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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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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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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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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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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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You’ve got your dot tel. So now what do you do with it?

Webnames.ca Staff — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:02:46 +0000

Congrats – you are a pioneer. It’s going to be a little lonely in the wilderness for the first few weeks but as the old saying goes “if you build it, they will come”. First, you need to put some data in your profile – phone number, web address, facebook link etc. Secondly, start giving…

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.TEL General Registration opens tomorrow

Webnames.ca Staff — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:46:12 +0000

Now that the .TEL Landrush period is drawing to a close, we are looking ahead to tomorrow’s opening of General Registration at 7:00am PST. Prebooking for General Registration has been fast and furious today. Still there are many good names still available, especially personal or business names. Prebooking now will ensure a first crack at securing…

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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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.TEL Landrush Gains Momentum – Great Names Still Up for Grabs

Julianna — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:23:59 +0000

.TEL launched this week and is continuing to build momentum. Landrush presents the first chance for the public to register .TEL domain names in real time. Tens of thousands of pre-booked names were submitted by over 100 registrars worldwide at 7:00 AM PST on Tuesday, February 3rd. Landrush registration fees range between $375 to $500 USD for a…

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2008 – Webnames.ca Year in Review

Webnames.ca Staff — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:33:00 +0000

2008 was another action-packed year at Webnames.ca. The main focus this year was on launching new products and services, in addition to celebrating our founding product: .CA domain names. We continued to grow our services, attained record breaking service standards achieved by our customer support department and still found time for much community involvement. Our…

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.TEL Sunrise Period set to launch tomorrow, December 3, 2008

Webnames.ca Staff — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:14:30 +0000

.TEL Sunrise is set to launch tomorrow morning at 7:00am PST. The Sunrise period provides trademark holders an opportunity to protect their trademarks. A few notes about Sunrise: Trademark application date must be prior to May 30, 2008. Trademark registration date must be prior to December 3, 2008. Applications are considered on a world-wide basis, independently…

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The Debate About Cybersquatting and dot-TEL

Julianna — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:21:45 +0000

The Register.co.uk published an article last week about how dot-tel will be unattractive to cybersquatters because it does not host websites, only contact information that will be sent to Internet-enabled devices. Cyberquatters make money by placing pay-per-click advertisements on web pages that are set up on domain names which visitors assume belong to a legitimate organization.…

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dot-TEL Takes Off in the News Media

Cybele Negris — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:27:35 +0000

You say you haven’t heard about dot-TEL yet! I’m suprised. Webnames.ca has been inundated by media wanting to hear more about what dot-TEL is all about. John Demco, co-founder of Webnames.ca and founder of .CA for Canada has been across the country in recent weeks at the request of media to speak about dot-TEL. He’s…

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Trademark Leaders Learn about .TEL at IPIC

Garrett Saundry — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:54:22 +0000

Webnames.ca President, Stephen Smith spoke yesterday to members of the Domain Names & Trademarks on the Internet Committee as an invited speaker at the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada conference in Toronto. Mr Smith spoke to members of the committee for an hour about .TEL and it’s importance to trademark holders including the rules and…

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“Connect Me” Technology – Join the .tel Revolution

Webnames.ca Staff — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:52:00 +0000

Using .tel is like having your own personal switchboard operator. “Miss Havisham – connect me with a camel place in Cairo.” What if you are actually in Cairo (and your partner has frowned on you bringing Miss Havisham) – you enter camels.tel into your iPhone. You choose Cairo from the list of cities that appear. …

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10 Reasons Not to Get Yourself a .TEL

Amy Elderkin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:27:26 +0000

Don’t get us wrong, we love .TEL. But we concede that it might not be for everyone. Here’s our Webnames.ca top ten list of who doesn’t need a .TEL domain name: 1. You don’t have e-mail More of a lifestyle symptom than a reason, but if you’ve managed to make it this far without e-mail, you likely have…

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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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