Canadian domainers celebrate 25th anniversary of .ca
It was 1987 when .ca – the ccTLD for Canada – was allocated by one of the godfathers of the Internet, Jon Postel. The first .ca domain was registered by the University of Prince Edward Island in January 1988. That’s right, the first Canadian domain was not sex.ca or anything generic for that matter. Happy […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Frank Schilling’s ‘Seven Mile’ blog gets a makeover
These days, uber-domainer Frank Schilling, isn’t just investing quietly in the sidelines. The Canadian transplant to the Caymans is busy revamping his domainer and blogger image as well. Some recent changes at his popular blog, SevenMile.com, were well-perceived by the domain community, as expected. “Visitors were tired of seeing me in my wet cargo pants, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Genevieve Sabourin: Dot com squatted by “celebrity guru!”
Three days ago we wrote about how long it’d take before the dot com of a celebrity stalker would be squatted upon. Sure enough, GenevieveSabourin.com is now registered, according to DomainTools. The registrant is Ari Admani & Co. Ari Admani is a “music and fashion guru” – at least according to his fiancee. According to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Canadian University study finds clean hands result in good domains
The University of Toronto has published the results of a study its Internet & Social Media department conducted between March 2008 and March 2012. Sampling the daily behavior of 150 Canadian domainers, the study determined that those domainers who chose to follow strict sanitary rules ended up registering 75% better domain names. “It’s incredible what […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Game Over: Bill Kara brings global awareness to Turkish crimes using established domains
Bill Kara – the founder of HallPass.com which he sold to Mindjolt in April – isn’t all about games. The Canadian developer and domain investor is mostly known for his acquisition and development of gaming domains, including CookingGames.com for $350,000 and the HallPass online conglomerate. Bill’s Greek heritage brings him close to the history and […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.100 Years of Flight: Canadian federal website displayed porn
According to an article: “A federal government website that promoted Canada’s 100th anniversary of flight is now advertising U.S. and Turkish prostitutes after Transport Canada let its ownership of the domain name lapse.” Apparently, the domain lapsed and someone parked it at Sedo with an adult template! Since the initial outrage, they are now promoting […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MotherBoardNews.com – Cole Mason’s virtual baby hits it big
What’s a motherboard? In the old days of complicated computer hardware, the primary – hence, mother – board contained in a computer was named the “motherboard”. Back in the day, several other boards sat atop the motherboard but those days are long gone. These days, motherboards come in a variety of shapes, features and can […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DNForum.ca opens its gates to all Canadians eh!
Adam Dicker, owner of DNForum.com announced today the opening of DNForum.ca – a separate but familiar-looking domain community about Canadian domains: “It is a free forum to post and read and users can upgrade to gold for added benefits. All current dnforum members will be set to gold right away without cost, please email me […]
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