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JuliannaWe recently came across an article on CanuckSEO.com that measures the effectiveness of .CA versus .COM for Canadian businesses and they kindly allowed us to republish it on Webnames.ca Blog. While it is no secret we are big proponents of .CA – Webnames.ca co-founder John Demco actually conceived of .CA in 1987 to identify Canadian…
Webnames.ca StaffThe first time I saw a QR Code was about a year ago on a photo of a realtor’s lawn sign that was posted on Flickr. I thought it was interesting but didn’t understand what a QR Code was or could do. It’s amazing what a year can do for the popularity of a piece…
I was recently invited by PROFIT Magazine to judge their third annual Innovations @ Work Awards. The awards are designed to celebrate the spirit of innovation among Canadian small businesses, to give broad public recognition to small business innovators and to identify innovation role models and strategies that can help other entrepreneurs launch successful businesses…
Cybele NegrisAs a long time supporter and sponsor of the New Ventures BC Competition, Webnames.ca would like to congratulate the following 134 companies shortlisted to round 2 of the competition. Judges of the competition will whittle down this list to only 40 companies May 10th. The companies advancing to Round 2 in alphabetical order are: “Greedy…
Cybele NegrisIf you missed Malcolm Gladwell’s presentation at Vancouver’s F5 EXPO on April 7th, here’s a chance to participate in a second screening. Many people disagreed with Gladwell’s perspective on social media. His mile wide and inch deep philosophy may be accurate, but he failed to look at the benefits of a mile wide network…
Webnames.ca StaffA WordPress Newbie Sets up her First WordPress Website! Here at Webnames, we are bullish for WordPress. We’re helping any and all of our customers get their webhosting set up so it can take a WordPress install. My personal website was done in WordPress but I had the help of our web designer to get…
Cybele NegrisAs the province’s largest and most prestigious awards night, the Technology Impact Awards Dinner celebrates the achievements of BC’s most innovative and dynamic technology companies. Over 700 senior representatives of the technology and business community will attend this impressive night of awards and recognition. Plan to join in the celebration! This event will be a great networking…
Cybele NegrisAs a sponsor of the New Ventures BC 2010 Competition, Webnames.ca can refer up to 5 technology companies to attend the seminar series for free (does not include entry fee for NVBC Competition). And we want to refer you! [Learn more about the competetion] Simply Tweet this post on Twitter or email…
Cybele NegrisWebnames.ca wants you to know about an incredible opportunity that we are proud to sponsor: The New Ventures BC Competition. New Ventures BC is one of North America’s largest technology business-idea competitions. The five-month, four-round competition includes a unique mix of business education, networking and mentoring. It’s like a boot camp for business start-ups. Participants will: Learn from…
JuliannaThe BBC recently posted an article about the first .COM registration way back in 1985. To put this in perspective, 1985 was the same year ‘Back to the Future’ was released. The first .COM domains registered were: 1. 15-March-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM (Their Wikipedia page is a great snapshot of the era.) 2. 24-April-1985 BBN.COM 3. 24-May-1985…
Cybele NegrisHappy 1st birthday .TEL! It has been quite a year. One year ago today (March 24, 2009) .TEL general registration launched to the world and today there are about 275,000 .TEL names registered globally. Webnames.ca has experienced quite a ride over the last year. Beyond just selling .TEL, “the digital business card that never goes…
Cybele NegrisTyposquatting is the practice of intentionally registering domain names that are misspellings of website addresses and profiting from it by trying to sell the name, or capitalizing on its traffic through Google ads and/or selling products/services not related to the original brand. Many large businesses protect their brands by registering possible misspellings of their trademarks…
Cybele NegrisI’ve been a judge of the Small Business BC Business Plan Contest for a number of years and the 2010 Awards are now bigger and better. Entrepreneurs are still encouraged to submit a business plan in either the Business Concept Category or the Business Growth Category; however the 7th annual Successful You – Small Business…
Cybele NegrisHere’s a quick summary of some of the new features in .TEL: 1. Logo/Picture – you can now upload a logo or picture by referencing the website location (URL) of the image you want to use. The easiest way I found to achieve this is by referencing my twitter avatar. (right click on your Twitter…
Cybele NegrisWith any new technology, people need proof of concept and to see real life examples working. I decided a few months ago to track what I was doing with my own .TEL updates for http://cybele.tel and see what effect they would have on how my rank in Google. My .TEL is now in 5th (see screenshot below)…
