JuliannaMy colleague Lindsay has referenced Tara Hunt’s great blog HorsePigCow on Webnames Blog before. We like the way she thinks about things like customers, marketing and the Web. Tara specializes in ‘community marketing’ which she describes as not “community building, but rather, delighting and enchanting those people already part of your community – through product,…
I’ve heard a few horror stories before, people had called up another registrar to check the availability of a domain name only to have the registrar take the name and try to sell it back to the person who was inquiring in good faith for a premium. Illegal? Not according to ICANN. Unethical? You betcha. …
John DemcoICANN Makes Case for More Autonomy – In making its submission in response to the midterm review of the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between ICANN and the U.S. Department of Commerce, ICANN has made the case that it is meeting its responsibilities under the JPA and that the JPA should be concluded. This would represent…
JuliannaHooray! Webnames.ca is pleased to announce our sponsorship of Northern Voice 2008, Canada’s two day personal blogging and social media conference taking place in Vancouver on February 22-23. What’s more, the event just got better with a new workshop aimed at ‘aspiring geeks’. Announced on Wednesday, Northern Voice’s “Internet Bootcamp” will take place alongside Friday’s…
Garrett SaundryThe following is an excerpt from an article that appeared in the Boston Globe on 18 Dec 2007: Two special education students at the controversial Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Canton were wrongfully delivered dozens of punishing electrical shocks in August based on a prank phone call from a former student posing as a supervisor,…
Nick CaristinosIt’s is that time of year again. Many of us have made resolutions, some of which we’ll stick to and some, well, let’s just say began with the best of intentions. In the spirit of starting fresh, I have compiled a list of 5 domain related resolutions you or your business can follow to help…
Worldwide Domain Registrations Top 146 Million – VeriSign’s quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief indicates that the global number of domain registrations has topped 146 million, representing a 31% annual increase. The largest TLDs are .com, .de, .net, .cn, .uk, and .org. The Chinese TLD .cn has surpassed .uk to become the second largest ccTLD. The…
Cybele Negris2007 was another amazing year at Webnames.ca. We had many milestones. We celebrated the 20th anniversary of the .CA domain extension which was founded by our own John Demco, we achieved three new service launches, grew our services, attained record breaking service standards achieved by our customer support department and still found time for much…
Garrett SaundryOften times people think that if they register a domain and put a web site up, they will automatically appear on the first page of any search engine results. This, unfortunately, is not true. There is quite a bit of work that goes into making your domain appear at the top of search engine lists,…
JuliannaSetting pricing is tricky – what is your product or service worth, how much is too much and how can you entice customers to buy what you are selling? While you may never figure out if your price structure is exactly right, there are a few things you can do to encourage customers to buy…
JuliannaThe other day a colleague in Webnames.ca Customer Support took a phone call from an individual enquiring about a tire change. After explaining that Webnames.ca was a domain registrar, the caller seemed confused and quickly ended the phone call. My colleague then related the story to the rest of the group. A short time later,…
John DemcoTrade Organization Proposed to Tackle Cybersquatting – Technology law expert John Mackenzie of the firm Pinsent Masons has called on businesses to create a trade organization to police the cybersquatting industry. Former Microsoft Domain Manager Charged With Fraud – The manager of Microsoft’s domain name registrations between 2000 and 2004 has been indicted on allegations…
Garrett SaundrySpam! We all know it, and we all hate it. Some start out offering miracle cures for baldness, weight loss or magic pills for any other ailment you can think of. Others are from famous lawyers in another country, who would like to introduce you to one of their clients, most of the time disgraced…
Dell Files Cybersquatting Lawsuit – Dell Inc. is taking a number of domain registrars and companies to court for a combination of typosquatting and domain tasting. Alledgedly the companies were registering and profiting from domain names that were confusingly similar to Dell trademarks, dropping many of them as the five-day registration grace periods were to…
JuliannaWebnames.ca Director John Demco and Chief Operating Officer Cybele Negris are both featured in December’s BC Business Magazine. Check out Master of Your Domain, a feature length article on Demco that examines Canada’s coming of age as an Internet nation and the role John played in getting us there. Cybele is spotlighted as December’s Who-What-Wear…
