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A large number of people have been in touch recently to seek our advice, after receiving emails soliciting them to buy the .COM equivalent of their .IE domain name for 10 years. While they may not be entirely fraudulent, these emails are certainly dishonest and misleading, and could lead people to pay far more than […]
Kid’s safety online is not just good for kids, but it also gives their parents the confidence to allow their kids online more often, or even at all. And with more people online, young and old, it’s more eyeballs on your website. And getting more people online is good for your business. (more…)
Building trust and confidence of internet users helps get more people online, and for those that are online, they’ll be more confident to conduct business online. (more…)
The proportion of spam emails decreased in 2015 to 55.28 percent of all email traffic, a fall of 11.48 percent on the previous year, according to the latest Kaspersky Lab Security Bulletin. But mobile devices are increasingly being targeted by cybercriminals. The cybersecurity company’s latest bulletin said that in 2015 cybercriminals continued to send out […]
Yesterday, Sunday 24th January 2016, accompanied by the IEDR, Blacknight attended Showcase Ireland’s Creative Expo®. On behalf of Blacknight, armed with merely a laptop and a PowerPoint presentation I spoke to a full house on the topic ‘Boosting your online business and success’. Presentation overview Search engine optimisation Content Management Webmaster tools & tricks Tips […]
It’s been another busy week here at Blacknight HQ and we’ve added even more new top level domain names to the roster. This week saw the launch of .online (as I already mentioned), which is proving to be very popular. But .online wasn’t the only new domain name extension to go into “general availability” this […]
The Internet Society has been around for years, but while there are some Irish members, there isn’t an Irish chapter. That’s changing (hopefully!). In the last week an application to form an Irish chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC) was submitted. While the chapter is currently only in its formative stage it is actively recruiting […]
This morning we’re announcing something big. It’s big for us and it’s also super exciting. (Ok, maybe my choice of adjectives is a bit off .. ) We’re announcing that we will be headline sponsors of the SME Awards. Key facts: nominations are now open nominations are FREE nominations close on February 14th entry is […]
You may recall our blog post announcing the winners of OPTIMISE 2014 The official awards ceremony was held last week and while we were attending we’re sorry to say that unfortunately we don’t have any photos. However OPTIMISE 2015 was announced and launched by the Minister for Communications, Alex White, T.D. If you don’t know what […]
Last night the launch of the .irish top level domain (the bit on the right of the dot) got a little bit closer. Dot Irish LLC, which is the company that applied to run the .irish domain name registry, signed their contract with ICANN yesterday. Who is .irish for? Well unless the domain name extension […]
Are you tired of your current hosting? Are you considering switching providers? We know that making the switch from one provider to another can be a quite daunting and scary concept so we have just made the process easier than ever by launching our new website migration service. Our experienced development team can transfer your […]
Following up on my blog post from earlier we just sent this out to the media: Blacknight Announce New ICANN Registrar Accreditation Agreement Irish registrar says New RAA is a step in the right direction. April 23, 2013 – Carlow, Ireland – Leading Irish domain registrar Blacknight, announces positive changes to the New ICANN Registrar […]