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Some great new features now available for your .tel

Webnames.ca Staff — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:06:38 +0000

The people at Telnic have just added some really great new features to help you get the most out of your .tel domain.Google Analytics for .telAll .tel owners can now utilize their Google Analytics accounts to monitor visitors and clicks on their .tel domain! If you are not already using Google Analytics you should sign…

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Dot tel and the Dumbphone – DNS and SMS are heaven sent!

Webnames.ca Staff — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 01:02:16 +0000

I own an LG pay-as- you-go “dumbphone”. It has a qwerty keyboard that I love with a passion that should only be reserved for animate objects. I can’t get my pictures off my phone nor can I get on the web as it is pay-as-you-go. One thing I can do, is text the bus stop…

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Integrate .TEL into your Website using iFrames

Webnames.ca Staff — Sat, 22 May 2010 23:44:48 +0000

Since the release of .Tel last year, many people have asked “what can I do with my .Tel name”? There are many great ways you can use it, but here’s a new development that got me excited. Telnic recently released a string of code to easily integrate .Tel on your website using iFrames. An iFrame…

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Monetizing your .TEL Domain Name with Google AdSense

Amy Elderkin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:03:51 +0000

An Illustrated Guide to Setting up AdSense for your .TEL If like many of us, you invested in a few .TEL names that you hope to sell one day, you might have been interested in Telnic’s announcement that from the beginning of April, they would be supporting Google AdSense. Google AdSense is the program that…

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20 Days to Search Term Dominance – Booyah!

Webnames.ca Staff — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:05:44 +0000

On March 5th, Cybele published her secrets to high page rank for her dot tel. Given the incredible rank she achieved with Cybele.tel, I asked her to wave her magic wand at Webnames.tel as it was sow’s ear rather than a silk purse. On March 11th, she updated the information and enhanced the listings. Twenty…

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How to Develop High Page Rank on Google for your .TEL

Cybele Negris — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:26:04 +0000

With any new technology, people need proof of concept and to see real life examples working. I decided a few months ago to track what I was doing with my own .TEL updates for http://cybele.tel and see what effect they would have on how my rank in Google. My .TEL is now in 5th (see screenshot below)…

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Google AdSense Coming to .TEL in March 2010

Julianna — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:24:39 +0000

Telnic, the organization behind the award-winning .tel domain, today announced that Google AdSense will be supported in .tel names by the end of March 2010. Google AdSense is a free program that enables website publishers of all sizes to display relevant Google ads and earn additional revenue. Because .tel names store information directly in the…

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Webnames.ca .TEL Retail Card Program – A First for the Domain Industry

Julianna — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:02:45 +0000

Webnames.ca has collaborated with Telnic, the organization behind the award-winning .TEL name, to create the first-ever domain retail card so that .TEL names can be sold by brick and mortar retailers across North America. The new retail card lets customers purchase .TEL names, which act as a ‘live’ digital business card, from stores and shops.…

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Ho Ho Ho! – Fantastic Christmas themed .TEL’s Still Available

Webnames.ca Staff — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:05:35 +0000

Santa gave us the gift of .TEL last year … but there are still plenty of fantastic .TEL names left that you can register for yourself or for a loved one (or for someone who is kooky for Christmas). Scrooge.tel Tidings.tel Wassail.tel Yuletide.tel Eggnog.tel Candycane.tel Mince.tel Pumpkinpie.tel Sweetpotato.tel Mistletoe.tel Alleluia.tel Frankincence.tel Myrrh.tel Wisemen.tel Icicles.tel Tinsel.tel Sled.tel Sleigh.tel…

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Usin’ My .TEL in All the Right Places.

Webnames.ca Staff — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:03:16 +0000

There is a lot of hand wringing in the domainer community about when .tel will really take off. The future is now people. If not one other person ever purchased a .tel name, it would not matter. You have and it’s a fabulous utility. You just have to start using it. I have my personal .tel name…

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The Power of Networking – Tips from BIV’s Influential Women in Business Event

Cybele Negris — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:32:40 +0000

I was invited to speak at a really great event last week “Leadership Lessons from Influential Women in Business“. It was put on by Business in Vancouver, Professional Women’s Network, and Young Women in Business. The event was sold out! I was honoured to be part of a group of women that included Tamara Vrooman…

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Our .TEL Advert is on TV!

