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The Internet is Watching You!

The Internet is Watching You! That’s right! This Halloween, forget ghosts, vampires or zombies, because the real stalker out there is the actually the internet! In all seriousness, this blog post is about the benefits of web hosting your site in Canada, but I thought I’d wrap it in a Halloween theme. And yes, it’s…

Generic Domain Names – Why we love them and why you should too!

The talk around the office is that EVERYONE should be using generic domain names. What are they you ask? Generic domains are keyword based rather than brand based. Coke.com, Google.ca, Dell.com, CanadianTire.com – these are all brand domains.  Examples of generic domains would include halifaxpizza.ca, kelownadenturist.ca, petbeds.com and mobilephones.net. We keep saying that Google likes…

Geolocation and Domains Extensions – Is your airport code going to be the next big thing?

There is big buzz on the internet these days about Geolocation.  Wikipedia says: “Geolocation is the identification of the real-world geographic location of an object, such as a cell phone or an Internet-connected computer terminal. Geolocation may refer to the practice of assessing the location, or to the actual assessed location.” From an internet marketing…