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Short IE Domains Update

Short IE Domains Update

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:21:25+00:00April 15th, 2016|Categories: Domains|Tags: Auction, Domain name, IE Domain Registry, ireland|

We have been informed by IEDR that the launch of "General Availability" or "GA" for "short" IE domain names has ...

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Short IE Domain Auctions Starting

Short IE Domain Auctions Starting

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:21:46+00:00April 14th, 2016|Categories: Domains, IEDR|Tags: Auction, auctions, Domain name, Domain Name System, domains, ie, IE Domain Registry, ireland, irish, short, Uniform Resource Locator|

We've provided a few updates over the last couple of weeks about the auction of short IE domains. Short domains ...

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Social Media Isn’t The Answer To Everything

Social Media Isn’t The Answer To Everything

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:22:55+00:00April 4th, 2016|Categories: Domains, Social Media|Tags: facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, marketing, Pinterest, Snapchat, Social media, social network, Social networking service, Twitter|

Here at Blacknight we're advocates of social media. We use it a lot, both for our business as well as ...

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A Peek Inside The Short IE Auction System

A Peek Inside The Short IE Auction System

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:23:02+00:00April 3rd, 2016|Categories: Domains, IEDR|Tags: Auction, Domain name, IE Domain Registry, ireland|

Following on from our previous posts about the auctions for short IE domain names, we reached out to IEDR staff ...

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So Your Short IE Domain Application Is Going To Auction .. ..

So Your Short IE Domain Application Is Going To Auction .. ..

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:23:12+00:00March 31st, 2016|Categories: Domains, IEDR|Tags: Country code top-level domain, Domain name, Domain name registry, Domain Name System, IE Domain Registry|

The IEDR are currently putting live uncontested short IE domain names that were registered during landrush. If your DNS is ...

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Want To Save BIG? Check Out Our Flash Sale!

Want To Save BIG? Check Out Our Flash Sale!

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:23:38+00:00March 31st, 2016|Categories: Domains, Promotions|Tags: discount, domains, facebook, promotions, sale, Social media, social network, Twitter|

We love trying out new things, so this afternoon we're going to run a "flash sale" which will run for ...

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So You Applied For A Short IE Domain. Now What?

So You Applied For A Short IE Domain. Now What?

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:24:22+00:00March 24th, 2016|Categories: Domains, IEDR|Tags: Auction, Domain name, Domain Name System, ireland, irish|

The "landrush" phase for "short" IE domains closed earlier this week. So now what? If you applied for a short ...

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St Patrick’s Day and being Irish

St Patrick’s Day and being Irish

By Gianni Ponzi|2016-12-15T11:24:52+00:00March 17th, 2016|Categories: Domains, Events, New TLDs, Promotions|

Blacknight is a 100% Irish owned and run company. It’s something we’re proud of. Some of us are currently in Germany, at ...

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ICANN Submits IANA Transitions Plans To US Government

ICANN Submits IANA Transitions Plans To US Government

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:25:00+00:00March 10th, 2016|Categories: ICANN, Policy|Tags: Fadi Chehadé, Federal government of the United States, icann, internet, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority|

For the past two years ICANN and the broader internet community have been working towards one goal: removing the special ...

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Blacknight on TV!

Blacknight on TV!

By Conn Ó Muíneacháin|2016-05-03T10:56:45+01:00March 10th, 2016|Categories: Gaeilge, General, IEDR|Tags: business, Carlow, Domain name, Gaeilge, Gaeltacht, IE Domain Registry, Irish language, Irish people, Republic of Ireland, SnaG, SnaG2016|

We made the news last week, when a TV crew from Nuacht RTÉ/TG4 visited our company headquarters in Carlow. The ...

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Tá Brí le Síntí Fada – Ba Chóir Dóibh a Bheith San Ainm Fearainn .IE

By Conn Ó Muíneacháin|2018-05-28T10:46:14+01:00March 3rd, 2016|Categories: Gaeilge, General, IDN, IEDR|Tags: aicinn, ainmneacha fearainn, diacritics, domains, Gaeilge, IDN, ie, irish, language, SnaG, SnaG2016|

D'fhógair Michele ar an suíomh seo roinnt laethanta ó shin go bhfuil próiséas comhairliúcháin seolta ag IEDR, an clárlann d'ainmneacha fearainn ...

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ICANN 55 Next Week In Marrakech

ICANN 55 Next Week In Marrakech

By Michele Neylon|2016-03-02T17:46:01+00:00March 2nd, 2016|Categories: Domains, Events, Policy|Tags: Domain name, Domain name registrar, Domain Name System, icann, Intellectual property, internet, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, Internet Engineering Task Force, Marrakesh|

As you may know, ICANN holds three public meetings every year. The most recent one, ICANN 54, was held in ...

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