Webservations - the Canvas Dreams blog
Green Tickets vs. Renewable Energy Programs (April 25, 2008)
The following is a post from an online forum in which a member asked questions about "green" companies, and whether buying "green tickets" constituted anything more than a marketing gimmick. We gave it some thought and posted the following reply. &nb...
Does "green hosting" really exist? (January 24, 2008)
Web hosting is an industry flush with "green" initiatives and "carbon-neutral" programs. It seems there are environmentally friendly hosts springing up left and right, each and every day. And yet, without a definition for what "green" or "carbon neut...
Network Solutions Preregisters Searched Domains (January 19, 2008)
Read that title again. Network Solutions preregisters searched domains. If you visit NetworkSolutions.com to search for and find an available domain, Network Solutions will pre-register it, on your behalf, for a full year -- and then force you to pay...
What to Consider when choosing a Web Host (December 28, 2007)
We recently saw this question posted to a web hosting forum: "What hosting companies we should avoid?" The user is new to the industry and was trying to work up a basic list of the types of companies that you would -- and would not -- w...
About Hosting Overselling, and Why We Don't Do It (December 24, 2007)
The Story Behind Overselling Because web hosting is a highly technical service, potential customers in need of web hosting may not know what to look for in a good provider, and so fall back on the basic economic principle of value for their money, or...
Redefining the term, "localhost" (November 16, 2007)
A Northwest focus. Canvas Dreams is locally-owned and operated by Oregonians. Ours is a commitment to complete customer satisfaction, and that begins with providing you the real-world hosting services you need. We understand how business is done in O...
Is Comcast Disregarding Network Neutrality? (October 22, 2007)
Last week, the Associated Press reported that Comcast Corp. is interfering with certain types of data transfers on their network. In an article entitled "Comcast blocks some Internet traffic", Peter Svensson reported Friday the AP had co...
Protecting Your Online Business: Choosing a Good Domain Registrar (September 13, 2007)
In today's global economy, more companies than ever before are choosing to have a web site. While some companies have IT and design staff to assist in this task, many smaller companies defer the job to an outside design company or independent webmast...
Web Site Uptime Monitoring Services (June 15, 2007)
We would have preferred to entitle this blog, "Choosing a reliable source for uptime statistics, and learning why you should avoid free monitoring services", but that would have taken up too much space. The purpose of this article is to discuss how w...
Canvas Dreams Opens Edinburgh, Scotland Office (February 24, 2007)
Portland, Oregon - To better serve the needs of its global customers, Canvas Dreams opened a UK branch in Edinburgh, Scotland on 22 February 2007. With this new location comes improved support for European clients, who will directly benefit from work...
Announcing the launch of Oregon Translation (January 23, 2007)
Canvas Dreams, LLC is pleased to announce the launch of Oregon Translation. For the past ten years, Canvas Dreams, the founders of OregonTranslation.com, have provided the highest quality of translation services, in more than 30 languages, to clients...
Spam Attacks On The Rise (November 17, 2006)
Lately, you may have noticed a large increase in the amount of spam hitting your inbox. In the past six weeks, the online world has seen a sharp rise in the rate of spam. Many corporate systems administrators have watched spam increase by double acro...
Protect Your Domains By Avoiding Fraudulent Renewal Notices (October 16, 2006)
If you are a Web site owner, someone probably notified you in the past that your domain was about to expire, and they could help you renew it immediately. Even though we are licensed reseller of registrar services, even we have received these notices...
The Importance of Copyrighting Your Web Content (August 11, 2006)
"Copyrighting your web content" sounds like a contradiction. The Internet was founded to facilitate the free exchange of information across the globe. And yet, with so many online users and companies paying attention to your information, there has ne...
Not all Web Hosts are Created Equal (July 14, 2006)
If you're in the market for Web hosting, there are four priorities for you to consider, in this order, about the service you will be provisioning: The quality of customer service The track record of the service provider The performance and reliabili...
About Network Neutrality and Your Data Access Rights (July 09, 2006)
By now, you may have received an email notice from various Internet organizations -- or not -- alerting you to something called "network neutrality", and how changing laws governing the Internet could affect your ability to access online content. &n...
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