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CIRA Signs Deal With DomainsBot to Offer Domain Suggestions

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CIRA, the .ca domain registry, has announced that they will be offering Domainsbot's domain name suggestion technology for .ca domain names. It'll be interesting to see if other ccTLD registries will follow suit. Traditionally many of the country code operators have resisted granting access to their zone files which is a key requirement to enable DomainsBot and similar … [Read more...] about CIRA Signs Deal With DomainsBot to Offer Domain Suggestions

Paramount Pictures Get The Domain Wrong

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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit will go on general release in the US later this month. The movie, which stars Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh and Kiera Knightley, covers the early years of Tom Clancy's fictional hero. So Paramount Pictures are doing quite a bit of marketing to raise awareness of the film.... However over on the Facebook page for the film they've … [Read more...] about Paramount Pictures Get The Domain Wrong

Bar Refaeli Kissing Geek For GoDaddy Ad

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The SuperBowl is on this Sunday and as usual there's probably as much media interest in the adverts that big brands will be showing during the commercial breaks as there is in the game itself. As previously mentioned, this year's GoDaddy ad features Bar Refaeli. The advert is short and simple, but it's likely to get more attention from some circles than the company's racier … [Read more...] about Bar Refaeli Kissing Geek For GoDaddy Ad

CIRA Goes Large on Marketing And PR For Launch of French Language IDN

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CIRA, the registry operator for the Canadian ccTLD .ca, is raising its profile at the moment. They've taken over the frontpage of  La Presse today, though it's not viewable form outside Canada: Why are they doing this? Very simply it's all related back to the launch of IDNs in .ca in order to support French language characters. It is now possible for French .CA … [Read more...] about CIRA Goes Large on Marketing And PR For Launch of French Language IDN

AFNIC (.fr) Trying For Their Own Meme?

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Is AFNIC getting into social media and memes in a big way? They've already got a Facebook page, Twitter and are even pushing out infographics.. now it appears they're trying to harness memes. This appeared on some social media sites earlier this morning: Sure, it's not exactly "revolutionary", but it's a breath of fresh air to see an established ccTLD's marketing team … [Read more...] about AFNIC (.fr) Trying For Their Own Meme?