cctld .ca spotting! First time!

[Gerry]

So here I am in North Carolina on my way to work tonight. And what do I see?

A real live .ca advert. It was on the back of a big rig called itstruck.ca.

Why is this a big deal? I had never actually seen anything with .ca advertised down here. I don't own any .ca but it was neat to see something like that.

 

[PeterMan]

:canada:

 

[hugegrowth]

.ca is too great an extension for Canada alone, we have to spread it around.

 

[Gerry]

.ca is too great an extension for Canada alone, we have to spread it around.

So there really is a .ca domain and there really is a country called Canada?

 

[Raider]

Dave Chiswell (Rebel.com)

Chiswell went a step further saying that acceptance of alternate TLDs had already happened in many parts of the world. Speaking of his own country, Canada, Chiswell said "There has been great growth in .ca and we are now seeing almost as many businesses in Canada using their ccTLD as use .com."

http://www.dnjournal.com/articles/events/domain-roundtable-2007.htm

 

[Anthony Ng]

It was on the back of a big rig called itstruck.ca.

Why is this a big deal? I had never actually seen anything with .ca advertised down here.

I don't think they are advertising "down there" (in the States). It's on a truck owned by a Canadian company, and A LOT of Canadian companies actually USE .CA domains for their websites. And guess what? itstruck.com was already registered by somebody else (surprise!); and that is why it's so important to reserve .CA domains for Canadians.

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[Gerry]

I don't think they are advertising "down there" (in the States). It's on a truck owned by a Canadian company, and A LOT of Canadian companies actually USE .CA domains for their websites. And guess what? itstruck.com was already registered by somebody else (surprise!); and that is why it's so important to reserve .CA domains for Canadians.

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If a truck is on the roads in NC and it says itstruck.ca...yeah, that's advertising down here. Signage is signage. If a truck says Roadway, UPS, FedEx, that's advertising no matter how you look at it. Bus or taxi has a placard with an ad, yup...advertising.

See a truck on the road with a phone number or website? Advertising.

I'll be heading to Nova Scotia perhaps early next summer. Not sure which vehicle I'll be taking, most likely the dog hauler. All vehicles have specialized and personalized tags regarding websites. Yup, that's advertising "up there".

Seeing a .ca in use for the first time was cool.

So it's not a matter of advertising "down there". If its Up There, Down There, Over There...it advertising. Otherwise, it would have just been a blank truck with a blank box.

 

[TheLegendaryJP]

My head hurts, is this the Gold cafe

 

[Anthony Ng]

If a truck is on the roads in NC and it says itstruck.ca...yeah, that's advertising down here ...

Sorry if I "curb your enthusiasm", but I am seeing .CA ads everywhere, every day.

The difference between the .CA sign on a truck and "advertising down there" is that the former is a probably Canadian property which happens to be in the States. So unless the company serves mostly in US territory, I'd doubt they are advertising their .CA domain "down there" specifically to their US clientele.

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[Namefox]

Don't want to rain on anyone .ca parade here but this is a sales thread. Please move this to the appropriate category...

 

[garyrcanuck]

It should not be to difficult to see .ca ads on trucks in the US, especially the northern states.

The total exports daily between our 2 countries exceeds $1.7 Billion a day. Probably over $2 billion today. Lots of these goodies shipped via truck.

:?:

 

[Gerry]

The difference between the .CA sign on a truck and "advertising down there" is that the former is a probably Canadian property which happens to be in the States. So unless the company serves mostly in US territory, I'd doubt they are advertising their .CA domain "down there" specifically to their US clientele.

You can't be serious.

Canadian property? That's a no brainer.

It is a moving advertisement. If it was in NC, where did it come from, where had it been, how many tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people saw this on the road, what was its destination, and now it was on a return trip home.

It brought a load of something down here to it's final destination and a great possibility that it was bringing something on the return trip. If a merchant had something to be transported back to Canada, it would be nice to know that there is a freight line operating. How do we get in touch with them?

Again, hundreds of thousands of people seeing this vehicle. Has a .ca website on it and I know of at least one person who saw it.

Get out a map, look where North Carolina is in relation to Canada. Tell me that is not a long haul.

A .com, .ca, .net, on a vehicle is advertising and extending it's reach. Got plumbers up there in CA? Electricians? Got the name of the company on the side of vehicles? Phone number? Website? Or are all the vehicles non descript?

It should not be to difficult to see .ca ads on trucks in the US, especially the northern states.

My point exactly. I am originally from Maine. I am sure this is a common site in Maine, New York, Wisconsin, etc.

 

[Anthony Ng]

A .com, .ca, .net, on a vehicle is advertising and extending it's reach.

To be honest, I don't understand your excitement at all. A .CA domain advertised on a Canadian truck. What's the big deal?

 

[Gerry]

You're right, it is no big deal.

It was a couple of hosers Bob and Doug McKenzie pulling a stunt by stealing a truck loaded with Canadian bacon, touques, and Molson.

They just wanted to spend the weekend in Myrtle Beach. Simply "packing" for the trip.

 

[dataware]

What just happeeeeened

 

[whitebark]

fedex and ups both own their .ca version - one forwards one doesn't. Roadway is being squatted on by a major Canadian .ca owner.

Canadians know and trust .ca websites and multinational companies know that and buy their equivalent for use here more often than not.

I do remember seeing a few .ca's being used in California when I was there last - but then .ca - CA just makes sense for that usage.

 

[garyrcanuck]

You're right, it is no big deal.

It was a couple of hosers Bob and Doug McKenzie pulling a stunt by stealing a truck loaded with Canadian bacon, touques, and Molson.

They just wanted to spend the weekend in Myrtle Beach. Simply "packing" for the trip.

They did THAT again? One of these years our Mounties will get them, They always get their man? (most of our Mounties are women I believe:lol:

 

[dataware]

fedex and ups both own their .ca version - one forwards one doesn't. Roadway is being squatted on by a major Canadian .ca owner.

Canadians know and trust .ca websites and multinational companies know that and buy their equivalent for use here more often than not.

I do remember seeing a few .ca's being used in California when I was there last - but then .ca - CA just makes sense for that usage.

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh


SHUx

California ... you gave away our secret ....

Indeed, multinationals do buy up domains ... and even some .ca's


Lorenzo

 

[Gerry]

Must be where all the .LA names are going,

To the 90210 generation.

 

[Namefox]

Go to Disney.ca...I guess the point I am trying to make is that we share a very large border and do lots of trade. I am an online merchant and most of my sales are from the US even using a .ca domain/website.