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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

New Top Level Domain Application Window Closes .. So Now What?

New Top Level Domain Application Window Closes .. So Now What?

By Michele Neylon|2012-05-31T14:17:51+01:00May 31st, 2012|Categories: Domains, ICANN, IDN, New TLDs|Tags: Domain name, icann, June 13, Top-level domain|

Last night at around 1 in the morning (Irish time) ICANN closed the "application window" for new TLDs (top level ...

Don’t Make Us Treat Our Customers Like Criminals!

Don’t Make Us Treat Our Customers Like Criminals!

By Michele Neylon|2012-05-29T16:20:10+01:00May 29th, 2012|Categories: Domains, Hosting, Policy|Tags: Crime, Domain name, Domain name registrar, Domain name registry, fraud, icann, law, Law Enforcement, Law enforcement agency|

This post is probably a little longer than my normal ones and is probably best classified as a "rant". You ...

Co.uk Registry Data Quality Update

Co.uk Registry Data Quality Update

By Michele Neylon|2012-05-28T19:58:17+01:00May 28th, 2012|Categories: Domains, Nominet|Tags: Domain name registry, Limited Company, Limited Liability Partnership, nominet, Nominet UK, Public Limited Company|

If you have registered a UK domain with us, or transferred your existing domain to us, then you might receive ...

Tweaking And Enhancing Your Google Places Page

Tweaking And Enhancing Your Google Places Page

By Michele Neylon|2012-05-23T13:30:25+01:00May 23rd, 2012|Categories: Business, Marketing, SEO, Tips|Tags: business, google, Google Places, Search Engines, youtube|

Getting found online these days is a "must" for any business - large or small. One of the relatively simple ...

Press Release: Blacknight Announce Over 10,000 Irish Businesses Are Participating in Getting Business Online

Press Release: Blacknight Announce Over 10,000 Irish Businesses Are Participating in Getting Business Online

By Michele Neylon|2012-05-16T19:51:39+01:00May 16th, 2012|Categories: Business, Press Releases|Tags: an post, blacknight, Carlow, County & City Enterprise Board, getting business online, google, ireland, Michele Neylon, Ronan Harris, Small business|

We put this release out earlier today about the first year of the Getting Business Online project. It's ...

Want A Few SEO Tips?

Want A Few SEO Tips?

By Michele Neylon|2012-05-11T10:28:36+01:00May 11th, 2012|Categories: SEO, Tips|Tags: Computers and Internet, google, Paul Savage, promotion, Search engine optimization, Site Promotion, Web Design and Development, Web search engine|

As some of you may know we also run a weekly podcast over on technology.ie This week our ...

Be Happy!

Be Happy!

By Michele Neylon|2012-07-02T10:15:10+01:00May 9th, 2012|Categories: ccTLDs, Domains, Promotions|Tags: Belgium, Business and Economy, Computers and Internet, Country code, Country code top-level domain, Domain name, Domain name registry, Top-level domain|

We haven't done any "silly" promotions for a while, so we're making up for lost time this week! From now ...

Celebrate Europe Day

Celebrate Europe Day

By Michele Neylon|2018-07-11T11:35:06+01:00May 9th, 2012|Categories: Domains, EURid, Marketing, Promotions|Tags: Europe Day, european union, facebook, Symbols of Europe|

Today is Europe Day, so we thought we'd do a couple of small things to celebrate. First off we're going ...

Bert’s Happy As Blacknight Made The Finals Of The Social Media Awards

Bert’s Happy As Blacknight Made The Finals Of The Social Media Awards

By Michele Neylon|2012-05-04T15:22:08+01:00May 4th, 2012|Categories: News, Press Releases, Social Media|Tags: blacknight, Carlow, facebook, ireland, marketing, Social media, Twitter|

Bert and the entire Blacknight team are delighted that we've made it into the finals for the Social Media Awards. ...

Become At One With Your UK Domain

Become At One With Your UK Domain

By Michele Neylon|2012-05-01T11:24:41+01:00May 1st, 2012|Categories: ccTLDs, Domains, Nominet|Tags: co.uk, Computers and Internet, Domain name, multi year registration, nominet, Nominet UK, uk|

As of today you can register OR renew UK domain names for up to 10 years! So if you have ...

Press Release: Blacknight Announce Sponsorship of IIA Annual Conference 2012

Press Release: Blacknight Announce Sponsorship of IIA Annual Conference 2012

By Michele Neylon|2012-05-01T10:41:11+01:00May 1st, 2012|Categories: Business, Events, Marketing, Press Releases|Tags: Aviva Stadium, blacknight, BRICS, irish internet association|

Carlow, May 1st 2012 Blacknight announce sponsorship of the Irish Internet Association Annual Conference 2012 “Building BRICS”. The conference, which ...

New IE Domain Promotional Graphics – What Do You Think?

New IE Domain Promotional Graphics – What Do You Think?

By Michele Neylon|2012-04-27T12:32:52+01:00April 27th, 2012|Categories: Domains, Marketing|Tags: Business and Economy, Computers and Internet, Domain name, IE Domain Registry|

IEDR have made available a number of graphics to promote .ie domain names. Here they are: What do you ...

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