John DemcoICANN Starts Consultation on Protecting Registrants – ICANN is seeking to increase protection for domain registrants through a consultation on its Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) and accreditation process. .COOP Registry Renews Agreement With ICANN – DotCoop, registry operator of the .coop top-level domain, has signed a ten year renewal of its agreement with ICANN.…
Steve SmithCraig Newmark is a new world order guy. For those of you who don’t follow his blog I encourage you to start. Last week Craig was interviewed by Charlie Rose; the discussion left an impression. He not only knows about the Web, but also knows how the democratization of the Web is now changing our culture…
JuliannaCircle ID published an article this week about the state of .eu, the European Union’s Top-Level Domain (TLD). A full year has passed since the sunrise and landrush periods, and the first wave of renewals has come and gone. So what does the .eu look like a year later? In one word – underwhelming. A…
JuliannaLast month we asked the question “Is Business.com worth $400 million dollars?” Today I can tell you the answer – almost! The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that a deal has been made to sell the web-based business directory, and domain, for between $340 and $360 million dollars. The Web’s original high-price domain…
JuliannaLately you can’t go online without seeing another social network, so why not do your part and create your own! Seriously though, while it’s hard to keep track of every new social network on the block, if you already belong to a community or market, a social network may be the communications tool you’re looking…
JuliannaFrom the name you might guess that HorsePigCow is a blog about livestock, but it’s actually the blog of community marketing specialist Tara Hunt. A Canadian transplant in San Francisco, Hunt is one half of Citizen Agency a consultancy that specializes in developing community-centric strategies around product research, design, development and marketing.” Community is definitely…
John Demco.TRAVEL Founder Steps Down – Ron Andruff, founder of the .travel domain and President of Triallance Corporation, the operator of the .travel domain registry, has stepped down. According to an article in Breaking Travel News, Andruff indicated that “his decision was due to a combination of conflicting ideas with Tralliance management about the future of…
JuliannaIs the focus of your business your customers? Long time customer advocate Becky Carrol thinks it should be – enough to start a business and a blog around it. Carrol’s Customers Rock blog is a great resource for anyone looking to take a more strategic role in their marketing by putting customers first. She recently…
JuliannaPay-per-click (PPC) advertising, particularly Google Adwords, is a bit of a black art. If you know what you are doing it works well, if you don’t it can feel like you’re throwing your money away. Luckily Canada’s own Internet Marketing insider One Degree has a great post on how to increase your pay-per-click quality score.…
John DemcoVeriSign Restates Financials, Announces Resignation of CFO – VeriSign has announced a restatement of its financial statements going back to 2002 as a result of a review of the company’s historical stock option grant practices. Also announced was the resignation of Dana Evan as Chief Financial Officer. Stratton Sclavos had resigned as CEO in May.…
One of the things I’ve noticed in the three months I’ve been at Webnames.ca is the commitment to resolving issues. I’ve worked at several call centers, and all of them have been large scale operations. The first call center I worked at had contracts with companies such as Microsoft, Amazon.com and MCI to name a…
JuliannaAnswering your questions about Webnames.ca Products and Services How to Register an Expiring .CA Domain Name Building out your domain name portfolio? Looking for a great domain name, but finding your top picks already registered? Did you know you can preview and preregister expiring .CA domain names? When a .CA domain name is not renewed…
JuliannaDigital Certificates – also known as SSL Certificates – are increasingly becoming ‘de rigueur’ for all manners of websites, especially business websites where financial transactions transpire. Essentially, a ‘Digital Cert’ is an ID document or ‘signature’ that is attached to electronic messages and/or files to provide enhanced security. This signature contains information about the certificate…
JuliannaThe World Wide Web is leveling the playing field for many small businesses. There are many free online resources that allow your small business to test the kinds of e-business concepts and strategies that Big Business has been using for years. Check out the following tools to convert your documents into PDFs, fine-tune your customer…
JuliannaWebsites devoted to business matters are seemingly endless on the Net. Most are mediocre and many are downright disappointing once you poke around a little bit. No stringent criteria was applied while compiling this resource list, rather these are websites that we use ourselves, have been recommended to us by colleagues and customers, and where…
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