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I’ve always been a strong believer that we should “eat our own dogfood”. If we’re going to sell a service to our customers then we should try and use it ourselves. Sure, not all services we sell to our customers are going to be appropriate for our own use, but when it comes to things […]
It’s been another busy week here at Blacknight HQ and we’ve added even more new top level domain names to the roster. This week saw the launch of .online (as I already mentioned), which is proving to be very popular. But .online wasn’t the only new domain name extension to go into “general availability” this […]
Earlier this week the .online domain name went live. It’s now available to register by anyone anywhere. So far the .online domain names have been very popular with over 40 thousand domains registered in the first couple of days! Put that in perspective, there are only just over 200 thousand .ie domain names in total […]
The Internet Society has been around for years, but while there are some Irish members, there isn’t an Irish chapter. That’s changing (hopefully!). In the last week an application to form an Irish chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC) was submitted. While the chapter is currently only in its formative stage it is actively recruiting […]
Over the past few months we’ve had to update the prices we charge on domain names to compensate for both currency fluctuations and the cost increases from domain name registries. However yesterday we did something completely different. We dropped the price on .io domain names. Being able to drop the price on a product or […]
One of the things I love about the Internet and working in the space is the sense of “community” and “camaraderie”. The fact that Ireland is such a small country probably helps with this, but even when I look outside Ireland I see the same kind of thing again and again. But unfortunately a lot […]
At the 2015 SXSW I ended up speaking at an in the GermanHaus where the focus was on privacy – a topic that I’ve spoken about quite a lot over the last couple of years. For next year’s SXSW we’re trying to get a panel together with the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2C) to talk about […]
We love small businesses. They’re the lifeblood of the economy – and not just the Irish one, but that of pretty much every country. It’s why we were so happy to be the headline sponsor of the SME Awards earlier this year. We know what it’s like to be a small business, because we are […]
ICANN will be holding its 54th public meeting at the end of October in Dublin, hosted by INEX. It’s the first time Dublin has played host to the ICANN public meeting and from what I’ve seen and heard over the past few months, it’s going to be a very well attended meeting. Hopefully we’ll see […]
I recently started my 3rd and final term as Chair of the Registrar Stakeholder Group within ICANN. It’s an honour to serve our industry and as I look forward to my final term as Chair I’m very conscious of the challenges registrars and the broader industry face. The landscape is evolving and industry needs to […]
This week the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show is being held in the RDS, Dublin. It’s a big event and apart from lots of horses, there are also several hundred companies, including ourselves, showing off their wares to the public. However in honour of the horse show we’ve rebranded .. sort of .. For the […]
As we announced recently, we now offer premium .irish and .club domain names. While this has been welcomed by many of our clients, it’s also led to some confusion and criticism from some quarters. The confusion and criticism is due in no little part to some companies who have also been offering premium priced .irish […]