Last Thursday afternoon, while the ICANN meeting was wrapping up in Buenos Aires, a historic moment was reached. At 5pm Irish time the .irish top level domain entered "general availability". In simpler words - from that moment onwards anyone, anywhere can now register a .irish domain name. This is cool. It's something that I've been looking forward to for several … [Read more...] about The .Irish Domain Is Now Available
Domains & DNS
Counting Down To .Irish Launch
In a few days time the .irish top level domain name will be available to the public. From June 25th they'll be open for registration on a "first come, first served" basis, though you can currently pre-order during landrush. It's going to be interesting to see who registers one and how they end up using it. We're currently running print ads in some of the Irish media - … [Read more...] about Counting Down To .Irish Launch
#MEDay Hero
Today might be St Patrick's Day, but yesterday was "ME Day" I've always liked the .me domain name. It just makes sense! So yesterday afternoon I attended their "bash" across the street from the Austin Convention Centre and the Hilton in downtown Austin. The event, which was sponsored by Domain.com, was part of the #SXSW 2015 crazy The guys at .me were doing some fun … [Read more...] about #MEDay Hero
.brussels NewTLDs
It looks like the city of Brussels is doing a marketing campaign around .brussels - the new domain extension for the Belgian city: … [Read more...] about .brussels NewTLDs
Big Companies Trying To Monopolise .blog, .cloud and more
ICANN is currently evaluating a couple of thousand applications for new top level domains. Most of the applications are for new and interesting domain extensions (the bit on the right of the dot) that will provide greater consumer choice and foster competition. Unfortunately a smaller subset is from a companies that believe they have special rights to corner off entire … [Read more...] about Big Companies Trying To Monopolise .blog, .cloud and more