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Who owns your domain name?

Recently, I have taken over the role of the webmaster for a local community group. Initially, my job was just to keep the website up and running smoothly as well as upload new content once and a while. I never expected to learn that no one in my group knew where the domain name was…

2014 Canadian Anti-Spam Law: Webinar

We’d like to thank everyone who signed up for our webinar on the Canadian Anti-Spam Law (CASL). For that weren’t able to attend or would like to go over the presentation once more, we’ve attached the recording of the webinar below, as well as a few additional resources regarding CASL. Canadian Anti-Spam Law Webinar: Additional…

IP Addresses are Going, Going, GONE!

The remaining IPv4 Addresses (Internet Protocol Version 4) that many people use on a daily basis (like 123.456.123.456) are in the final process of being allocated to the five Regional Internet Registries (RIR). An announcement was made yesterday by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which manages the release of all IP…

Webnames.ca CEO, Cybele Negris to speak at the Vancouver Digital Stategy Conference

The Digital Media Strategies Conference is an event that brings together different companies that have exhibited success in the realms of digital strategies and marketing. This is a great event for marketers and digital strategists to connect with digital experts and network with peers. With multiple speakers and onsite experts, this is a must attend…

Warning! Email Security Scam Warning

Phishing Email Originating from Webname.com It has come to our attention that a fraudulent email has recently been sent to many of our customers, requesting that email usernames and passwords be provided. This email is NOT from Webnames.ca, but rather Webname.com and is not related to, nor affiliated with Webnames.ca in any manner. Please do…

What is DNS?

The 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…

Meet Our Marketing Intern, Angel

Webnames.ca is always striving for excellence and excellence starts with excellent people! We are delighted to introduce one of our new interns, Angel! Angel has been interning with Webnames.ca since the beginning of February with three other interns; Justin, Graham, and Arti. We sat down with Angel for a Q & A session and to…