Google gives HTTPS websites a boost
Google has announced that they have started using HTTPS as a ranking signal. It means that websites that use secure, encrypted connections (SSL) will get a boost in search results. … Continue Reading
New gTLDs – The way forward
Tucows President and CEO Elliot Noss talks to Antony Van Couvering about new gTLDs, trends, speculation, brand protection and Internet governance.
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Heartbleed and SSL Certificates
We have spoken to our technical support teams from all of our SSL vendors in regards to this issue and if your server runs the version of OpenSSL that is … Continue Reading
Mass Surveillance – The Day we Fight Back
Being able to conduct our private online affairs privately is important.
If you don’t need any further convincing, jump down to find out why online privacy matters to us, what … Continue Reading
CIRA's Community Investment Program
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has recently launched a new Community Investment Program designed to provide funding to community groups, not-for-profits, and academic institutions for projects that enhance the … Continue Reading
New ICANN Working Group Could Have Big Impact on WHOIS Privacy Services
As we have detailed in previous posts, the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), which is the formal contract between ICANN and registrars, contains a number of new provisions around selling … Continue Reading
Recommendations for Securing Names in new gTLDs
Last week’s post regarding pre-registration resonated with a lot of readers, and it also sparked a conversation internally about where pre-registration fits in the bigger picture. We ultimately boiled it … Continue Reading
The Hype of Preregistration – Don't be fooled
The upcoming launch of new gTLDs has lots of people excited, but there is also a lot of confusion and misperceptions going around. Pre-registration in particular is causing a lot … Continue Reading
Getting Ready for New TLDs and New Rules
If you buy or sell domain names, you’ve probably heard about the upcoming launch of new TLDs. By the middle of next year, we will likely be awash in new … Continue Reading
Verisign celebrates 15 million .net registrations
Congratulations are in order as Verisign announced .net has surpassed 15 million registrations, putting it in fourth place behind .com. With more than 110 million .com domains registered, .net is … Continue Reading