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We like stats part II

By on March 14, 2013 in Domains, General, iedr, Promotions

It has been a while since we last posted any stats on the blog. So we’re at it again. The below are stats for the .ie ccTLD. (Hint: There are discounts to celebrate at the bottom) Just like the last time the graphs really do speak for themselves. First up it’s the number of new [...]

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Black Friday and Cyber Monday discount offers on hosting and domains

Save Big In Our Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sale

By on November 23, 2012 in .co, cctlds, Domains, dotcat, dotme, eurid, Promotions

From today until Monday night we’re running some special discount offers across a range of domain names and other services. “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” may have started out in the US, but they’ve become pretty popular over this side of the world too.. so we thought we’d join in. So what are the offers? [...]

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Like .it?

By on October 25, 2012 in Domains, it, Marketing, Promotions

I sometimes worry a bit about our designer. He’s a nice guy, but he’s a little odd at the best of times. Today, for example, I asked him for a simple graphic to promote our latest special offer. Now what on earth the image above has to do with .it domain names is beyond me, [...]

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Don't forget to renew your hosting / domain

Don’t Lose Your Domain (Or Your Hosting)

By on August 27, 2012 in Domains, Hosting, Tips

Domain registration and hosting are not expensive. Signing up for hosting and domain registration isn’t complicated. Choose your hosting provider / domain registrar. Find an available domain name, choose an appropriate hosting plan, pay and off you go. The entire process is fast and automated (unless you chose a domain name that requires manual intervention). [...]

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All Grown Up? Why Not Mark Your Territory Online With .Me?

By on August 15, 2012 in Domains, dotme, Marketing, Promotions

Today thousands of young people throughout Ireland will be getting their Leaving Certificate results. (We’re a 100% Irish owned company, so we kind of noticed the media coverage!) The exam names may change from country to country, but every year thousands of young people around the world move from the relative safety of secondary school [...]

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Want A Few SEO Tips?

By on May 11, 2012 in Seo, Tips

As some of you may know we also run a weekly podcast over on technology.ie This week our guest was Paul Savage, who also provided a guest post on this blog previously. He talked to us about search engine optimisation and about some of the things to avoid. If you’d like to learn a little [...]

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Be Happy!

By on May 9, 2012 in cctlds, Domains, Promotions

We haven’t done any “silly” promotions for a while, so we’re making up for lost time this week! From now until the end of June July you’ll be able to get a .be domain name for only €3.99 (registration or transfer) What is .be? Well it’s the country code for Belgium – the country that [...]

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Become At One With Your UK Domain

By on May 1, 2012 in cctlds, Domains, nominet

As of today you can register OR renew UK domain names for up to 10 years! So if you have your .com, .eu, .me or .co domain name already registered for a full 10 year period you can now do the same with your co.uk. I’m a strong believer in “eating our own dogfood”, so [...]

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New IE Domain Promotional Graphics – What Do You Think?

By on April 27, 2012 in Domains, Marketing

IEDR have made available a number of graphics to promote .ie domain names. Here they are:   What do you think of them? Related articles IE Domains Break 175 Thousand Mark And Reports Growth (internetnews.me)

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Acquiring an Unavailable Domain Name On Your Own.

By on March 30, 2012 in aftermarket, Domains, Tips

Previously, Michele wrote about acquiring domain names through third party domain acquisitions specialists and gave tips on how to smartly and effectively work with them to get a domain. However, there is more than one way to skin a domain name, and if you decide to acquire a name on your own there are several [...]

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Getting A Domain Name That’s Already Registered

By on January 5, 2012 in Domains, Marketing, Seo, Tips

Choosing the right domain name for your business is, arguably, one of the most important decisions you will need to make. If your business domain name isn’t easy to remember or easy to spell, then you will lose traffic. If you lose traffic you lose sales.. no sales = no revenue etc., etc. Choosing a [...]

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Save Money on Hosting and domains

January Blues Getting You Down? Save Big In Our Mega Hosting and Domain Name Sale!

By on January 3, 2012 in Domains, dotme, dottel, Email, eurid, Hosting, icann, Promotions

Today’s the first day back at work in 2012 for most people. We know that a lot of people find January to be a tough month … but every cloud has a silver lining .. January is sale time! Here at Blacknight we like bringing you discounts whenever and whereever we can. This January’s sale, [...]

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