JuliannaThe latest batch of TBR domains has been released. Below are my “top picks” scheduled for release on May 19th. There are tonnes of great names this week, so prebook early. We do our best to publish a weekly “top picks” listfter CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains (aka to-be-released or TBR…
JuliannaDo you love domain names? Do you have a portfolio of domains and want to learn more about domain opportunities including how to develop, monetize and resell your names? If you answered yes, you should not miss Targeted T.R.A.F.F.I.C. in Vancouver! [Breaking News: ticket price drop – more information below!] The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conferences are some…
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…
John DemcoFirst IDN ccTLDs Active – In an important step in the development of the Internet, the first non-Latin IDN ccTLDs were added to the root zone of the DNS on May 5. The three new ccTLDs are for: Egypt: مصر (Egypt), Saudi Arabia: السعودية (AlSaudiah), and United Arab Emirates: امارات (Emarat). Under a process approved…
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…
JuliannaBelow are my “top picks” from this week’s CIRA’s to-be-released domains list. These names will be released May 5th, 2010. We publish our “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains (aka to-be-released or TBR ). More domains are added to the TBR each day until the date…
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…
John DemcoFirst IDN Top-Level Domains Approved – The ICANN Board has approved the delegation of the first four IDN ccTLDs: рф (xn--p1ai, “R.F.”) representing the Russian Federation, السعودية (xn--mgberp4a5d4ar, “Al-Saudia”) representing Saudi Arabia, امارات (xn--mgbaam7a8h, “Emarat”) representing the United Arab Emirates, and مصر (xn--wgbh1c, “Misr”) representing Egypt. New Second-Level Domain Names Considered for Australia – auDA,…
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…
JuliannaBelow are my “top picks” from this week’s CIRA’s to-be-released domains list. The TBR for April 21 has tonnes of great names, so prebook early. We publish our “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains (aka to-be-released or TBR ). More domains are added to the TBR each…
An Illustrated Guide to Setting up AdSense for your .TEL If like many of us, you invested in a few .TEL names that you hope to sell one day, you might have been interested in Telnic’s announcement that from the beginning of April, they would be supporting Google AdSense. Google AdSense is the program that…
John DemcoSome domain name items from the past week: The .fr registry AFNIC has published a paper called “The Secondary Market in Domain Names”. The paper presents a clear description of concepts and issues in this rapidly growing area. CIRA has announced that ArtSchoolReviews.ca is the winner of CIRA’s ShowUsYour.CA video contest. Runners up were DringDring.ca…
Webnames.ca StaffI do a lot of research on the trends in Social Media and where its future may lay. Professional marketers bang on and on about how it is time consuming for companies to be involved in social media with no clear return on investment. Large and small businesses are jumping into social media for more…
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