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…
John DemcoICANN Meets This Week In Nairobi, Kenya – ICANN meetings in Nairobi, Kenya are taking place through Friday, March 12. Two of the main topics are: the status of the new gTLD process including the Expressions of Interest proposal, and consideration of the recent finding against ICANN concerning its 2007 rejection of the .XXX domain…
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)…
JuliannaBelow are my “top picks” from this week’s CIRA’s to-be-released domains list. This week’s list contains lot’s of natural words and 3-letter domains. The “top picks” list is published within days of when CIRA releases its list of to-be-released domains. More domains are added to the TBR each day until the date of release. Remember…
Garrett SaundryWith all the restrictions CNNIC has now imposed on .CN Domains, why not explore a TLD that provides security and stability – .ASIA. 1. Although CNNIC has opened registrations again for international registrars, there is a heavy burden of documentation required from the registrant to submit a .CN registration request. With all this manual work, registrants should explore using .ASIA domains…
Cybele NegrisWebnames.ca is proud to promote the BCTIA Technology Impact Awards taking place June 8, 2010 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Over 700 senior representatives of the technology and business community will attend this event to recognize the best of BC’s technology community. The Technology Impact Awards is an annual program created to celebrate the successes of BC’s…
Cybele NegrisNow that Canada has shown the world what we are capable of and we have all experienced the Olympics together and feeling that overwhelming sense of Canadian pride, here’s a contest for you to showcase your “online Canadian-ness.” No, you won’t win gold but the prizes are pretty good: 1. Grand prize wins a MacBook…
John DemcoCIRA Asks Canadians To Showusyour.ca – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has announced a contest asking Canadians to send in videos to show off their .ca websites. Videos must be submitted by March 15, and public voting on videos begins March 19. .UK Registry Members Vote For Governance Changes – Members of the .uk…
JuliannaVerisign – the registry provider for .COM and .NET – has released its final Domain Industry Brief for 2009. The VeriSign quarterly reports provide a review of the state of the domain name industry, including up-to-date trends in new registrations, renewals, and growth opportunities, through a variety of statistical and analytical research. Summary of Key Trends…
JuliannaBelow are my “top picks” from this week’s CIRA’s to-be-released domains list. This week’s list is another big one. Our “top picks” list is published within two days of when CIRA releases its list of to-be-released domains. More domains will be added to the TBR each day until the date of release. Remember to check the…
Cybele NegrisAs a part of our core values we are constantly trying to improve and strive for excellence. So when I heard about the new employee training program established by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, I applied right away. Essentially, the Workplace Training for Innovation Pilot Program is designed to help BC…
John DemcoReview Panel Finds Against ICANN Board In .XXX Decision – An Independent Review Panel (IRP) has concluded that in rejecting ICM Registry’s 2004 application for a .XXX top-level domain, the ICANN Board’s decision “was not consistent with the application of neutral, objective and fair documented policy.” The Panel also concluded that its rulings are not…
Webnames.ca StaffI read an interesting article on the recent ICANN report about how most WhoIs records contain bad data. TheRegister.co.uk article “77% of domain registrations stuffed with rubbish” published on February 17, 2010 by Kieran McCarthy, got me thinking. Most domain registrars offer Domain Privacy services (we do) that mask your data in WhoIs records. If…
JuliannaTelnic, the organization behind the award-winning .tel domain, today announced that Google AdSense will be supported in .tel names by the end of March 2010. Google AdSense is a free program that enables website publishers of all sizes to display relevant Google ads and earn additional revenue. Because .tel names store information directly in the…
Cybele NegrisI don’t know of a single blogger who doesn’t want to improve their search engine optimization and page rank. The truth is that there is always something you can do! Here are 10 tips for boosting SEO – and all of them are straight forward things you can implement yourself. Start with writing great content that is…
