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About Michele Neylon

Known for his outspoken opinions on technology and the Internet, Michele Neylon is the award winning author of several blogs and co-host of the Technology.ie podcast. A thought leader in the Internet community, Neylon is active within ICANN and an expert on policy, security, domains, ICANN, Nominet and Internet Governance. You can stalk him on various social media networks including Twitter and Instagram

Premium .Irish Domains Now Available

Premium .Irish Domains Now Available

By Michele Neylon|2015-07-06T11:35:04+01:00July 6th, 2015|Categories: Domains, Marketing|Tags: blacknight, business, Domain name, icann, irish domains, Irish people, marketing, premium domains, Top-level domain|

Location, location, location. When you're talking about physical real estate your choice of location has an impact on both your ...

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Maintaining Balance And Privacy

Maintaining Balance And Privacy

By Michele Neylon|2015-07-01T12:51:53+01:00July 1st, 2015|Categories: Policy, Press Releases|Tags: Domain name, Domain privacy, icann, privacy, whois|

We are strong believers in the right to privacy. It's not an afterthought and as I've said in the past, ...

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What Makes A “Good” Abuse Report?

What Makes A “Good” Abuse Report?

By Michele Neylon|2015-06-30T20:44:58+01:00June 30th, 2015|Categories: Hosting, Legal Issues, Policy, Security|Tags: abuse, Customer, Domain name, hosting, IP Address, malware, Uniform Resource Locator|

We love the internet. We really do. But as we've touched on more than once in the past, there is ...

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The New Domain For Irish People (and Businesses) Has Finally Arrived

The New Domain For Irish People (and Businesses) Has Finally Arrived

By Michele Neylon|2015-06-29T16:23:29+01:00June 29th, 2015|Categories: Domains, New TLDs|Tags: Domain name, domains, ireland, irish|

For the last few weeks we've been talking about .irish. As an Irish owned and 100% Irish based company the ...

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Last 24 Hours To Grab .Irish Domains In Landrush

Last 24 Hours To Grab .Irish Domains In Landrush

By Michele Neylon|2015-06-19T11:52:21+01:00June 19th, 2015|Categories: Domains, New TLDs, Press Releases|Tags: blacknight, Domain name, dotirish, icann, internet, ireland, irish, Michele Neylon, Top-level domain|

Tomorrow afternoon the .irish "landrush" will close. So if you want to get your hands on a slick shiny .irish ...

ICANN 53 Buenos Aires Quick Preview

ICANN 53 Buenos Aires Quick Preview

By Michele Neylon|2015-06-16T17:10:58+01:00June 16th, 2015|Categories: Events, ICANN|Tags: argentina, Buenos Aires, Domain name, Domain name registrar, Domain Name System, european union, icann, IP Address, whois|

I'm off to Buenos Aires tomorrow for the 53rd ICANN public meeting. Although the meeting doesn't "officially" start until Monday ...

Trademark Claims Notices

Trademark Claims Notices

By Michele Neylon|2015-06-15T17:37:51+01:00June 15th, 2015|Categories: Domains, New TLDs|Tags: Domain name, Generic top-level domain, icann, Intellectual property, International Trademark Association, Top-level domain|

As part of the Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) that ICANN implemented for new top level domain names they created a ...

Speak Out On Whois Privacy

Speak Out On Whois Privacy

By Michele Neylon|2015-06-14T18:39:42+01:00June 14th, 2015|Categories: Domains, Policy, Security|Tags: Domain name, Domain name registrar, Domain Name System, Generic top-level domain, icann, whois|

Privacy, both online and offline, are important concepts. Privacy also goes hand in hand with security. Security and privacy. Two ...

IE Domain Policy Evolving With Planned Release of Two Letter Domains

IE Domain Policy Evolving With Planned Release of Two Letter Domains

By Michele Neylon|2015-06-11T13:54:43+01:00June 11th, 2015|Categories: Domains, IEDR, Policy|Tags: cctld, Domain name, ie, ireland, irish, policy|

As we mentioned a few months ago, the IEDR has launched a formal process for policy change. I am fortunate ...

Want To Try Our New Website Builder? Free 14 Day Trial Now Available

Want To Try Our New Website Builder? Free 14 Day Trial Now Available

By Michele Neylon|2015-06-09T12:01:14+01:00June 9th, 2015|Categories: Design|Tags: Drag and drop, HTML, website, Website builder|

We announced a couple of weeks ago that we were launching our new responsive website builder. It's simple to use ...

.Irish Is Go!

.Irish Is Go!

By Michele Neylon|2015-05-28T14:59:38+01:00May 28th, 2015|Categories: Domains, New TLDs|Tags: Domain name, Domain Name System, dotirish, Generic top-level domain, global irish, irish, Top-level domain|

I love it when a plan comes together .. The .irish domain name extension is finally in "landrush" and "general ...

Speaking At IGF Spain

Speaking At IGF Spain

By Michele Neylon|2015-05-27T11:38:25+01:00May 27th, 2015|Categories: Events, Policy|Tags: icann, IGF, internet, internet governance, Madrid, policy|

I'm spending this week in Barcelona and Madrid. As I mentioned a couple of days ago the APWG meeting is ...

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