Why Standards Matter
When you take your car into a mechanic you expect them to do the job correctly and to meet industry standards. It’s not something you ask about, as it’s taken as a given. When it comes to web design,...
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Standards Compliant Browsers Cost Less
Web developers and designers hate dealing with odd browser issues, so the more people that use standards compliant browsers the better. In the case of Internet Explorer 6 it seems that people have to...
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Short IE Domain Auctions Starting
We’ve provided a few updates over the last couple of weeks about the auction of short IE domains. Short domains are a wonderful resource for brand owners. You can user them in a lot of innovative...
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All Set For The SME Awards?
The waiting is almost over! The Blacknight SME Awards are being held this Saturday evening!!!! (We’re just a tad excited!) If you’re a finalist – well done! Whether you win or not you’ve already done...
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Short IE Domains Update
We have been informed by IEDR that the launch of “General Availability” or “GA” for “short” IE domain names has been delayed. IEDR have not provided a clear date when GA will open, though they are...
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Operation #LoveSMEs Is Go!
Tomorrow is the big day! We will be heading to Cork in force tomorrow, with staff coming from Carlow, Wexford and Clare to help Damien and his team run a successful event. We’ve been looking forward...
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Feeling the Love at the Blacknight SME Awards!
Winners of the Blacknight SME Awards 2016. Photo Credit: Ryan Whalley. We had a great time last night at the Blacknight SME Awards in Cork, in the company of over 200 like-minded, hardworking, talented...
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Two-Letter IE Domains are a Premium Opportunity at a Regular Price
We had a busy weekend as sponsors of the Blacknight SME Awards in Cork. It also gave us an opportunity to use our new two-letter IE domain, bk.ie, in a newspaper advertisement in yesterday’s Sunday...
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Brú Brewery Takes the Grand Prix at Blacknight SME Awards 2016
At Blacknight, we love SMEs. So we sponsored the SME Awards (Michele says it was a no-brainer!) Then we thought: let’s put them on TV! So while all the fun was going on; Rick O’Shea was giving out...
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Retailers Recognised at Blacknight SME Awards [Video]
The Blacknight SME Awards was a lot of fun last weekend. We decided to go full-on with the videos this year and took over a corner with a temporary studio. This week we’re publishing the results of...
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SMEs – Don’t you just love ’em!
Our video booth at The Blacknight SME Awards was huge fun. We’ve already shared our conversations with the winners in the retail categories; now all the winners videos are online – all captured in the...
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Want A Super Short IE Domain? Only Two Weeks Left To Pre-Order
We’ve been talking a lot about the launch of short IE domain names over the last few months. The auctions for contested domains from landrush are progressing and we’ve been getting notices from IEDR...
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DotClub Celebrates Its Second Birthday
We’ve been promoting domain names for years. Choosing a good domain name for your business or personal site is something we’ve always encouraged are clients to do. But when it comes to the “new”...
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Celebrating 10 Years Of Montenegrin Independence And 8 Years Of .Me
Montenegro is a “young” country and this year will see it celebrating 10 years of its independence. It’ll also mark the 8 year anniversary of the launch of the .me domain name, the domain extension...
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Speaking About Domains & ICANN To Thousands Of Trademark Types
Next week is the INTA annual conference in Orlando, Florida. INTA is the international trademark association, whose members are a mix of trademark lawyers and other trademark professionals. It’s not...
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Brands, Trademarks, Domains & ICANN
Earlier today I was on a panel at the INTA annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. It’s my first time attending an INTA event, so I’ve been fascinated by it all so far. The panel was very interesting, as...
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Off To Arizona For WHD USA
Gianni and I will be at WHD.usa in Phoenix, Arizona over the next few days. It’s a good opportunity for us to meet with both existing and potential vendors. Why does this matter? It’s key to us to...
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5 Ways To Boost Your Online Presence & Success
We receive many calls about “making my site show up in Google”. While we don’t offer web development services, nor are we SEO consultants, we deal with the topic on a daily basis. Seeing as it’s such...
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Domaining Europe Goes To The Hague
There aren’t that many domain focussed events held in Europe. Domaining Europe, which is now in its 8th year, is probably the biggest. Up until this year the event was always held in Valencia, Spain,...
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The IANA Transition Cannot Be Held Hostage
Back in March 2014 the US government, via the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, which is part of the US Department of Commerce, signalled that it was ready to decouple the US...
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