IDN Archives - Webnames Blog Domains, Hosting, SSL and Ideas for businesses to succeed online Sat, 06 Jul 2019 00:02:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 Internationalized Domain Names Are Here! – What Does It Mean? https://blog.webnames.ca/the-advantages-of-a-ca-interna/ Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:39:48 +0000 http://blog.webnames.ca/2013/01/the-advantages-of-a-ca-interna/ You may have heard some buzz about International Domain Names (IDNs) over the past couple of months, but aren’t sure what that means or how it applies to you. Here are some answers to the questions you may have. Just this month, Webnames.ca opened up registrations for International Domain Names (IDNs). This means a lot…

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]]> Happy Holidays! 2012 Year in Review at Webnames.ca https://blog.webnames.ca/happy-holidays-2012-year-in-re/ Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:43:49 +0000 http://blog.webnames.ca/2012/12/happy-holidays-2012-year-in-re/ Another Great Year at Webnames.ca in 2012 A message from our President: Webnames.ca had another extremely productive year with key product launches and upgrades. We continue to live our core values to “amaze every customer with exceptional service”, maintaining an average under one minute response time in our contact centre. We continue to be very…

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]]> Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) – What you need to know https://blog.webnames.ca/international-domain-names-w/ Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:30:55 +0000 http://blog.webnames.ca/2012/12/international-domain-names---w/ Webnames.ca would like to announce that on January 13, 2013, we will start offering the ability to register Internationalized Domain Names (IDN). In short, .CA holders will be able to use characters that are outside American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) or the English Alphabet. In Canada’s case, CIRA will be implementing the use…

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]]> First Internationalized Domain Applications Pass Critical Stage https://blog.webnames.ca/today-icann-approved-the-first/ Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:22:13 +0000 http://blog.webnames.ca/2010/01/today-icann-approved-the-first/ ICANN has approved the first four internationalized top-level domain names (IDNs) for Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. In a statement released yesterday, ICANN president and CEO Rod Beckstrom called it “a pivotal moment in the history of Internet domain names.” Why exactly is the support of internationalized top-level domain names so significant? For starters, the exclusivity…

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