search engine optimization Archives - Webnames Blog Domains, Hosting, SSL and Ideas for businesses to succeed online Tue, 02 Nov 2021 20:26:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Dropped Domains: The SEO Impact They Can Have And Where To Find Them https://blog.webnames.ca/dropped-domains-the-seo-impact-they-can-have-and-where-to-find-them/ Thu, 13 May 2021 18:23:00 +0000 https://blog.webnames.ca/?p=19734

Thousands of domains drop every week. Some owners don’t want their domains anymore, some forget to renew them, heck, some businesses close and renewing their domain is the last thing on their mind.  But what a lot of website owners don’t know is the actual value a domain can have beyond just being an address…

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]]> How To Increase Organic Traffic To A Small Business Website https://blog.webnames.ca/how-to-increase-organic-traffic-to-a-small-business-website/ Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:14:30 +0000 https://blog.webnames.ca/?p=19460 Every website should have SEO baked into its overall marketing strategy to promote growth. It’s a necessary evil when it comes to generating new clients from search engines. Here are a few SEO tips to increase organic traffic to your small business website. Establish a topical keyword strategy Approach your keyword strategy from a topical…

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]]> Webnames.ca in the news: A new internet era: How gTLDs like .blog and .sex will work https://blog.webnames.ca/webnamesca-in-the-news-a-new-i/ Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:00:28 +0000 http://blog.webnames.ca/2013/01/webnamesca-in-the-news-a-new-i/ Webnames.ca President and Co-founder, Cybele Negris was featured on the new WestEnder in Vancouver, and she talks with Kelsey Klassen about new gTLDs and how they will revolutionize the Internet domain. The launch of the new gTLDs will be the biggest domain name landrush in the history of the Internet. As the launch date of…

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]]> Generic Domain Names – Why we love them and why you should too! https://blog.webnames.ca/generic-domain-names-why-we/ Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:12:52 +0000 http://blog.webnames.ca/2011/01/generic-domain-names---why-we/ 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…

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]]> SEO – some easy wins you can implement right now. https://blog.webnames.ca/seo-some-easy-wins-you-can-i/ Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:07:01 +0000 http://blog.webnames.ca/2010/11/seo---some-easy-wins-you-can-i/ We launched our Search Engine Optimization service last month and I wanted to give you a taste of what I learned from our (frankly) brilliant SEO consultants. There are some fast and easy things you can do that should garner you noticeable improvements in your search engine ranking. #1 quick win – The Title Tag.…

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]]> To Dot-CA or not to Dot-CA? Which Extension Has More SEO Clout for Canadian Businesses? https://blog.webnames.ca/to-dot-ca-or-not-to-dot-ca-seo-clout/ Mon, 10 May 2010 21:33:51 +0000 http://blog.webnames.ca/2010/05/to-dot-ca-or-not-to-dot-ca-whi/ We recently came across an article on CanuckSEO.com that measures the effectiveness of .CA  versus .COM for Canadian businesses and they kindly allowed us to republish it on Webnames.ca Blog. While it is no secret we are big proponents of .CA – Webnames.ca co-founder John Demco actually conceived of .CA in 1987 to identify Canadian…

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]]> 20 Days to Search Term Dominance – Booyah! https://blog.webnames.ca/20-days-to-search-term-dominan/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:05:44 +0000 http://blog.webnames.ca/2010/03/20-days-to-search-term-dominan/ 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 https://blog.webnames.ca/develop-high-pagerank-for-your-tel/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:26:04 +0000 http://blog.webnames.ca/2010/03/develop-high-pagerank-for-your-tel/ 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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]]> 10 Simple Tips for Optimizing your Blog on Search Engines https://blog.webnames.ca/10-simple-tips-for-optimizing/ Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:27:37 +0000 http://blog.webnames.ca/2010/02/10-simple-tips-for-optimizing/ I don’t know of a single blogger who doesn’t want to improve their search engine optimization and page rank. The truth is that there is always something you can do!  Here are 10 tips for boosting SEO – and all of them are straight forward things you can implement yourself. Start with writing great content that is…

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