This week the Internet and ICANN took a big step forward by launching 11 test sites in languages that don’t use the Roman alphabet ( eg. the 26 letters used in English and most European languages). ICANN aka the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is a privately held, non-profit organization which reports to the U.S. Department…
John DemcoICANN Launches Internationalized Top-Level Domain Evaluation – ICANN is launching an evaluation of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) as top-level domain names. The root zone is being augmented with 11 versions of the TLD name .test, and as of October 15 wiki pages will be available with the domain name example.test in Arabic, Persian, Chinese (simplified…
John DemcoFast-Tracking of Internationalized ccTLD Names To Be Explored – ICANN’s Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) is soliciting input from ccTLD managers on the topic of fast-tracking the implementation of some ccTLD Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). According to the document: “It became clear that the development of the required policy for IDN ccTLDs to resolve…
JuliannaThe Ontario Tories have created mock website of Dalton McGuinty’s website (www.daltonmcguinty.ca) that bears a striking resemblance to the Premier’s own website (www.dalton.ca) – err, minus the giant “NOT THE REAL THING” stamp on the homepage. The menu and website copy is laid out identically to that of the Dalton site, however as you might imagine it…
John DemcoICANN Nominating Committee Announces Selections – ICANN’s Nominating Committee has announced its selection of new members of the ICANN Board of Directors, the GNSO Council, the At-Large Advisory Committee, and the ccNSO Council. Appointed to the Board were Harald Tveit Alvestrand, Dennis Jennings, and Jean-Jacques Subrenat. Picks To Click Criticism and defence of the .name…
JuliannaLast updated September 2009 It certainly won’t land you on the first page of Google if your website has poor content and is not well optimized for search engines, but registering and/or renewing your domain name for a longer term might help your SEO. How? Credible websites have certain things in common, for example their domain…
John DemcoCIRA 2007 Election Results Announced – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), registry for Canada’s .ca domain, has posted the results of its 2007 Board of Directors election. The successful candidates were Paul Andersen, Rick Anderson, Ron Kawchuk, and Rick Sutcliffe. ICANN Approves New Top-Level Domains – At its September 11 meeting, the ICANN Board…
JuliannaIt’s no surprise that as a domain registrar, one of the things we are experts at is managing domains. So if I tell you that purchasing and transferring an aftermarket domain is easy, you might think it’s just because I work with Webnames.ca, but I recently had a chance to experience the process from a…
John DemcoCybersquatting Lawsuits Being Filed – An International Trademark Association (INTA) article states that INTA members Dell, Microsoft, Time Warner, Wal-Mart and Yahoo intend “to pursue individual legal actions against a total of 22 cybersquatting operations to provide a more secure online experience and to prevent the violation of genuine trademark rights.” Internet Commerce Assocation Announces…
JuliannaFall is a busy time for domain name renewals and transfers as businesses get their house in order for the coming year. If you are working towards consolidating your domain portfolio, below are answers to our most frequently transfer questions for .com, .org, and .net domain names. 1. How long does it take to transfer…
John DemcoDraft .AU Policy Recommendations Released – A panel reporting to auDA, the Australian domain name administrator, has been reviewing the policy framework for .au domain names, and has issued draft recommendations. The main recommendation is that .au should not be opened up to direct second-level registrations, i.e. that registrations should continue to be of the…
Steve SmithThe CIRA Board Elections are upon us once again. Voting takes place online from 6:00 pm (18:00h) Ottawa time on September 6, 2007 to 6:00 pm (18:00h) Ottawa time on September 13, 2007. Final candidates and their statements are listed at https://elections.cira.ca/2007/finalslate/list/en. This year, it will be an extremely tight race so anyone who has…
John DemcoCIRA Board Election To Start On Thursday, September 6 – The CIRA Board of Directors election runs from Thursday, September 6 until Thursday, September 13. The official list of candidates was posted on August 27, and the online campaign forum closes this Tuesday, September 4. CIRA AGM Set For Thursday, September 6 in Toronto –…
John DemcoCIRA Election Campaign Forum To Start On Tuesday, August 28 – With the announcement of the final Members’ Slate on Monday, August 27, the names of all of the candidates for the upcoming CIRA election will have been announced, and an online Campaign Forum will take place from Tuesday, August 28 until Tuesday, September 4.…
Dear Readers, As a member of Webnames.ca’s Corporate Services team I often receive requests from customers who want to find information on registered domain names. Customers may want to know who owns a domain, how to contact the owner, how long it has been registered for, among other things. These questions stem from the fact that many domain registrars…
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