Garrett SaundryBCNET’s 8th annual conference is being held next week, April 22 and 23, at SFU’s Harbour Centre in Vancouver. The conference is considered Western Canada’s premier technology event for research and higher education. Webnames.ca is proud to be involved as a Bronze sponsor. BCNET is a not-for-profit society formed to provide high-speed optical network capabilities, often called…
John Demco.CA Domain Surpasses One Million Registrations – The .ca domain surpassed one million active registrations on April 11. Subsequently the number as posted on the CIRA website has fallen slightly below the one million mark, due to normal domain expiries which may often exceed new registrations on weekends. The number is expected to surpass and…
John DemcoICANN Approves Changes to .INFO and .BIZ Registry Agreements – The ICANN Board has approved requests from NeuStar and Afilias, operators of the .biz and .info registries respectively, intended to curb domain tasting. The changes limit the number of deletions during the five-day Add Grace Period (AGP) that a registrar can execute and receive a…
JuliannaAn Internet milestone for Canada is fast approaching. Sometime this April, we’re expected to reach one million .CA domain registrations. To mark the occasion, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) asked Canadians to share stories about how they are using .CA domain names to connect and communicate online. The best entries have been profiled at…
John Demco.COM and .NET Registry Fees To Increase – VeriSign has announced that as of October 1, the registry fee for .com domain names will increase from $USD 6.42 to $6.86, an increase of 7%. Also, the fee for .net domain names will increase from $3.85 to $4.23, an increase of 10%. Individual registrars will decide…
Webnames.ca Staff.Asia launched general registration yesterday, March 26, 2008. .Asia domains are now available on a first-come, first-serve basis. The DotAsia registry has announced a contest to generate interest in the auctions that are beginning in early April and continuing through June. The public will be able to guess which domains receive the highest bids. Contest…
John Demco.CA Registry Launches One Million Domain Countdown – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has launched a campaign to celebrate the registration of one million dot-ca domain names, with the milestone expected in April. The campaign website onemilliondomains.ca features dot-ca facts, a trivia challenge, and profiles on a number of dot-ca sites. .XXX Domain Proponent…
Garrett SaundryYou’ve been thinking about starting a blog for yourself or your business, but haven’t really done anything about it. You may have either thought that it was something overly complicated or you have just never set aside a block of time to sit down and get organized. Well good news, it’s neither difficult or very time consuming,…
John DemcoMore Than 500,000 Applications At Close of .ASIA Landrush – The .asia Landrush period ended on March 13. The total number of domain applications was 505,838, including applications received during Landrush and the earlier Sunrise and Pioneer periods. During Sunrise and Landrush, 46,748 domains received more than one application and will go to auction. The…
Garrett SaundryWith the impending launch of another TLD in .ASIA, it gets me thinking what is a domain worth? Although your answer of “Well whatever somebody is willing to pay for it silly!” is technically correct, but not altogether right. Domains are like land here in Vancouver. There is a finite amount and it seems like everybody wants some…
John DemcoWorldwide Domain Registrations Climb To More Than 153 Million In 2007 – According to VeriSign’s quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief, at the close of 2007 there were more than 153 million domain name registrations worldwide, a 27% annual increase. The number of .com and .net domain names surpassed 80 million, a 24% increase; and ccTLD…
Garrett SaundryDon’t wait until the last minute to submit your .ASIA domains. Landrush closes on March 12 (check out the cool countdown ticker on the right). They’ve come up with a new and novel way of registering conflicting domains. Domains that have more than one person that try to register them automatically go to auction. It’s up…
Garrett SaundrySmall Business BC is a non profit organization funded by Western Economic Diversification Canada and the Ministry of Small Business and Revenue. It delivers services and government programs throughout BC. Entrepreneurs can access services and information such as start up and requirements, government acts and regulations as well as business planning services, consultation, business seminars…
John DemcoNetwork Solutions Sued Over Domain Front Running – A class action lawsuit has been filed against Network Solutions for domain front running. ICANN is also named in the suit filed by Kabateck Brown Kellner, LLP. According to the law firm’s press release: “Whenever someone searches for the availability of a domain name through Network Solutions’…
Garrett SaundryThere has been quite a bit of fallout since it first came to light in December that Network Solutions had started the practice of front running domains under the pretenses that it was reserving the domain name you searched for in order to protect you from somebody else registering it. That’s a lot of rubbish if…
