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mcanerin View Member Profile	Feb 10 2006, 07:43 PM Post #1
HR 7 Group: Moderator Posts: 2,241 Joined: 31-July 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 10:54 AM From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Member No.: 170	As of today the Canadian Government owns .gov.ca This domain will be used mostly for official communications with non-Canadians (who tend to get confused by .gc.ca) and allow for many more government initiatives with an easy to remember domain name. More info: http://mcanerin.blogspot.com/2006/02/new-c...main-govca.html Interestingly, a certain Canadian SEO with a lot of Government clients was responsible for first suggesting this while on a recent trip to Ottawa The .gc.ca is still the official one, as well - this is just added to it. Ian

Jill View Member Profile	Feb 11 2006, 12:53 AM Post #2
High Rankings Advisor Group: Admin Posts: 29,201 Joined: 21-July 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 12:54 PM From: Ashland, MA Member No.: 2	QUOTE Interestingly, a certain Canadian SEO with a lot of Government clients was responsible for first suggesting this while on a recent trip to Ottawa Would that be someone we know?

Feb 11 2006, 02:03 AM

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Ian is going to be Prime Minister next time around. I can feel it.

mcanerin View Member Profile	Feb 11 2006, 02:18 AM Post #4
HR 7 Group: Moderator Posts: 2,241 Joined: 31-July 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 10:54 AM From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Member No.: 170	QUOTE Would that be someone we know? Why...yes....as a matter of fact.... (IMG:http://www.highrankings.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:http://www.highrankings.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif)

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QUOTE(Randy @ Feb 11 2006, 02:03 AM)

Ian is going to be Prime Minister next time around. I can feel it.

Jill View Member Profile	Feb 11 2006, 10:13 AM Post #6
High Rankings Advisor Group: Admin Posts: 29,201 Joined: 21-July 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 12:54 PM From: Ashland, MA Member No.: 2	Way to go, Ian! (IMG:http://www.highrankings.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

qwerty View Member Profile	Feb 11 2006, 10:26 AM Post #7
HR 10 Group: Moderator Posts: 7,489 Joined: 24-July 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 12:54 PM From: Somerville, MA Member No.: 22	What about the provincial governments? I seem to recall that Quebec's official pages, even the ones in English, are at gouv.qc.ca -- that's gouv, not gov. So you get URLs like http://www.gouv.qc.ca/wps/portal/pgs/citoyens?lang=en Anything you can do about that, Ian? It just doesn't seem right that English pages should reside at such a French-esque domain (IMG:http://www.highrankings.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/naughty.gif)

idrive View Member Profile	Mar 9 2006, 02:02 PM Post #8
HR 5 Group: Active Members Posts: 327 Joined: 3-August 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 12:54 PM From: Ottawa, ON Canada Member No.: 245	QUOTE(qwerty @ Feb 11 2006, 11:26 AM) What about the provincial governments? I seem to recall that Quebec's official pages, even the ones in English, are at gouv.qc.ca -- that's gouv, not gov. So you get URLs like http://www.gouv.qc.ca/wps/portal/pgs/citoyens?lang=en Anything you can do about that, Ian? It just doesn't seem right that English pages should reside at such a French-esque domain (IMG:http://www.highrankings.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/naughty.gif) Oh Qwerty! Don't get me started on Quebec government websites! They are just awful! Rarely do you find complete information in English! Or you'll find a link to an English page that is written in French! Do not expect gouv to replaced by gov anytime soon :-) Congrats Ian! I didn't hear about this until I just read this post! One thing that I don't care for are the marketing URLs that .gc.ca has been using. It would be nice if .gc.ca were retained for official department names - even there I can't keep track of things LOL

idrive View Member Profile	Mar 9 2006, 02:09 PM Post #9
HR 5 Group: Active Members Posts: 327 Joined: 3-August 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 12:54 PM From: Ottawa, ON Canada Member No.: 245	Hey Ian! Do you have any links to official Canadian government sites acknowledging this? I couldn't find anything and was surprised that canada.gov.ca doesn't work... Darlene

randfish View Member Profile	Mar 9 2006, 02:20 PM Post #10
Daily SEO Show Anchor Group: Active Members Posts: 229 Joined: 21-July 04 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 01:54 PM From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 4,442	Nice find, Ian. Any chance they'll be auctioning off those TLDs to folks who want to create domains with words ending in govca... like, let's see whacha.want.fa.dinnah.gov.ca OK, so I'm stretching in my application of the del.icio.us principle.

Randy View Member Profile	Mar 9 2006, 03:04 PM Post #11
Convert Me! Group: Admin Posts: 17,377 Joined: 17-August 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 11:54 AM Member No.: 551	(IMG:http://www.highrankings.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/hysterical.gif) Rand! Too funny on the url! Ian won't be answering for a bit most likely. He's on his China junket atm so I'm sure connectivity is going to be an issue even if free time isn't.