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What is DNS?

Webnames.ca Staff — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:47:08 +0000

The Domain Name System (DNS) is defined by Wikipedia as: “a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities. Most prominently, it translates easily memorized domain names to the numerical IP…

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WordPress Website Highlight: www.christinetrischuk.com

Webnames.ca Staff — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:52:22 +0000

Webnames.ca launched a web design service with small business in mind last year called FastTrack. FastTrack web design service, provides a professional website, built quickly and affordably. This program has been a huge success and we wanted to highlight some of our FastTrack clients. The month, we dive into christinetrischuk.com. We asked Christine Trischuk a…

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WordPress Website Highlight: evolveexecutivecoaching.com

Webnames.ca Staff — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:04:37 +0000

Webnames.ca launched a web design service with small business in mind last year called FastTrack. FastTrack web design provides a professional website, built quickly and affordably. This program has been a huge success and we wanted to highlight some of our FastTrack clients. As Karin Wills from Evolve Executive Coaching says: “…The product was professional…the process…

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ICANN Approves New gTLD Program – A New Domain Landscape is on the Horizon

Garrett Saundry — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:29:35 +0000

New Domain Names are Coming in 2012 Part of the mandate of ICANN is to make the internet representative and inclusive. Over the last ten years they have tried to pick new top level domain names that would best serve the internet and this centralized process saw the introduction of new domain extensions such as…

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One Week Left until .TEL General Registration

Julianna — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:06:44 +0000

Many of you have already registered or pre-booked your .TEL domains. Others have heard by now that .TEL is different but are not sure their business needs another domain name. With .TEL General Registration on the horizon, we thought it was important to recap how .TEL is not your average domain. .TEL is not for…

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Exploiting the Location Record with .Tel – Foreclosures.Tel Anyone?

Webnames.ca Staff — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:49:35 +0000

Telnic the brains behind the .Tel domain name, is allowing end users to populate the NAPTR, TXT and LOC records of the DNS. The LOC record is particularly interesting. It was proposed in 1996 as an experimental protocol to get a visual track back of packets and ultimately lead you to the physical location of…

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A Snowball’s Chance for .TEL?

Amy Elderkin — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:53:53 +0000

.TEL – Another TLD is Set to Launch I’m not certain that domain fatigue is a recognized medical condition, but each time another domain extension is launched I get a new batch of e-mails and phone calls from friends and business acquaintances. For a few people, a new extension is an opportunity to pick up…

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.tel – More than Just Another Domain Extension

Nick Caristinos — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:47:26 +0000

When I first heard about the upcoming .tel domain extension, I had doubts about its timing and viability. My concerns stemmed from the fact that .Asia launched very recently, which left me thinking domain investors might be hesitant with .tel following so soon. I also worried the buzz around ICANN’s announcement of new generic top-level domain extensions next year could overshadow .tel in its…

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