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Cybele NegrisBill C-28, The Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act (FISA) was passed by Canadian Parliament and received Royal Assent December 15, 2010. Prior to Bill C-28 passing, Canada was the only G8 country without specific spam legislation. Essentially, this is Canada’s first anti-spam legislation which will empower authorities to aggressively fine spammers. The legislation has…
Garrett SaundryThe Social Search. How it Works: Google and Bing are changing the way we are use the internet….. again. Social Search has been created and both Bing and Google have their own takes on it. So what is it? Social Search is a new addition to the old search engine that allows users to opt-in…
Cybele NegrisWebnames.ca, as sponsor of the Regional BCIC New Ventures Competition, would like to congratulate the 20 businesses advancing to the final round of the competition. The Regional Competition is geared towards early-stage BC technology entrepreneurs based outside the Lower Mainland. Similar to the province-wide competition that celebrated its 10th anniversary in September, the four-month, three-round…
Webnames.ca StaffRecently, I wrote an article on group coupons that was posted on this blog. It was tweeted at 8:45am on November 17th. Then it got covered up by another tweet quite quickly which got me all bent out of shape. So the marketing department kindly tweeted about it again at 3:45pm on the same day…
Webnames.ca StaffFor disclosure purposes, I subscribe to every group coupon program that is available in Vancouver. I do this, not because I am cheap, but because I like to keep an eye on what is happening in the group couponing industry. The business model for group buying should be: volume purchases of goods should allow the…
Webnames.ca StaffWe launched our Search Engine Optimization service last month and I wanted to give you a taste of what I learned from our (frankly) brilliant SEO consultants. There are some fast and easy things you can do that should garner you noticeable improvements in your search engine ranking. #1 quick win – The Title Tag.…
Cybele NegrisWebnames.ca, as sponsor of the Regional BCIC New Ventures Competition, would like to congratulate the 39 businesses advancing to Round 2 of the competition. These businesses will be presenting to the jury over four days (November 29 to December 2) in Kelowna and Victoria. Advancing Companies – Round 2 (in alphabetical order) – BCIC-New Ventures Competition:…
JuliannaBuilding on its history of exceptional support for its customers, Webnames.ca is proud to announce our new professional services arm, Power for Small Business. Under Power for Small Business, we are now offering a new service called Essentials, which provides clients with everything they need to succeed online, including: Custom designed website Web strategy Search…
Webnames.ca StaffThere is big buzz on the internet these days about Geolocation. Wikipedia says: “Geolocation is the identification of the real-world geographic location of an object, such as a cell phone or an Internet-connected computer terminal. Geolocation may refer to the practice of assessing the location, or to the actual assessed location.” From an internet marketing…
JuliannaWebnames.ca listens to customer feedback and is always striving to be better at what we do and help you manage your online presence effectively. Below are answers to some frequently asked questions that keep coming up in conversations with you. Too Many Passwords in General? Try Password Safe Password Safe is free online, which we’ve…
Cybele NegrisThank you to all those who participated, volunteered and came out to Saturday’s Canary Derby at Deer Lake Park. With the weather reports calling for rain all week, we didn’t know how the event would shape up, but the skies parted and we ended up having gorgeous summer weather for what turned out to be…
Cybele NegrisCONNECT is a conference for early-stage tech entrepreneurs who want the answers to “what’s next for my company”. Join over 800 attendees learning from tech entrepreneurs and mentors who’ve been there and made it – and be inspired to create your strategy for startup success. WHERE: October 12, 2010 at the Vancouver Convention Centre West WHY…
Cybele NegrisWebnames.ca, sponsor of The New Ventures BC Competition, would like to congratulate the top 10 Finalists recently announced for the 2010 competition. The Top 10 in alphabetical order by company name are as follows: Catalyst oneMAR EnergyCzar Solutions Green Sense Innovations Inc. Hiretheworld.com Jostle Corporation MedVoxel Quadrogen Power Systems, Inc. Solegear Bioplastics Inc. Tingle.com Weddingful…
Garrett SaundryWe’re Celebrating 10 Years in Business By Fundraising for Early Stage Cancer Detection With the Vancouver Canary Derby only 25 days away our fundraising has been kicked into high gear. We’re cranking it up this week by throwing a birthday party that’s not all about us. Webnames.ca is also using our 10 Year Anniversary Party…
Webnames.ca StaffThere is a new game in town and the name of that game is Group Coupons. Group Coupons is an email subscriber based system of offering deep discounts on a product to consumers ONLY if enough people purchase the coupon. The major player in this market is Groupon. Groupon started in 2008 and has really…
