A university, an insurance company and a consumer goods company bow out of new TLD program. Three more companies have informed ICANN that they wish to terminate their dot-brand top level domain names. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Intel and Metlife terminate their top level domains
· UncategorizedTwo 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 ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Chrysler crashes its dot-brand domain names
· UncategorizedCompany pulls all but one of its dot-brands; other companies join the withdrawing party. Fiat Chrysler is among the companies dropping many of its dot-brand domain names. ICANN published 13 more termination notices for top level domain names ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Challenges of “.brand” domain names
· UncategorizedThe structure of domain names and ICANN rules hamper .brand domains. Earlier this week ICANN posted a notice from Honeywell that it wants to terminate its .honeywell domain name. These domains--with a trademark after the dot--are commonly referred ... Continue Reading19 Comments
3 more dot-brand top level domains to be cut
· UncategorizedCompanies decide against operating dot-brand top level domains. Two more companies have requested to cancel their registry contracts with ICANN after abandoning plans to operate their dot-brand top level domain names. Sony Mobile Communications AB ... Continue Reading8 Comments
.Brand domains are making progress
· UncategorizedPresentation at ICANN meeting shows slow progress. Like many things in the new top level domain name program, the launch and acceptance of .brand top level domain names has been slower than a lot of people hoped. But slowly but surely, new websites on ... Continue Reading4 Comments
AXA uses its dot-brand domain name and blockchain for new insurance product
· UncategorizedFizzy launched on fizzy.axa a couple months ago. This September insurance company AXA introduced a new test insurance product called Fizzy. The company launched it on its own .brand domain, Fizzy.axa. Launching the test product on a dot-brand domain ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Big brands and domains – DNW Podcast #140
· PodcastsA discussion with Mark Calandra of CSC about how brands look at domain names. Today we talk with Mark Calandra, General Manager of CSC Digital Brand Services. The 100+ year-old-company is a big player in corporate domain name management. We discuss how ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Tracking the growth of .Brand top level domain names
· UncategorizedIt's slow, but marching upward. A lot of things are playing out slowly with new top level domain names, including the adoption of so-called ".brand" domain names. These are domains such as .google and .mlb that are owned by brands. Now you can track ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Sony creates new sites on .Sony top level domain name
· UncategorizedThree. brand websites promote various projects. Back in 2015, Sony created a site to promote some of the technology in the James Bond Film Spectre. It chose to create the site at AssistMoneyPenny.SONY, using its .brand top level domain name. That ... Continue Reading4 Comments