Webnames.ca StaffWith the Canada Day long weekend over, we just want to remind you that Canada 150 event is still going strong … until July 31st, in fact! There is no better time this year to register a new .CA domain, get those domain transfers done, or purchase your SSL certificate than this July. No promotion…
Webnames.ca Staff“I’m going to the store.” “Which store did you buy that at?” “I love that store.” Just think about how many times a day you say the word store, think about a store or actually go to the store? As a retailer, shouldn’t your domain name convey that you are in fact a store? There…
Webnames.ca StaffToday we share our conversation with Deborah Rosati, Webnames customer, accomplished corporate director, entrepreneur and co-founder of Women Get on Board, a member-based company that connects, promotes and empowers women to corporate boards. Deborah, thanks for speaking with us. Improving gender and minority diversity on boards and corporate leadership roles is finally starting to get…
Webnames.ca StaffWe’re pleased to announce that Webnames.ca CEO, Cybele Negris will be a panelist for the Girls Raising Innovation Challenge event on February 24th, 2015! What is the event all about? The Innovation Challenge is a unique series of events that help female entrepreneurs get publicity, network with like-minded entrepreneurs and meet influential business leaders that can…
Webnames.ca StaffEarly last year, ICANN (which is the governing body for .com, .net, and .org domain extensions, among others) made a change to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), which is followed by all Domain Registrars including Webnames.ca. The RAA required that a person or entity that registers or transfers a domain name needs to be verified…
Webnames.ca StaffRecently the big 3 browser makers (Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla) made a decision that will change how secure websites are handled going forward. Specifically, they made the decision to no longer support the SHA-1 (Secure Hash Algorithm version 1) technology, which at the moment is standard with SSL certificates. The reason that they gave was…
Webnames.ca StaffThe Domain Name System (DNS) is defined by Wikipedia as: “a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities. Most prominently, it translates easily memorized domain names to the numerical IP…
Webnames.ca Staffby Marko from Support On a daily basis, we receive calls from customers asking about WordPress and a good portion of these questions are focused on useful plugins. With millions of different plugins available on WordPress and thousands of popular plugins, I could have easily created a comprehensive list that included an SEO plugin like…
Webnames.ca StaffMarket is such a flexible term. It can be used to describe the economy and general commerce, specific business sectors, the general marketplace or traditional markets. Just as the word market caters to different things, the new .MARKET gTLD extension is applicable to many different markets worldwide. A .MARKET domain for everyone For stock exchanges,…
Webnames.ca StaffBelow are our “top picks” from this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. The TBR list for August 28th has lots of great names, so pre-book your favourite .CA domains early. We publish a “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains. CIRA adds more domains to the…
Webnames.ca StaffWebnames.ca President and Co-Founder Cybele Negris’ new article, “Online Tools and Resources to Help Owners of Small Businesses Know What They Don’t Know” is now available on Business in Vancouver. In this article, she talks about different resources entrepreneurs and small businesses can use to grow their business. While there is a large number of…
Webnames.ca StaffAs more and more consumers are heading online, businesses and companies are following suit. Online shopping is growing at a tremendous pace and is now a multi-billion dollar industry. With the clear success and growth of online shopping, a new .shop gTLD has been applied for and is one of the new gTLDs to be…
Webnames.ca StaffBelow are our “top picks” from this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. The TBR list for August 21st has lots of great names, so pre-book your favourite .CA domains early. We publish a “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains. CIRA adds more domains to the…
Webnames.ca StaffWebnames.ca has launched an advertising campaign in Business in Vancouver that will be running from September 2012 until August 2013. When we were considering a campaign with BIV, we started to think about who we are and what makes Webnames, well, Webnames! Immediately we thought about our customers! We have built our business and our…
Webnames.ca StaffBelow are our “top picks” from this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. The TBR list for August 14th has lots of great names, so pre-book your favourite .CA domains early. We publish a “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains. CIRA adds more domains to the…
