John DemcoDNSSEC Deployed In .COM Domain – VeriSign has announced that as of March 31 the .com domain supports DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC). In 2010, VeriSign had rolled out DNSSEC in .net, .edu, and, in collaboration with ICANN and the U.S. Department of Commerce, the root zone. .XXX Contract Signed – ICANN and ICM signed the…
Webnames.ca StaffIf you’ve recently received an official looking letter from the ‘Domain Registry of Canada’, we urge you to proceed with caution. The “Domain Registry of Canada” is a company who has been in operation since 2001. The “Domain Registry of Canada” has no association with CIRA, or any government organization. They are also not related…
If you haven’t already heard or seen the video, GoDaddy is getting a lot of bad press right now because their CEO Bob Parsons shot an elephant and put the video up on the internet (warning: graphic if you haven’t seen it). This is interesting timing because yesterday during a management meeting we were talking…
Webnames.ca StaffBelow are our “top picks” from this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. The TBR for April 6th, 2011 has lots of great names, so pre-book your favourite .CA domains early. We publish a “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains. CIRA adds more domains to the…
Webnames.ca StaffMarch 24th, 2011 marked the 4th year for YVR Twestival, where Webnames.ca was a proud sponsor. What is Twestival? Here is a brief history from the Twestival official website: Twestival® (or Twitter Festival) uses social media for social good by connecting communities offline on a single day to highlight a great cause and have a…
Webnames.ca StaffMonitoring what people are saying about you or your business online is more important now than ever. Luckily, it’s also become easier than ever as more and more great Social Media monitoring tools are becoming available. There are many tools out there to choose from, but here are 5 free ones that you should be…
Webnames.ca StaffBelow are our “top picks” from this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. The TBR for March 30th, 2011 has lots of great names, so pre-book your favourite .CA domains early. We publish a “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains. CIRA adds more domains to the…
John DemcoICANN Approves .XXX Domain – Meeting in San Francisco on March 18, the ICANN Board of Directors formally approved ICM Registry’s application for the .xxx top-level domain, authorizing ICANN staff to execute the proposed registry agreement. The current application was submitted in 2004. It was turned down by the ICANN Board in 2007, and subsequently…
Webnames.ca StaffThe people at Telnic have just added some really great new features to help you get the most out of your .tel domain.Google Analytics for .telAll .tel owners can now utilize their Google Analytics accounts to monitor visitors and clicks on their .tel domain! If you are not already using Google Analytics you should sign…
Webnames.ca StaffBelow are our “top picks” from this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. The TBR for March 23rd, 2011 has lots of great names, so pre-book your favourite .CA domains early. We publish a “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains. CIRA adds more domains to the…
Cybele NegrisWebnames.ca is once again proud to sponsor the annual BCIC-New Ventures Competition. Now in its 11th year, the BCIC-New Ventures Competition is one of North America’s largest technology business idea competitions. The Competition attracts applicants from a wide range of industries including cleantech, digital media, Internet, information technology and life sciences. Entrepreneurs learn how to…
Garrett SaundryWebnames.ca is thrilled to launch our new hosting! We’ve re-tooled, re-vamped and re-jigged our platform and plans – and we’re sure you are going to love the result. Great news: We have feature rich hosting plans starting as low as $4.95/month. We also have the lowest start-up price for a complete plan – only $37.50!…
Webnames.ca StaffBelow are our “top picks” from this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. The TBR for March 16th, 2011 has lots of great names, so pre-book your favourite .CA domains early.We publish a “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains. CIRA adds more domains to the TBR…
We haven’t talked about group coupons in a while and I thought it would be nice if we did, as there are some interesting things happening in that industry. Many of us subscribe to many different deal sites: ethicaldeal.com, LivingSocial.com, Grooster.com etc. There are new entries in to the burgeoning Group Coupon industry all the…
John DemcoNew gTLD Differences Summarized – The ICANN Board Chairman has sent an email summarizing the Board’s response to the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) scorecard of issues concerning the new gTLD program. Each item is noted with one of these designations: 1A – Board position and GAC advice are consistent, 1B – positions are consistent in…
