Either the IEDR believes its own PR or the PR company it uses are clueless.I'm not sure which one it is.In any case they've pushed out yet another one of those "look at how wonderful we are" type press releases. You know the type. A few facts padded by loads of waffle with pretty much no substance.Read about it over on my domain blog.And while talking about the IEDR Tom was … [Read more...] about More Inane Junk From IEDR
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IEDR Comreg and IE Namespace
I'm really tired of the shenanigans involving the IEDR and the IE namespace, so I wrote this rant.Feedback welcome (on that site :) ) … [Read more...] about IEDR Comreg and IE Namespace
Promos and Cool Stuff
Cool stuff is great and discounts are even better, so I thought I'd share two little things with you:We're offering a discount on .com transfers from now until the end of the month. If you've got a bunch of .com domains with another provider then now is an excellent time to move themThe Firefox domain search plugin has been updated - thanks to Ciaran from Weeno Media! … [Read more...] about Promos and Cool Stuff
Hover – URL Shortening With A Twist
There seem to be a lot of URL shortening services out there.While TinyURL has been around for a long time a lot of Irish users opt for url.ie, but in recent months there seems to have been a lot more added.While competition is generally a good thing there's only so much you can do with a URL shortening service.Custom aliases, 301 redirects and a lot more besides have all been … [Read more...] about Hover – URL Shortening With A Twist
Bizarre Emails
When you own "odd" domains you become accustomed to getting rather odd emails. Some of the emails are genuine. Some are simply weird.Armchair.ie has nothing to do with furniture. You don't need to be a genius to realise what the site is all about, yet every single day for the last two weeks I have got an email from a company in China offering me furniture. It's not random … [Read more...] about Bizarre Emails