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…
Garrett SaundryOnce again the holidays are here, and it’s hard not to think about anything but the sugar plumbs dancing in our head to the Hall and Oates rendition of the Jingle Bell Rock, or perhaps that’s just me. For many families, however, this season is not lighthearted, nevermind an unlimited feast of Grandma’s baking; instead…
John DemcoICANN Edges Forward On New gTLDs, .XXX – Meeting in Cartagena, Columbia, the ICANN Board made progress on a number of issues, but did not finalize the launches of either the new gTLD program or the .xxx domain. An extended meeting with the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) is planned. Concerning new gTLDs, the Board noted…
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…
John DemcoWorldwide Domain Name Registrations Surpass 200 Million – At the end of the third quarter of 2010 there were almost 202 million domain name registrations worldwide, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief published by VeriSign, representing a growth of 13.3 million or 7% year-over-year. Registrations from the ccTLDs stood at 79.2 million, a…
John DemcoU.S. Agency Seizes Domain Names – A unit of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has seized more than 70 domains “in one the broadest actions yet against companies the government suspects of selling counterfeit or pirated products.” .AU Registry Seeks Input On Domain Policies – auDA, the Australian domain name administrator, is seeking public…
Garrett SaundryWe would like to update you regarding this week’s postponement of the CIRA TBR. An ambiguity in the TBR submission rocess resulted in some registrars not being able to participate in yesterday’s release. As a result, and in keeping with CIRA‘s commitment to fair and equal access in the TBR process, yesterday’s TBR results have…
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…
John DemcoProgress Toward New gTLDs Continues – ICANN has published its proposed final Applicant Guidebook describing the process of applying for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). If the guidebook is approved at the next Board meeting in Cartagena, Columbia in December, ICANN could be in a position to begin receiving new TLD applications by the end…
Garrett SaundryThe upcoming TBR is a big one, in fact it is the biggest one ever! Below is a sample of some of the amazing .CA domains on this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. There are approximately 25,000 domains scheduled to be released on Wednesday, November 17 – that’s about 23,000 more domains than a…
John DemcoDomain Name Industry Report Published By Nominet – Nominet has published its fourth annual Domain Name Industry Report. Among its findings: the global domain name market has grown by 6%, .uk registrations have grown by 11.5%, 80% of UK consumers prefer to use a .uk website over a .com website, .uk is now the second…
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.…
John DemcoICANN Aims for Q2 2011 Launch of New gTLD Program – At its meeting on October 28, the ICANN Board resolved (item #8) to direct staff to adopt a plan for the New gTLD Program which would result in a launch during Q2 of 2011. Under the working plan, the first applications for new gTLDs…
