my job here at Webnames to start my own business coming up with super cool names for iPhone apps, Web 2.0 companies, new products, gizmos and gadgets! All you developers and entrepreneurs out there think that all the great names like Twitter and Shazam are gone and you are…
Webnames.ca StaffUpdate – March 2010 Webnames.ca is once again accepting .CN registrations, however the following pieces of documentation must also be submitted before the registrations can be completed: 1. Domain Name Registration Application Form – completed with the seal of the business OR signature of a representative from the business: \http://www.webnames.ca/downloads/registries/cn/CNNIC_app.doc IMPORTANT NOTE: …
Webnames.ca StaffCNNIC, the sponsoring organization for .cn has announced some new registration rules. CNNIC became aware that many of the .cn names being registered were being used for nefarious purposes – fake banking sites, malware and phishing sites and lots and lots of porn. So in an effort to stop the .cn extension being abused by…
Webnames.ca StaffSanta gave us the gift of .TEL last year … but there are still plenty of fantastic .TEL names left that you can register for yourself or for a loved one (or for someone who is kooky for Christmas). Scrooge.tel Tidings.tel Wassail.tel Yuletide.tel Eggnog.tel Candycane.tel Mince.tel Pumpkinpie.tel Sweetpotato.tel Mistletoe.tel Alleluia.tel Frankincence.tel Myrrh.tel Wisemen.tel Icicles.tel Tinsel.tel Sled.tel Sleigh.tel…
Webnames.ca StaffThere is a lot of hand wringing in the domainer community about when .tel will really take off. The future is now people. If not one other person ever purchased a .tel name, it would not matter. You have and it’s a fabulous utility. You just have to start using it. I have my personal .tel name…
Webnames.ca StaffWe love dot tel and we want everyone to learn about it. To that end we made a short, 15 second commercial that is now airing on the Shaw TV Listings channel (2) in Vancouver. For those of you who don’t live in Vancouver or have chucked your TV because there is nothing on, (why…
Webnames.ca StaffIn June, we gave all of our email users access to Pronto, our new webmail interface. We were pretty excited about its collaboration features and wanted to see what you thought about them too. After 3 months we sent out a survey to a select group of Pronto users. Here are the results: You liked…
Webnames.ca StaffNever ones to let the grass grow under their feet, Telnic have once again improved the Telhosting interface. On Thursday October 22nd they are releasing two new great features: Backup/Import and 255 character labels. I did a test of the Backup and Import and it worked really well. The backup file gets exported as an…
Webnames.ca StaffSure – we can all get fergusjones.tel or maryp.tel and people will remember them but you might want to consider being unforgettable. Keep Fergus and Mary as your professional .tel name. For your personal name, you want to dazzle the person you are giving it do. Maryp.tel versus tornado.tel – there really is no competition.…
