JuliannaRecent reports indicate that China has surpassed the United States in Internet use. The Pew Internet and American Life project estimated the number of American Internet users to be between 165 and 210 million for July 2007. According to internal research by Charles Zhang, CEO of Sohu.com (the website ranks among the top 5 trafficked sites…
JuliannaWebnames.ca Director John Demco was recently featured in the Canadian version of Coscto Connection, Costco’s monthly magazine. Featured in “Members Connection,” the short article speaks to the founding of the .CA domain and Demco’s foresight in preserving a unique online identity for all Canadians. “Nobody predicted the World Wide Web; it’s hard to know if…
It was only a matter of time, but today Google announced the launch of OpenSocial, it’s foray into social networking. According to the site “OpenSocial provides a common set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create apps that access a social network’s friends and update feeds.”…
The Globe and Mail published an interesting article this about the Whois and whether or not it should be scrapped. ICANN Members are set to vote on whether or not to scrap the Whois today at the organization’s meeting in Los Angeles. What is the Whois you ask? It is a group of databases that…
John DemcoICANN Meets This Week In Los Angeles – ICANN is holding meetings in Los Angeles until Friday, November 2. A website provides updated information, and many events are being webcast. Among the topics to be addressed are: an open meeting of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) including a presentation on “domain name…
Cybele NegrisAs COO of Webnames.ca, board member of the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and a former President of Wired Woman, I attend a lot of business and networking events. I have met a lot of successful entrepreneurs, executives of large corporations and owners of startup companies alike. One question that I get asked more than any other is…
JuliannaWhile reading Seth Godin’s blog, I came across one of the best examples of customer service that I have seen in awhile. Zappos is a US company, that sells shoes and handbags online. A customer had such an extraordinary experience with the company, she wrote about it on her blog, in an post titled “I…
This week the Internet and ICANN took a big step forward by launching 11 test sites in languages that don’t use the Roman alphabet ( eg. the 26 letters used in English and most European languages). ICANN aka the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is a privately held, non-profit organization which reports to the U.S. Department…
John DemcoICANN Launches Internationalized Top-Level Domain Evaluation – ICANN is launching an evaluation of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) as top-level domain names. The root zone is being augmented with 11 versions of the TLD name .test, and as of October 15 wiki pages will be available with the domain name example.test in Arabic, Persian, Chinese (simplified…
JuliannaRecently we talked about guiding your customers through your web site, and using actionable links to generate greater clickthroughs. The inspiration for that post came from Copyblogger, and they have followed it up with another great article I wanted to bring to your attention – using persuasive writing techniques to create better copy. This is…
John DemcoFast-Tracking of Internationalized ccTLD Names To Be Explored – ICANN’s Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) is soliciting input from ccTLD managers on the topic of fast-tracking the implementation of some ccTLD Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). According to the document: “It became clear that the development of the required policy for IDN ccTLDs to resolve…
JuliannaConference calls can be very expensive, and regular video or web conferencing reaches well beyond the budget of most small businesses. That’s where Skype comes in – a VOIP service (Voice Over IP), Skype lets you make phone calls to anywhere in the world over your internet connection – for free! Yes, I mentioned the…
JuliannaThe Ontario Tories have created mock website of Dalton McGuinty’s website (www.daltonmcguinty.ca) that bears a striking resemblance to the Premier’s own website (www.dalton.ca) – err, minus the giant “NOT THE REAL THING” stamp on the homepage. The menu and website copy is laid out identically to that of the Dalton site, however as you might imagine it…
John DemcoICANN Nominating Committee Announces Selections – ICANN’s Nominating Committee has announced its selection of new members of the ICANN Board of Directors, the GNSO Council, the At-Large Advisory Committee, and the ccNSO Council. Appointed to the Board were Harald Tveit Alvestrand, Dennis Jennings, and Jean-Jacques Subrenat. Picks To Click Criticism and defence of the .name…
As a university student, I had a motto for saving money – free = good. Whether it was free miso soup at my favourite sushi place, or free samples from the cosmetics counter, this unspoken rule worked well for a student trying to maximize her budget. Years on I still think free = good, and…
