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Cybele NegrisIn 2010, I received an email that informed me that I had been selected as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women. My reaction was one of mixed emotions; I was honoured, elated, humbled yet a bit embarrassed. I didn’t think I deserved to win and honestly felt a bit of a fraud.
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As we wind down 2018 and look forward to a new year full of potential, we want to thank you for choosing Webnames.ca. We are grateful that we get to spend our days supporting amazing individuals, businesses, and initiatives to bring their goals to life online.
Read more on Webnames 2018 Year in Review and What’s Ahead in 2019…
Webnames.ca StaffOne of the challenges in building and maintaining a web presence is the number of service providers that are involved, including DNS, web hosting, email, and SSL certificates. It’s not always easy to keep straight which service is with whom. The complexity of this task is further compounded by dashboards.
Read more on Say “Hello” to 360° Domain Management with Our Improved Dashboard…
Webnames.ca StaffIn a few days the new .realestate domain for realtors and real estate industry professionals will officially launch. Backed by both the National Association of REALTORS® and the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), .realestate will be an important marketing tool for standing out in a competitive industry.
Read more on Introducing .REALESTATE, a new domain for real estate professionals…
JuliannaThe release of Chrome 70 came and went rather quietly last month, but it left a highly visible mark on many HTTP websites in its wake.
Since the latest update, Chrome users have been getting a red “Not Secure” warning in their address bar each time they enter text into an HTTP website – and not just on fields we expect to be encrypted like logins, but anywhere that text can be submitted, including search bars, newsletter signups, polls, contact forms and more. The bold red labeling by Chrome is simply Google’s latest escalation in warning web users that their data might not be safe.
Read more on Chrome’s Not Secure Warning Is Making You Look Bad, But That’s Good for the Rest of Us…
A. ShibliIf you walk away from this blog remembering one thing, let it be this: Forget the keywords. Focus on branding.
Wait, what? Aren’t keywords the driving force behind SEO? Aren’t they one of the most important pieces of the SEO puzzle?
Read more on Domain Names and their Impact on SEO – What’s Real?…
Webnames.ca StaffMoving your business from an idea to a full-on way of making a living can be a constant learning process. While you’re geared up to take in all those dozens of calls you’re expecting, you may find that the saying, “build it, and he will come” isn’t quite a strategy that works in modern business life. Especially not in a market saturated with offers from a cyber-connected world.
Read more on 4 Absolute Beginner Web Marketing Strategies for Launching a Small Business…
Webnames.ca StaffDid you know that 98% of Canadian businesses have fewer than 100 employees, 55% have fewer than four, and 75% of all businesses in the country have fewer than 10?
Small businesses like yours and ours drive Canada’s economy, so in celebration of Small Business Week in Ontario and BC – and hard-working small businesses across Canada – we’re running a BIG small business promotion.
Webnames.ca StaffGoogle Registry’s .PAGE domain will be launching in a few short weeks and it’s a great choice for anyone wanting to create a new website online.
Webnames.ca StaffWe’re always thrilled when happy customers refer people to Webnames.ca. Now we’re giving those customers, and their friends, a little something back with our new Referral Program.
Read more on Introducing Webnames Refer a Friend | Share a Discount, Earn a Credit…
Webnames.ca StaffWhat do you have planned this summer?
If that last item isn’t on your to-do list, it should be!
Read more on Consolidate Your Domain Portfolio to Save on Domains…
JuliannaIn the third and final blog in our recent SSL series, we are taking a closer look EV SSL, or extended validation certificates, including who might benefit from using them and if they are worth the additional cost.
Read more on The Argument for EV SSL: Should You Get One for Your Business?…
JuliannaWith Google Chrome’s HTTPS deadline only weeks away, we’re seeing an uptick in SSL purchases as website owners hurry to get ahead of the coming changes. For many, however, purchasing an SSL certificate comes with a number of questions and considerations – one of the most common being: “What’s the difference between validations levels?”
Read more on SSL Certificates Are Not All Equal When it Comes to Trust…
Judith TraceyWe’re excited to be entering our second year of being a certified ClimateSmart business. With Canada’s 1.2+ million small- and medium-sized businesses having direct control over roughly 200 million tonnes of carbon pollution – the same amount produced each year by every car, truck, train, plane, and ship in the country – we were motivated to do better and control what we could to decrease our impact. Having recently renewed our certification for 2018, I thought I would share some of our learnings and findings now that we have year over year data to sift through, as opposed to last year when we established our baseline.
Read more on What We Learned From Our First Year as a ClimateSmart Business…
JuliannaOooh la la, some amazing domains are dropping over at CIRA tomorrow, May 23rd. In addition to the ones listed in above, there are also a few 3-letter gems like ers.ca, jyj.ca, vgu.ca, vui.ca, xly.ca and ymy.ca.
Read more on To Be Released .CA Domains – Top Picks for May 23…
