Two large companies ditch their dot-brands.
Chip company Intel and insurance giant Metlife have canceled their dot-brand top level domain names.
The two companies notified ICANN about their decisions last month, and ICANN published preliminary determinations not to transition the domains this week.
Intel originally applied for .intel and .powerbook. It withdrew the .powerbook application, but .intel proceeded to delegation. The company created a handful of second level domains including software.intel, ark.intel, and jobs.intel but only forwarded the domains to pages on Intel.com.
Metlife does not appear to have actively used .metlife.
Last week, ICANN published a termination notice from Special Broadcasting Service Corporation for .sbs.
Sorry ICANN. They found it cheaper to pay Google.
I’m at a loss. What do you mean? AdWords for the traffic or something else?
You clearly have no idea what you’re talking about
yes, keep crying about how it’s all Google’s fault.
so? im pretty sure this has nothing to do with google in the first place.
So true Mike, how’s David and Bree doing? We miss you guys in Nashville.
Hi Bill, Nashville.com was roaring before the shutdown. We hope the city opens back up to some social normalcy soon. David and Bree are expecting their first child in a few months in WPB. Stay well. M
intel.com conveys its simple (to remember), authentic, trusted and genuine to an average Joe who is not related to domain name market but all has seen this.COM and that.COM throughout last 15-20 years. But http://www.buy.intel, or http://www.support.intel somehow seems complex. Which intel site did I visited week ago? was that http://www.intel, OR buy.intel.com OR just buy.intel OR something else? — this cause confusion in minds of people. So the RIGHT of the DOT should remain “constant” that is .COM and left can vary according to the brand. – It’s easy for brains.