John DemcoThe meetings of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) are taking place this week, June 21 – 26, 2009, in Sydney, Australia. As usual, there is a very diverse collection of participants and topics. Of particular interest is the prospect of the creation of a large number of new generic top-level domains…
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Nick CaristinosEveryday we read new headlines about the financial crisis: companies filing for bankruptcy, high unemployment rates and cut backs on all the extras in life so it comes as no surprise that when looking for places to cut costs domain names can sometimes be on the list of potential cut backs. The question you need…
Last night, our business development manager, Robbie Dakin, attended a very inspiring event: the FWE e-series 2009 Graduation. He had the chance to network with these incredibly hardworking women and discover the unique products that they have created and brought to market. The Forum of Women Entrepreneur’s e-series is a six-month training program for…
Cybele NegrisAs sponsor of the 2009 New Ventures BC Competition, Webnames.ca would like to congratulate all the companies short-listed to Round 3. The 30 companies were whittled down from 172 after judges reviewed a five-page submission from each company. Round 3 companies will receive team mentors, specialized workshops and 2 chances to present to a panel…
Garrett SaundryBuild out your domain portfolio or snag a great domain for your business, blog or website! Here are our top picks from CIRA’s weekly To-Be-Released dot-CA domains. Our favourite names are in bold. These domains are available for pre-booking now at Webnames.ca, and will be released by CIRA on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. 2010vancouvercanada.ca3someparty.ca affilate.ca…
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…
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John DemcoCIRA To Conduct WHOIS Consultation – CIRA will conduct a public consultation on its WHOIS disclosure policy, launched last year. The policy restricts personal information about individual .ca domain registrants, and was designed “to achieve balance between protecting the privacy of individual Registrants and providing timely mechanisms for legitimate information requests”. Worldwide Domain Name Count…
Webnames.ca StaffThe survey is over and the results are in! From the stats it appears that most of you choose us for our reputation. The comments paint an even clearer picture that you also like us because we are Canadian. We are already pretty popular with our neighbours to the south and our kindred Commonwealth countries…
Garrett SaundryBuild out your domain portfolio or snag a great domain for your business, blog or website! Here are our top picks from CIRA’s weekly To-Be-Released dot-CA domains. Our favourite names are in bold. These domains are available for pre-booking now at Webnames.ca, and will be released by CIRA on Wednesday, June 10, 2009. 7-up.caadvocado.cabazooti.cabobbie.cabodpod.cabonehammer.cacamera-obscura.cacanadiangambler.cacasinoclub.cacasinointernet.cacrackbook.cacuddycabin.cadeuces.cadogfart.cadoppelganger.cadoughheads.cadyme.ca electrode.ca ezipp.ca faresforless.ca gambling-poker.ca gambling-site.ca gambling-sports.ca gamecentral.ca getme.ca glues.ca glum.ca gmusic.ca gogreenpower.ca googleautos.ca greenalicious.ca greenhouseorganic.ca hotdiamondsonline.caimpish.caiphone-canada.cakab.cakoddo.canetwits.caonzo.caosmosis.capilatesinthepark.capimpmytshirt.caroaming.catawdry.caubercool.cavodou.cawearerock.cayogafusion.cayukulele.ca To…
John DemcoICANN Board Approves Changes To Registrar Contract – The ICANN Board has approved a set of 17 amendments to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), the contract ICANN has with each accredited Registrar. According to ICANN: “The changes update the RAA, which was last amended in 2001, to adapt to the modern domain name market. The…
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John DemcoNominet Consults on Domain Industry Self-Regulation – Nominet, the registry for the .uk domain, is running a consultation and holding a series of open meetings on “potential changes to the self-regulation model of the domain name industry in the UK.” The consultation follows a recent independent governance review which concluded that public intervention and external…
