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DotClub Celebrates Its Second Birthday

DotClub Celebrates Its Second Birthday

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:19:43+00:00May 7th, 2016|Categories: Domains|Tags: clubs, Domain name, Domain Name System, Generic top-level domain, societies|

We've been promoting domain names for years. Choosing a good domain name for your business or personal site is something ...

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Want A Super Short IE Domain? Only Two Weeks Left To Pre-Order

Want A Super Short IE Domain? Only Two Weeks Left To Pre-Order

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:20:05+00:00May 3rd, 2016|Categories: Domains, IEDR|Tags: Auction, blacknight, Country code top-level domain, Domain name, Domain name registrar, IE Domain Registry, internet, Online and offline|

We've been talking a lot about the launch of short IE domain names over the last few months. The auctions ...

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SMEs – Don’t you just love ’em!

SMEs – Don’t you just love ’em!

By Conn Ó Muíneacháin|2016-12-15T11:20:12+00:00April 26th, 2016|Categories: Blacknight, Events|Tags: blacknight, business, dublin, ireland, LoveSMEs, Mulley Communications, Small and medium enterprises, smart thermostat, SME Awards|

Our video booth at The Blacknight SME Awards was huge fun. We've already shared our conversations with the winners in the ...

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Retailers Recognised at Blacknight SME Awards [Video]

Retailers Recognised at Blacknight SME Awards [Video]

By Conn Ó Muíneacháin|2016-12-15T11:20:22+00:00April 21st, 2016|Categories: Events, Video|Tags: Ardkeen, blacknight, Dingle Crystal, ie, IE Domain Registry, LoveSMEs, sex, Sex Siopa, SME, SME Awards|

The Blacknight SME Awards was a lot of fun last weekend. We decided to go full-on with the videos this year ...

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Brú Brewery Takes the Grand Prix at Blacknight SME Awards 2016

Brú Brewery Takes the Grand Prix at Blacknight SME Awards 2016

By Conn Ó Muíneacháin|2016-12-15T11:20:28+00:00April 18th, 2016|Categories: Events, Video|Tags: Beer, blacknight, bru, Bru Brewery, craft beer, Love SMEs, Michele Neylon, Mulley Communications, Rick O'Shea, SME Awards|

At Blacknight, we love SMEs. So we sponsored the SME Awards (Michele says it was a no-brainer!) Then we thought: let's ...

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Two-Letter IE Domains are a Premium Opportunity at a Regular Price

Two-Letter IE Domains are a Premium Opportunity at a Regular Price

By Conn Ó Muíneacháin|2016-12-15T11:20:46+00:00April 18th, 2016|Categories: Domains, IEDR|Tags: blacknight, business, ie, short domains, SME, url, url shortener|

We had a busy weekend as sponsors of the Blacknight SME Awards in Cork. It also gave us an opportunity to use ...

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Feeling the Love at the Blacknight SME Awards!

Feeling the Love at the Blacknight SME Awards!

By Conn Ó Muíneacháin|2016-12-15T11:21:07+00:00April 17th, 2016|Categories: Events|Tags: Beer, blacknight, Bru Brewery, business, County Meath, ireland, LoveSMEs, Michele Neylon, Mulley Communications, Rick O'Shea, sponsor|

Winners of the Blacknight SME Awards 2016. Photo Credit: Ryan Whalley. We had a great time last night ...

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Operation #LoveSMEs Is Go!

Operation #LoveSMEs Is Go!

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:21:19+00:00April 15th, 2016|Categories: Events|Tags: awards, blacknight, cork, Little Island, LoveSMEs, SME Awards, SMEs|

Tomorrow is the big day! We will be heading to Cork in force tomorrow, with staff coming from Carlow, Wexford ...

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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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All Set For The SME Awards?

All Set For The SME Awards?

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:21:33+00:00April 14th, 2016|Categories: Events|Tags: awards, blacknight, business, cork, LoveSMEs, Small and medium enterprises, Small business, SMEs|

The waiting is almost over! The Blacknight SME Awards are being held this Saturday evening!!!! (We're just a tad excited!) ...

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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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Why Supporting Small Business Is So Important

Why Supporting Small Business Is So Important

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:22:06+00:00April 7th, 2016|Categories: Business|Tags: cork, Ebay, facebook, ireland, irish, LoveSMEs, Small business, SMEs, Twitter|

The image I'm using above this post is a variant of a meme that's been doing the rounds for the ...

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We #LoveSMEs ‘Cause They’re Sticky!

We #LoveSMEs ‘Cause They’re Sticky!

By Conn Ó Muíneacháin|2016-12-15T11:22:30+00:00April 7th, 2016|Categories: Events|Tags: blacknight, business, LoveSMEs, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Small and medium enterprises, Small business, sponsor|

Over 80 companies have made it to the finals of the second annual Blacknight SME Awards - and we can't wait ...

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Blacknight Sponsors OFFSET Conference on Design and Creativity

Blacknight Sponsors OFFSET Conference on Design and Creativity

By Conn Ó Muíneacháin|2016-12-15T11:22:45+00:00April 7th, 2016|Categories: Blacknight, Events, General|Tags: blacknight, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, creativity, design, dublin, OFFSET, WiFi|

If you've been on Dublin's streets in the past week, you may be feeling more aesthetically stimulated than usual. It could be the stretch ...

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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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Upgrading Capacity And Improving The Experience

Upgrading Capacity And Improving The Experience

By Michele Neylon|2016-12-15T11:23:32+00:00March 31st, 2016|Categories: Hosting, Network, Redundancy|Tags: Backbone network, Backward compatibility, Cloud computing, Digital subscriber line, hosting, network, upgrades|

Over the past 13+ years we've always invested in improving the services we offer our clients. These days we are ...

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