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JuliannaA recent report published by Hitwise, a company that specializes in measuring activity on the Internet, sheds light on the search behaviors and browser preferences of Canadians. Deeming a successful search as “one where the consumer leaves the search engine after performing the search,” Hitwise found that Canadians have a 70% success rate on search engine…
Nick CaristinosWhen starting a new business or launching a new product one must consider the registration, and use of trademarks, service marks, copyrights and patents as part of the process, yet there is often much confusion as to what one needs and how to use them correctly.* The International Trademark Association (INTA) [http://www.inta.org] is a not-for-profit…
JuliannaWebnames.ca is pleased to announce our sponsorship of the 83rd annual meeting of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada’s (IPIC) taking place in St. John’s, NFL, from September 23-25, 2009. This is the second year Webnames.ca has sponsored the annual event, speaking at the 2008 event about .TEL rules and policies. Founded in 1926, (IPIC)…
Facebook Inc. has announced that beginning at 12:01 am EDT on June 13, 2009, Facebook users will be allowed to create personalized usernames for their Facebook pages, in the form “facebook.com/yourname”. This new system could allow users to create usernames that include trademarks and brands for their personal profiles. The cut off date for applying to…
I’m kinda, sorta, maybe in the market to buy a house. As I walk through the neighbourhood admiring other people’s gardens, I stumble upon a house for sale that appeals to me. Sadly, by the time I have arrived home, I have forgotten the address of the house for sale. I could not give you…
Cybele NegrisAs sponsor of the 2009 New Ventures BC Competition, Webnames.ca would like to congratulate all the companies short-listed to Round 2. The 172 companies will be required to complete a five-page submission by May 27th at which time the list will be short-listed once again to 30 companies. About the Competition The New Ventures BC…
JuliannaWebnames.ca is a proud sponsor of the 2009 BCTIA Technology Impact Awards which will take place on June 17th. The annual event that showcases and pays recognition to BC’s innovative technology community, providing technology companies an opportunity to increase their exposure in British Columbia’s business and technology communities. The following are a sampling of the…
Garrett SaundrySo today is April 1st, which means a bevy of April Fools gags. This year we saw the Gmail Autopilot and the discontinuation of the Blackberry Storm and upside down Youtube to name a few. If you have been listening to the Internets lately, there’s also something big that’s supposed to be going on, and that’s…
So if you’ve forgotten about your blog, much like 80% of the people that start them, there’s a new gig in town that’s much easier to keep current and you don’t have that same worry of writing a huge long life story type blog post hanging over your head. I am talking about Twitter. Twitter can best be described as…
JuliannaSpam-fighting organization KnujOn, or “no junk” spelled backwards, has released a report on the top 10 registrars it has linked to spam and other illicit activity. Founded in 2005, the KnujOn project targets spam at its root by collecting spam samples from the public, not to build better filters or blacklists, but to terminate illicite…
Webnames.ca StaffAlexa.com tracks what we are all doing on the web. They rank websites globally based on hits. They also break it down by country. You can get an interesting snapshot of a country through their top 100 websites hit list. There is something deliciously voyeuristic in comparing and contrasting web viewing habits. Are we all like minded individuals…err…
JuliannaThe 5th annual Northern Voice non-profit personal blogging and social media conference is being held February 20-21, 2009 at UBC. This is Webnames.ca’s third time sponsoring the event, and we’re thrilled to be involved! Before you get too excited, I’m sad to report that the Saturday blogging conference is already sold out. If you are…
Cybele NegrisAs Chair of the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs e-series Program, I would like to congratulate the upcoming 2009 e-series class for being chosen. The FWE e-series Program is a unique set of entrepreneurial education sessions for women entrepreneurs of high growth, leveragable businesses. The mission of the e-series Program is to provide female entrepreneurs exposure…
Cybele NegrisThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has published their 2008 Annual Report. The report details ICANN’s achievements in 2008. Highlights include their three 2008 major initiatives: 1. Process for introducing new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to the Internet; 2. Introduction of internationalized domain names (IDNs); and 3. Extensive consultations on Improving Institutional…
Nick CaristinosAlthough not all of the sites that list the top 100 visited websites agree on the list of 100 they do when taken collectively give a pretty clear image of what people are looking for online. By reviewing the top 100 website lists at www.Alexa.com, www.Quantcast.com, and www.web100.com, one can gain a clearer picture of…
