I've mentioned the price of .ie domains several times in the past...... Earlier today we were given the official prices for 2007 from the IEDR. What struck me as rather amusing is that it will now be cheaper to register .ie domains directly with the IEDR than through some of their more prominent resellers. The IEDR will be dropping their retail rate to €69, so unless some of … [Read more...] about IE Domain Prices to drop in January ….
Subscribe to RSS and win an ipod!
Original and catchy marketing ideas always grab my attention. The latest one to do so is that of Marketing Pilgrim where they are giving away an iPod to an RSS subscriber It's a really nice idea for boosting their readerships stats … [Read more...] about Subscribe to RSS and win an ipod!
Irish Webmaster Forum in Alexa Top 100
I don't pay much attention to Alexa ranking, but I know other people do... Anyhow I see that the Irish webmaster forum is in the top 100 for Ireland, which is more than can be said for a number of Irish sites that seem to think that Alexa actually matters.... … [Read more...] about Irish Webmaster Forum in Alexa Top 100
Egovernment Failing?
If people cannot access online services due to accessibility issues, then it would be fairly safe to say that egovernment is not succeeding - it's probably failing. Richard Hearne has done a fascinating analysis of over 40 Irish government and political party websites with a view to assessing their accessibility and the results are quite worrying: Government Department … [Read more...] about Egovernment Failing?
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Trailers of the next Harry Potter film are now available Looks like it's being released in mid-July as a summer hit, rather than a Christmas one .... So what's happening about the next book? … [Read more...] about Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix