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Let’s be clear about this: we’re not going to pay you to blog. Well not exactly. But we feel so strongly about the benefits of blogging that if you register a .BLOG domain name right now, AND buy a 12-month hosting or BaseKit plan, we’ll give you back €15*. What’s more, we’ll give you another […]
In order for the Internet to function properly there has to be “trust”. Trust in “online” is something that has ebbed and flowed over the years, but over the past two decades more and more of our daily lives are linked closely to “digital”. Our banks encourage us to use online banking and their mobile […]
At 1600 UTC today (1700 Dublin time) ICANN will be doing a “key rollover” of the DNS root. What that means in plain English (and I’m really really simplifying this) is that the underlying DNS root infrastructure that runs all domains around the world is getting an “oil change”. It won’t impact most internet users. […]
Blacknight’s CEO, Michele Neylon is a speaker at Domaining Americas.
If you’re launching an app that enables mobile payment, and is designed to conquer the world, you need a strong name to go with it. In-depth research came up with the name ‘Payconiq’. A name that sounds good and does the job… but isn’t so easy to spell. Fortunately, there was a creative way to […]
Next week I’ll be heading to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for Domaining Americas. It’s the first time the event is being held, but hopefully it won’t be the last. I’ll be speaking on a couple of topics: ICANN – there’ll be a panel featuring myself, Daniel Fink from ICANN’s Latin American team and Olga Cavalli, […]
Almost three-quarters (72%) of Irish SMEs now have a website, and businesses have increased their usage of social media and other online tools, but only a third of Irish companies can take orders online, and two thirds do not promote their businesses online. That’s according to the SME Digital Health Index, an annual survey of […]
We are a domain name registrar and hosting provider, so we aren’t going to get embroiled in a philosophical debate about Brexit. We, do, however care deeply about how Brexit can impact our clients and there is a tangible impact of Brexit on some of our clients and the products and services we provide them […]
IEDR have published some interesting data on IE domain name registrations up to the end of June 2018. It’s no surprise that simpler registration rules has led to a growth in registration volumes. None. We knew that would happen. Here are the headline numbers represented visually: The major urban centres continue to account for the […]
IE Domain Registry, the company responsible for managing and maintaining Ireland’s country-code domain name, .IE, has published its annual report for 2017. Turnover increased by 3 percent from €3.03 million in 2016 to €3.12 million in 2017. The company recorded an operating profit after tax surplus of €255,252, an increase on an operating loss after […]
Are you thinking of registering a .SPACE or .PW domain name? If you act before 21 August you could save hundreds over the lifetime of your registered domain. Radix, the registry which runs both of those top-level domains have informed us that they plan to increase their annual registration fee, with effect from 21 August […]
Ray King is our guest on today’s podcast. He’s the CEO of Top Level Design, the company behind the .DESIGN, .INK and .WIKI domain registries. They’ve put out a report about how some big brands are using dot-design domain names, and Ray joined me on Skype to talk about it. Click on the player below to […]