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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

Congratulations To CoInternet (.co) On 1.5 Million Domains!

Congratulations To CoInternet (.co) On 1.5 Million Domains!

By Michele Neylon|2013-03-26T19:15:32+00:00March 26th, 2013|Categories: .co, Domains|Tags: co, Domain name, google, Online Communities, Search engine optimization, social networking, Top-level domain, Twitter|

A couple of hours ago the CEO of .co, Juan Diego Calle, posted a short update, but it signified a ...

Save Big On US Domains With Hosting

Save Big On US Domains With Hosting

By Michele Neylon|2013-03-20T10:36:41+00:00March 20th, 2013|Categories: ccTLDs, Domains, Press Releases, Promotions|Tags: blacknight, cctlds, Country code, Domain name, hosting, local domain, promotions, United States, us domain|

We're announcing a nice discount deal on .us domain names. If you register a .us domain name and get an ...

Talking Policy & Industry Self-Regulation With CloudFlare

Talking Policy & Industry Self-Regulation With CloudFlare

By Michele Neylon|2013-03-14T12:46:51+00:00March 14th, 2013|Categories: Policy, Video|Tags: censorship, CloudFlare, copyright, internet governance, interview, policy, Video|

There are a few topics and themes that I tend to spend more time talking about than others .. One ...

Targetting the US Market? Maybe A .US Domain Makes Sense?

Targetting the US Market? Maybe A .US Domain Makes Sense?

By Michele Neylon|2013-03-13T11:19:29+00:00March 13th, 2013|Categories: Business, ccTLDs, Domains|Tags: business, Business and Economy, Country code top-level domain, Domain name, Generic top-level domain, icann, ireland, law, Sony, Top-level domain, United States|

The internet is global, but it's also local. What do I mean? If you're an Irish business you probably have ...

ICANN Pulls The Trigger on RAA Prematurely

ICANN Pulls The Trigger on RAA Prematurely

By Michele Neylon|2013-03-08T13:31:15+00:00March 8th, 2013|Categories: Domains, ICANN, Legal Issues, Policy|Tags: afilias, Domain name registrar, Generic top-level domain, icann, neustar, RAA, Top-level domain|

Blacknight are an ICANN accredited domain registrar. We're the only Irish company to have ever been accredited by ICANN and ...

Going on Offensive Against Fake Pharma, Irish registrar announces partnership with LegitScript

By Michele Neylon|2013-03-06T12:59:43+00:00March 6th, 2013|Categories: Domains, Hosting, Legal Issues, Policy, Press Releases|

I love the internet. I believe in it. I believe that it can make our lives better, improve our choices, ...

Blacknight Sponsor 10th Annual Cork Lifelong Learning Festival

Blacknight Sponsor 10th Annual Cork Lifelong Learning Festival

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-14T16:47:24+00:00March 4th, 2013|Categories: Events|Tags: blacknight, cork, events, Lord Mayor of Cork, sponsor, sponsorship|

We've been sponsors of the Cork Lifelong Learning Festival for the last couple of years and are delighted to be ...

Blacknight Urges ICANN to Reconsider “Closed Generic” TLDs

By Michele Neylon|2013-02-18T16:14:06+00:00February 18th, 2013|Categories: Blogging, Business, Domains, ICANN, New TLDs, Policy, Press Releases, WordPress|Tags: blacknight, Carlow, Generic top-level domain, google, icann, Michele Neylon, Microsoft Windows, Top-level domain|

We've posted about "closed generics" a few times in the past. What are they? Basically they're applications for new tlds ...

Want A Job? Linux & Windows Expertise Required

Want A Job? Linux & Windows Expertise Required

By Michele Neylon|2013-02-18T09:46:10+00:00February 16th, 2013|Categories: Careers, Hosting|Tags: blacknight, Carlow, dublin, Hyper-V, jobs, linux, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, mysql, Operating system, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, vacancies, windows|

We are hiring again. (I love being able to say that!) This time round we're looking for a Senior Systems ...

Press Release: Blacknight Celebrates Valentines Day with .ME and .CO

Press Release: Blacknight Celebrates Valentines Day with .ME and .CO

By Michele Neylon|2013-02-11T11:26:16+00:00February 11th, 2013|Categories: Press Releases, Promotions|Tags: blacknight, co, Domain name, icann, Valentines Day|

February 11, 2013 – Carlow, Ireland- This Valentine’s Day, Blacknight poses the question “is there anything more romantic than domain ...

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ICANN Should Clarify Position On Key Word New TLDs

By Michele Neylon|2013-01-25T15:13:51+00:00January 25th, 2013|Categories: Domains, ICANN, New TLDs, Policy|Tags: Domain name, Generic top-level domain, icann, Top-level domain, trademark|

Back in September a number of domain name industry leaders, including ourselves, wrote to ICANN to express our deep felt ...

Letter to ICANN: Clarifications On Non-Trademarked Generic Keyword TLD Are Needed

Letter to ICANN: Clarifications On Non-Trademarked Generic Keyword TLD Are Needed

By Michele Neylon|2013-01-25T15:08:11+00:00January 25th, 2013|Categories: ICANN, New TLDs|Tags: Domain name, Generic top-level domain, icann, ICANN Community, Steve Crocker, Top-level domain, Trademark Clearinghouse|

Earlier this week a group of domain name industry leaders sent a letter to ICANN about the handling of Non-trademarked ...

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