Fast Loading Sites Sell More
If your website takes more than a couple of seconds to load then you could be losing business. A recent study conducted by Akamai and Jupiter research shows that 4 seconds is the maximum delay that a potential shopper will put up with before going elsewhere. We’ve probably all had this problem where a website […]
Verisign Implements Changes to com transfers
Verisign, which manages the registry of .com and .net, have recently moved their platform over to use EPP. While this is primarily a “backend” change it also affects both ourselves and our clients. As you may be aware to transfer a .org, .info or .biz domain you need a special code or key. This is […]
It@Cork Podcast Series
I like us to get involved with interesting projects, so when Tom Raftery asked us if we’d be interested in sponsoring the It@Cork conference this year I was interested. Rather than merely shoving our name on the sponsors’ list we’re actually sponsoring the pre-conference podcast series, where Tom will be speaking to some of the […]
Logos for Net Visionary Nominees and Sponsors
If you have been nominated for a Net Visionary Award this year you can now put a tasty logo on your website or blog. (The sponsors haven’t been left out either, as you can see from the main page of this blog.) Adding the logo to your blog is quite easy. In my case I […]
Free SpreadShirt Upgrades!!!! Save 60 Euro!
We’ll be letting all our clients know about this really cool special offer later today, but I thought I’d give our blog readers the inside track first. Blacknight in partnership with SpreadShirt is offering free upgrades to the premium SpreadShirt shops. This upgrade will save you €60!! Spreadshirt is an online platform that allows you […]
IIA NetVisionaries 2006 – Don’t forget to vote
We are proud sponsors of the Irish Internet Association Net Visionary Awards again this year. This year’s awards sees the introduction of two new categories that reflect the growing popularity of the media in question – namely blogging and podcasting. Here at Blacknight we’re passionate about new technologies, so it’s little surprise that several of […]
The Big Move 2006 – In English
At the end of last week our technical team sent out a notification to a group of clients to forewarn them of a pending IP renumbering. As this kind of thing is quite technical I thought people might appreciate a more detailed explanation. The explanation will include technical information, but hopefully it will be easier […]
BarCamp Cork – Thanks to the organisers
I was down in Cork on Saturday for BarCamp which we were sponsoring. I had a really good time and met some really interesting people. None of this would have been possible without the hard work of the organisers and volunteers, so I’d like to take this chance to thank them for all their selfless […]
Exploiting Business Opportunities on the Internet
The Irish Internet Association is organising a half day seminar in conjunction with Carlow County Enterprise Board. As the event is taking place in Carlow it’s only natural that we should be involved The schedule for the afternoon is as follows: 2.00-2.15: Registrations 2.15-2.30: Welcome and Introductions, CEO Carlow CEB 2.30-3.00: Quality Web Design to […]
Come meet us this week
I’ll be down in Cork next Saturday for Bar Camp which looks like it could be an interesting event. Looking at the list of attendees and speakers I recognise quite a few familiar names so it will be nice to actually meet a few of them “in real life”. If anyone wants to say “hi” […]
Nominate Designers, bloggers and more
The Irish Internet Association annual awards, the Net Visionaries, will be held later this year. The Net Visionary award is the only award in Ireland where the public can not only nominate the winners, but also vote for them. You don’t need to be a member of the IIA, nor does the nominee. You can […]
Beware of UK Domain Scammers
We have received a number of phone calls in the past 24 – 48 hours regarding a domain name scam. A UK company, European Domain Solutions, has been ringing Irish businesses to scare them into registering domain names. They will try to charge you upwards of £150 per domain (over €200!) to register the domains, […]