Category - Domain Names

If you run a website for personal or business use, the most basic, fundamental task you need to do on a yearly basis is to ensure your domain name is renewed. To put it in simple terms, your website consists of two things: the actual content that...

Because there are millions of domains on the Internet, somehow, a record must be kept of who owns which sites and how to get ahold of them should you need to. Developed in the early 1970s, the WHOIS directory fulfills this purpose. When you register...

Choosing a domain name is something every individual or business who wants a web presence has to do. There are about 350 million registered domain names out there. How many of them have avoided the pitfalls? Does it matter what your domain name is...

We’ve all been there. You have the absolutely perfect domain name for the new site you want to build. You type it into your domain registrar of choice (we hope that’s CanSpace!) and see someone already owns it. Even worse, they haven’t built a...

Sometimes, you may find yourself in a situation where you want to redirect your domain to another URL. It could be that your web domain has changed, or that you’ve bought some extra domains that users frequently mistake for yours, so you can...

If you have a section of your website that exists sort of independently from the rest of your site, you may want to consider using a subdomain for this section to set it apart. A subdomain (like subdomain.yourdomain.com) is more closely affiliated...

For a very long time, websites really had only a couple of options when it came to domain extensions. The most popular, of course, was .com. Then there was .net. And if you were a non-profit, .org. For Canadians, .ca is predominant. As the years...

If you’re thinking about building a personal or business website, one of the first things you’ll have to decide is what domain name to use. Your domain name is the address at which people will find you on the Internet—it likely won’t make or break...

Our blog post “How to Register a .ca Domain and Why” recently showed you the exact steps of registering a Canadian domain, and why every Canadian business should turn to local extensions. Satisfied with the positive reactions, we turned...