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Every Time You Register A Domain Name with a Hyphen, a Puppy Dies

Think of the Puppies!

By on May 1, 2013 in Domains, Events, Press Releases

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m passionate about the Internet. They’ll probably also tell you that I’m very passionate about domains and marketing. A good domain, in my opinion, can make or break a business. If you’re too “clever” people won’t be able to find you, or send you email. Sure, if you’re a [...]

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Domaining Spain 2013 Valencia

The Domains In Spain Fall Mainly On ..

By on April 22, 2013 in Domains, Events, newtlds

Next week I’ll be heading off to Valencia in Spain for Domaining Spain 2013. I’ll be speaking on a panel next Thursday afternoon which will be focussed on new TLDs. The panel will include myself, Tim Switzer from .Green and Xavier Buck (EuroDNS). Tim and I have been playing email ping pong about the panel [...]

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RIPE 66 Dublin May 2013

RIPE Coming To Dublin And We’re Sponsoring AND Speaking

By on April 16, 2013 in Events

Next month RIPE 66 will be held in Dublin. And not only will we be attending, but we’re also sponsoring it and I’ll be speaking at it. I’ve been to several RIPE meetings in the past and they’re an interesting mix of material covering both policy and highly technical topics. This time round I’m speaking [...]

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ICANN 46 Beijing

We’re Off To ICANN 46 Beijing

By on April 3, 2013 in Events, icann, newtlds

Starting this weekend is the 46th ICANN public meeting. We’ll be attending, as usual, and I’ll be doing a followup post later today to give you a taste of what the meeting is about in terms of “key” topics. The 46th ICANN meeting is being held in China, in Beijing. It’s the first ICANN meeting [...]

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Blacknight Sponsor 10th Annual Cork Lifelong Learning Festival

By on March 4, 2013 in Events

We’ve been sponsors of the Cork Lifelong Learning Festival for the last couple of years and are delighted to be involved again this year. Details below: Blacknight Sponsor 10th Annual Cork Lifelong Learning Festival Leading domain registrar continues commitment to local education March 4, 2013 – Carlow, Ireland – Ireland’s leading domain registrar and hosting [...]

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European regional registrar / registry meeting Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Registrars, Registries, Van Gogh and More

By on January 22, 2013 in Events, icann, IDN, newtlds, policy

Tomorrow morning I’m heading off to Amsterdam. I wish it was just to enjoy the city, to soak a bit of culture and to hangout with friends, but it’s for work. ICANN is convening a regional meeting in the Dutch capital for registrars (companies like us), registries (think Neusta, Afilias or Verisign) and prospective domain [...]

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Blacknight Sponsor 2nd Annual Measurement.ie Conference – Leading Irish registrar supports social data community

By on January 17, 2013 in Events, Marketing, Press Releases, Social Media

We sponsor a select number of events, causes and groups every year (before someone decides to flood my inbox asking for sponsorship!). How do we select them? There aren’t any “set” criteria – the basic criterion is that they have to pass our “sniff” test. Either we think the event is “cool” or “interesting” or [...]

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cookies 101

EU Cookie Law Presentation Slides

By on December 3, 2012 in Events, Marketing

I gave a presentation earlier today at the Irish Computer Society on the EU Cookie Law – or Statutory Instrument Number 336 of 2011 European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services)(Privacy and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2011 if you want its real title. I’m not a lawyer, so I was looking at the more practical implications [...]

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And The Most Beautiful Website In Ireland Is ..

By on November 2, 2012 in Design, Events

As mentioned previously,  we sponsored this year’s Irish Web Awards. The category we sponsored was “Most Beautiful Website in Ireland” and last night I was in Dublin’s Mansion House to attend the event and get the photo above (there’s more of the other winners here) So which website wears the crown of “Most Beautiful Website [...]

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Blacknight attending ICANN 45 in Toronto

ICANN Toronto Quick Preview

By on October 11, 2012 in Domains, Events, icann, policy

We’ll be attending the ICANN meeting in Toronto next week. It’s the 3rd ICANN public meeting this year and as always the schedule is very busy. Choosing which sessions to attend is always a challenge at ICANN public meetings. I’ll be representing Blacknight as usual. We are actively involved in the Registrar Stakeholder Group, which [...]

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Press Release : Blacknight Sponsor the 2012 Irish Web Awards

By on October 8, 2012 in Events, Marketing, Press Releases

We’re strong believers in industry awards that are inclusive so we’re delighted to be involved with this year’s Irish Web Awards Press release below Blacknight Sponsor the 2012 Irish Web Awards October 8, 2012 – Carlow, Ireland – Leading domain and hosting company Blacknight have announced sponsorship of the 2012 Irish Web Awards. Blacknight, an [...]

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Not Listed

Unlisted but the Irish Web Awards Short Lists are out

By on October 5, 2012 in Events

You can’t win them all and you really can’t win them if you’re not short listed… Yes,  the Irish Web Awards short list is out. This year, as always, there’s a lot of talent on display and a lot of websites we’ve never even heard of. So it’s great when an awards ceremony comes along [...]

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