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Kickstart Your Business With .Co!

By Michele Neylon|2014-03-04T13:32:57+00:00March 4th, 2014|Categories: .co, Domains|Tags: business, Business and Economy, Computers and Internet, Domain name, Kickstarter, Small business, startup|

When you're starting out with your online venture you need to make sure that you've got a good domain name. ...

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Dear ICANN Our Hands Are Tied. This Makes Me Sad

Dear ICANN Our Hands Are Tied. This Makes Me Sad

By Michele Neylon|2014-02-26T20:15:16+00:00February 26th, 2014|Categories: Domains, ICANN, New TLDs, Policy|Tags: Contract, data retention, european union, Generic top-level domain, icann, law, Lawyer, Legal opinion, singapore, Top-level domain, Waiver|

A couple of weeks ago I posted at length and in detail about our issues with ICANN and the new ...

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We’re Irish and Proud of it!

By Michele Neylon|2018-07-13T09:31:55+01:00February 25th, 2014|Categories: Domains, Marketing, Video|Tags: blacknight, Carlow, Ethnicity, ireland, irish, Irish language, Irish people, Seachtain na Gaeilge, verisign|

Blacknight is a 100% Irish owned and operated company. There are a whole load of reasons why we are proud ...

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Talking Marketing & Registrars in Guatemala

Talking Marketing & Registrars in Guatemala

By Michele Neylon|2014-02-18T07:26:05+00:00February 14th, 2014|Categories: Domains, Marketing|Tags: Antigua Guatemala, blacknight, Carlow, Country code top-level domain, Guatemala, marketing, Michele Neylon, policy, Top-level domain|

I'm heading off to Guatemala this weekend to speak at the LACTLD marketing workshop. (LACTLD is the association of country code ...

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ICANT Cope With ICANN!

ICANT Cope With ICANN!

By Michele Neylon|2017-10-26T09:11:24+01:00February 7th, 2014|Categories: ICANN|Tags: Article 29 Working Party, blacknight, Data Protection Directive, data retention, european union, Generic top-level domain, icann, Member state of the European Union, privacy, Top-level domain|

I'm angry, frustrated and unhappy. Why? Due to ICANN. ICANN has put us and other European Union based registrars in ...

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Should You Invest In a Strong Domain? Hell yes!

Should You Invest In a Strong Domain? Hell yes!

By Michele Neylon|2018-12-06T09:08:38+00:00February 2nd, 2014|Categories: Aftermarket, Domains, Marketing|Tags: brand, Domain name, domains, For Sale or Auction, marketing, Top-level domain|

We love domain names, we love branding and we really think that marketing is important. So we were delighted when ...

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Talking IDNs, ccTLDs and ICANN in Vegas

Talking IDNs, ccTLDs and ICANN in Vegas

By Michele Neylon|2014-01-07T12:25:51+00:00January 7th, 2014|Categories: Domains, Events|Tags: blacknight, Country code top-level domain, Domain name, Generic top-level domain, icann, IDN, Internationalized domain name, Jothan Frakes, Las Vegas, Michele Neylon, Top-level domain|

Later this week I'll be heading off to Las Vegas for the first event of 2014 - NamesCon. It's the ...

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Coming Soon – Shorter UK Domain Names

Coming Soon – Shorter UK Domain Names

By Michele Neylon|2013-11-29T15:37:37+00:00November 29th, 2013|Categories: Domains, Nominet|Tags: Business and Economy, Computers and Internet, Domain name, Domain name registry, nominet, Nominet UK|

If you're operating in or marketing your products or services in the UK market then you've probably already registered a ...

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Black Friday is here so grab a free .co

Black Friday is here so grab a free .co

By James Larkin|2013-11-29T10:06:34+00:00November 29th, 2013|Categories: .co, Domains, General, Hosting, Promotions|Tags: Black Friday, co, Domain name, free, Friday, hosting|

Are you ready for a great Black Friday promo? Want to grab a free .co domain? For a limited time ...

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Upcoming Changes to IE (Irish) Domain Name Expiry Suspension & Deletion

Upcoming Changes to IE (Irish) Domain Name Expiry Suspension & Deletion

By Michele Neylon|2013-11-11T15:40:58+00:00November 11th, 2013|Categories: ccTLDs, Domains, IEDR|Tags: .ie domains, cctld, cctlds, Domain name, Domain name registrar, domains ireland, ie, irish, irish domains, Suspension|

In a couple of weeks' time the IEDR will be rolling out some changes to their technical systems. While most ...

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The blog post about .cat s

The blog post about .cat s

By James Larkin|2013-11-04T15:46:30+00:00November 4th, 2013|Categories: Domains|Tags: catalan, Catalan language, catalonia, domain offers, hosting, squishy|

The Internet … it’s about .cat(s) right everyone says it? Well if you’re dealing with the Catalan culture it most ...

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Marketing New Domains Without Breaking the Bank

Marketing New Domains Without Breaking the Bank

By Michele Neylon|2018-12-06T09:09:38+00:00October 29th, 2013|Categories: Domains, ICANN, Marketing, New TLDs|Tags: Bulgaria, Domain name, Domain name registry, Generic top-level domain, icann, Public Interest Registry, Sofia, Top-level domain|

I've talked about marketing and selling new domains several times in the past. It's one of my "pet" topics. Why? ...

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