I've been following the marketing antics of some of our industry competitors closely. Some marketing ploys are quite interesting and in some cases even innovative, however there are some techniques that I find almost laughable A particular competitor seems to be having serious issues with their maths or maybe their comprehension of the English language.. To be honest, I'm not … [Read more...] about Domains vs Clients
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Nominet Launchs New Online Services
Nominet has just launched an online portal for registrars (tag holders) and other clients. It's quite similar to the IEDR reseller console in some respects, though it allows you to edit a wide variety of details associated with your account. For example, you can now easily edit where the various notification emails are sent to without having to ring them. This is handy, though … [Read more...] about Nominet Launchs New Online Services
Blacknight Blog
Following on from comments and conversations with bloggers, customers and other people we've decided to put an official Blacknight blog online. I would have announced it sooner, but I was in the Hilton :) So the Blacknight blog is here, while my blog will obviously not be going anywhere What will this mean? Basically I will keep blogging about the things that I'm interested in … [Read more...] about Blacknight Blog
Verisign – License To Print Money
Although consumers may have been following the pricing of domains that they pay ie. the retail rates they should be aware of what is going on behind the scenes. A lot of the bloggers who are involved in the domain industry have been commenting in recent months about the new contracts that Verisign is getting from ICANN. … [Read more...] about Verisign – License To Print Money
Podcast Hosting
I was contacted earlier this evening by a prominent Irish podcaster who was interested in my thoughts on podcast hosting. While I would normally have replied to them directly via email I thought it worthwhile to share some of my (random) thoughts in public. When a number of the Irish podcasters got together late last year to discuss setting up a podcasting body I signed up … [Read more...] about Podcast Hosting