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Domain Scammers Prey on Small Business Owners

15th January 2019 by Michele Leave a Comment

Fact or Fake concept, Hand flip wood cube change the word, April fools day

We are a technical and technology based company. Our clients, however, are varied. While some might be very technical, the majority of our small business clients use our services to enable and grow their digital presence. They don't need to understand technology, but they do need to be comfortable using it. Why does this matter? Because it's all based on trust, which is a … [Read more...] about Domain Scammers Prey on Small Business Owners

Now’s the Time to Register IE Domains

28th March 2018 by Michele Leave a Comment

Businessman drawing a light bulb on a green chalkboard

We've been offering .ie domain names for more than 15 years. Over that time the rules, processes and prices for IE domains have evolved considerably. Back in 2003, for example, the wholesale price was €50. To register a .ie domain name at the time was complicated, manual and slow. Fast forward to now. The retail price for IE domain names these days is between €20 and €30, … [Read more...] about Now’s the Time to Register IE Domains

The Clock Is Ticking .. DotBlog Goes Live Tomorrow!

20th November 2016 by Michele Leave a Comment

Tomorrow afternoon at 1500 UTC, which also happens to be 1500 here in Ireland, .blog will finally go into "general availability". In other words, anyone who wants to register a .blog domain name will be able to do so without any restrictions. Sure, the registry has got a bunch of "premium" names and there's also some names that are "registry reserved", but neither list is … [Read more...] about The Clock Is Ticking .. DotBlog Goes Live Tomorrow!

The Domain For Blogging Addicts Is Launching

13th November 2016 by Michele 1 Comment

I've been blogging on and off for years. Some of my friends like to wind me up about the volume of blogging that I do, but I won't apologise for it. I am a blog addict and that is just part of my being! So when I heard about the .blog domain extension I was naturally interested. Time went by and ICANN took their time processing all the applications. I waited and waited and … [Read more...] about The Domain For Blogging Addicts Is Launching

A New TLD Launch That Sparks The Imagination – Roll On DotBlog!

19th August 2016 by Michele Leave a Comment

Once upon a time a domain launch was exciting (relatively speaking). One of the downsides to so many new top level domains becoming available is that the sense of excitement is pretty much gone. Sure, you can get excited about one or two domain extensions, but when there's a new one almost every single day it's really hard to get excited about any of them. However the … [Read more...] about A New TLD Launch That Sparks The Imagination – Roll On DotBlog!

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