Webnames.ca Staff — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:49:24 +0000

We love dot tel and we want everyone to learn about it. To that end we made a short, 15 second commercial that is now airing on the Shaw TV Listings channel (2) in Vancouver. For those of you who don’t live in Vancouver or have chucked your TV because there is nothing on, (why…

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Telhosting just got better!

Webnames.ca Staff — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:50:48 +0000

Never ones to let the grass grow under their feet, Telnic have once again improved the Telhosting interface. On Thursday October 22nd they are releasing two new great features: Backup/Import and 255 character labels. I did a test of the Backup and Import and it worked really well. The backup file gets exported as an…

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Blackberry Storm Contest Winner Announced!

Julianna — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:37:27 +0000

Earlier in the month we randomly drew a winner in our .TEL -Blackberry Strom contest. Webnames.ca customer Nancy Hamilton is the recipient of a fancy new Blackberry Storm smartphone courtesy of our friends over at Telus. In fact, Nancy’s own .TEL is great example of how to use .TEL for business – check it out at…

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Dot Tel Names that are Cooler than You

Webnames.ca Staff — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:32:20 +0000

Sure – we can all get fergusjones.tel or maryp.tel and people will remember them but you might want to consider being unforgettable. Keep Fergus and Mary as your professional .tel name. For your personal name, you want to dazzle the person you are giving it do. Maryp.tel versus tornado.tel – there really is no competition.…

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More Great .Tel Videos

Webnames.ca Staff — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:56:27 +0000

We loved our dot tel 411 and Locksmith videos and now we have 3 more videos to love. Telregistrations.com is laying down the dot tel video gauntlet with these fantastic, animated advertisements. The videos illustrate the usefulness of a dot tel for everyone. The music is great as is the “Charlie Brown’s teacher” voiceovers. A co-worker…

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Upcoming Event – Vancouver Dot Tel October Meetup

Amy Elderkin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:20:54 +0000

Have you been following the .TEL story but still have questions? Perhaps you’ve already got your .TEL but want to learn how to integrate it into your Social Media and marketing strategies? Well if you’re based in Vancouver, why not come along to the first Dot Tel Meet Up meeting on Friday, October 9th? Webnames.ca…

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“We’re not the New Yorker” Caption Contest for .TEL Cartoon

Garrett Saundry — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:53:22 +0000

The amazing illustrator Scot Ritchie gave us a fantastic cartoon to use to advertise .tel to realtors. It shows one realtor with lots of information on his lawn sign and one realtor just using her .tel name on her sign. We are looking for clever captions to use in the advert and are hoping that…

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Great “Back to School” Flavoured .TEL names

Webnames.ca Staff — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:36:55 +0000

It’s “back to school” time again. But this year there is something new: .TEL. Only a dunce would pass up the opportunity to buy these great “back to school” inspired .TEL names. I can’t believe these are still available: Physed.telBleachers.telTeacherspet.telSemester.telBully.telWoodshop.telGymclass.telSpiral.telViceprincipal.telHazing.telMetalshop.telPledge.telKickball.telPopquiz.telClipboard.telFrosh.telOath.telLineup.telBookbag.telPrepschool.telFreshman.telRounders.telSocialstudies.telRushing.telHaze.tel Start the school year off right and begin to build a domain portfolio that will pay for…

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200,000 .Tel Domains Registered & Many More to Go!

Julianna — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:28:46 +0000

As of last week, .TEL reached 200,000 registrations. This milestone was achieved less than two months after general registration started on March 26. For a TLD that isn’t particularly easy to explain, or easy to grasp, .TEL is doing phenomenally well. The concept and potential utility of .TEL resonates with businesses and individuals more than other recently released…

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