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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

Irish Internet Association Net Visionary Awards – Nominations Open

Irish Internet Association Net Visionary Awards – Nominations Open

By Michele Neylon|2012-07-04T07:52:45+01:00July 4th, 2012|Categories: Events, News, Social Media|Tags: business, Cloud computing, dublin, ireland, irish internet association, National Gallery of Ireland, Small and medium enterprises, Social media|

The IIA (Irish Internet Association) Net Visionary Awards are in their 14th year and, as has happened in the past, ...

Domain Pricing Changes Are Afoot

Domain Pricing Changes Are Afoot

By Michele Neylon|2012-07-03T13:39:00+01:00July 3rd, 2012|Categories: Business, Domains|Tags: Country code top-level domain, Domain name, Domain name registry, icann, nominet, Nominet UK, Top-level domain, verisign|

We've always been pretty aggressive about our domain pricing strategy. Over the last couple of years we've barely touched our ...

ICANN Prague Post-Mortem

ICANN Prague Post-Mortem

By Michele Neylon|2018-07-11T11:45:17+01:00July 1st, 2012|Categories: Domains, Events, ICANN, IDN, New TLDs, Policy|Tags: Chief executive officer, Domain name, Fadi Chehadé, icann, prague, Rod Beckstrom, Top-level domain|

The 44th ICANN public meeting drew to a close on Thursday evening after the "public forum". It was a long ...

ICANN Prague Preview

ICANN Prague Preview

By Michele Neylon|2018-07-11T11:45:30+01:00June 20th, 2012|Categories: Domains, Events, ICANN, IDN, IPv6, New TLDs|Tags: Domain name, Generic top-level domain, icann, Internationalized domain name, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, prague, RAA, Top-level domain, whois|

ICANN's 44th public meeting is being held in Prague next week and we'll be attending. It's one of the three ...

Which Brandnames Have Been Applied For as TLDs?

Which Brandnames Have Been Applied For as TLDs?

By Michele Neylon|2018-07-13T09:39:34+01:00June 19th, 2012|Categories: Domains, ICANN, IDN, New TLDs|Tags: brand, Domain name, Generic top-level domain, icann, Internationalized domain name, Organizations, Top-level domain|

We've published several graphics over the last few days to illustrate which domain name extensions have been applied for under ...

Play With New TLDs

Play With New TLDs

By Michele Neylon|2018-07-13T09:27:06+01:00June 17th, 2012|Categories: Domains, ICANN, IDN, New TLDs|Tags: Domain name, Generic top-level domain, icann, Internationalized domain name, Top-level domain|

Over the last few days we've shared several graphics that help to visualise the new TLD applications. We split them ...

Graphic – New TLD Applications By European Country

Graphic – New TLD Applications By European Country

By Michele Neylon|2018-07-11T11:42:26+01:00June 14th, 2012|Categories: Domains, ICANN, IDN, Infographic, New TLDs|Tags: Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Domain name, Generic top-level domain, icann, London, Top-level domain, Virgin Islands|

Since we're a European country we always like to know what is going on in Europe (obviously!) ICANN classified the ...

Graphic – Contested New TLD Applications

Graphic – Contested New TLD Applications

By Michele Neylon|2012-06-14T11:37:10+01:00June 14th, 2012|Categories: Domains, ICANN, IDN, Infographic, New TLDs|Tags: Generic top-level domain, icann, Internationalized domain name, new TLDs, newtlds, Top-level domain|

Want to see which new TLD applications have more than one applicant? ie. multiple companies competing for the same domain ...

Graphic – Uncontested New TLD Applications

Graphic – Uncontested New TLD Applications

By Michele Neylon|2012-06-14T11:12:42+01:00June 14th, 2012|Categories: Domains, IDN, Infographic, Marketing, New TLDs|Tags: business, Business and Economy, Domain name, Generic top-level domain, icann, IDNs, Internationalized domain name, newtlds, Top-level domain|

Which new domain applications aren't contested? We put together a simple graphic to show them off (click to enlarge): ...

Press Release: New Top Level Domains to Be Announced June 13, 2012

Press Release: New Top Level Domains to Be Announced June 13, 2012

By Michele Neylon|2012-06-12T10:15:56+01:00June 12th, 2012|Categories: Domains, ICANN, New TLDs|Tags: blacknight, icann, London, Top-level domain|

Tomorrow afternoon we'll finally find out who has applied for what in the new TLD space. I'll be watching the ...

Talking About Domains and Internet Policy In Arizona

Talking About Domains and Internet Policy In Arizona

By Michele Neylon|2012-06-09T16:08:21+01:00June 9th, 2012|Categories: Events, Policy|Tags: arizona, Domain name, events, Go Daddy, godaddy, icann, RAA, scottsdale, Top-level domain|

The internet is a constantly changing landscape and those of us who are lucky enough to work in the industry ...

Opinion: Ireland Needs A Voice On Internet Policy

Opinion: Ireland Needs A Voice On Internet Policy

By Michele Neylon|2012-06-03T13:18:21+01:00June 3rd, 2012|Categories: Business, Policy|Tags: business, Celtic Tiger, dublin, egovernment, european union, government, Instagram, ireland, italy, policy, sunday business post|

Today's Sunday Business Post has a short opinion piece by me in their "Real Views" section, which is ...

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