The microblogging site Twitter has taken control of the domain name TwitterAdvertising.com, according to WHOIS records.
Twitter has started re-directing the URL to business.twitter.com, its site for businesses looking to advertise using Twitter’s Promoted Tweets, Promoted Trends, and Promoted Accounts.
The change in ownership took place earlier this week, with the registrant changing from Edward Murphy of PayPerPost to Twitter, Inc.
Domain Name………. twitteradvertising.com
Creation Date…….. 2008-05-08
Registration Date…. 2011-06-19
Expiry Date………. 2013-05-09
Organisation Name…. Twitter, Inc.
Organisation Address. 795 Folsom Street
Organisation Address. Suite 600
Organisation Address. San Francisco
Organisation Address. 94107
Organisation Address. CA
Organisation Address. UNITED STATES
It’s unknown whether Twitter negotiated a deal or threatened legal action.
I’ve attempted to contact the domain’s previous owner to ask him about the change in ownership, but I’ve gotten no response.