Tag: Facebook domains

Categories
News

Facebook registers domains for something called “FB Origin”

FBOrigin.com Whois record

FBOrigin.com Whois record

This week, the social networking giant Facebook registered several domains for something called “FB Origin” ranging from dot-com to dot-biz.

On the same day the company held a media event where it unveiled 60 new apps that you can add to your timeline, Facebook registered fborigin.com, fborigin.net, fborigin.org, fborigin.biz, fborigin.info and even fborigin.co.uk.

The domains were registered through the brand protection company MarkMonitor.

I scoured through the list of new apps, looking for something with the name “Origin”, and didn’t find anything.

Though it’s only speculation at this time, with all these new domain registrations, it appears Facebook has plans to launch a new product or service called “Origin” to go along with its other services like Timeline. 

At the time of this story, none of the domains resolve to a web page.

Discussion: Techmeme, @RobinWauters, ZDNet (blog), All Facebook, Inside Facebook, Marketing Land and Ubergizmo

Categories
Disputes News

Defendant in Lanham Act lawsuit turns over dozens of domains to Facebook

Facebook, Inc. v. Cyber2Media, Inc. et al

Back in July, Facebook filed a lawsuit in United States District Court seeking the cancelling of typosquatter domains that infringed on its trademarks, as well as damages and other relief against a number of defendants.

In the case of Facebook, Inc. v. Cyber2Media, Inc. et al, Facebook alleged violations of the Lanham Act, which among other things, prohibits trademark infringement.

One of the defendants identified in the lawsuit (read here), Ryan Johnson of Minnesota, has now transferred nearly 75 domain names to Facebook.

The domain names were transferred to Facebook, Inc. this week. 

Here’s a look at the full list of domain names that Ryan Johnson handed over.

acebookfans.com
acebookfriends.com
advertisingfacebooknow.com
bestfacebookcash.com
bestfacebookemail.com
bestfacebookfans.com
bestfacebookmarketing.com
bestfacebooksearch.com
bestfacebookstock.com
buyfacebookfansonline.com
buyfacebookfanssite.com
buyfbfansnow.com
buyfbfansonline.com
cheapfacebook.com
coloradofacebook.com
facebookbase.com
facebookbff.com
facebookbulletins.com
facebookcashsite.com
facebookcashworld.com
facebookeffects.com
facebookemailsite.com
facebookemailworld.com
facebookenthusiasts.com
facebookfindsite.com
facebookhuntworld.com
facebookmaildirect.com
facebookmailonline.com
facebookmessagesite.com
facebookmoneydirect.com
facebookmoneyworld.com
facebookpublicity.com
facebookresultsnow.com
facebooksearchsite.com
facebooksearchworld.com
facebookseek.com
facebookseekguide.com
facebookstocksite.com
facebookstockworld.com
fbadvertisingresults.com
fbadvertisingresultsnow.com
fbemailsite.com
fbemailworld.com
fbresultstoday.com
fbstockdirect.com
fbstockmarkets.com
fbstockonline.com
fbstocksite.com
fbstocktrader.com
fbstockworld.com
findfbfriends.com
freefbfans.com
freefblikes.com
getfblikesnow.com
greatfacebookgames.com
iowafacebook.com
myfacebookbff.com
newfacebookmarketing.com
statefacebook.com
superfacebookcash.com
superfacebookemail.com
superfacebookstock.com
thefacebookcash.com
thefacebookemail.com
thefacebookmarketing.com
thefacebooksearch.com
thefacebookstock.com
thefbgamecheats.com
thefbstock.com
unionfacebook.com
yourfacebookcash.com
yourfacebookemail.com
yourfacebooksearch.com
yourfacebookstock.com

I’ve reached out to Ryan for comment and will update this story if I hear back.

Categories
News

Facebook registers Notifier and SSL domains for new notification program?

Facebook Notifier

This week Facebook registered several notifier and SSL domain names like FacebookNotifier.com and Facebook-SSL.net.

Could the notifier domains be a hint that Facebook is working on developing a new notification application that can run on different platforms? 

There are a number of Facebook notification services you can already install and run that alert you when interesting activity happens on Facebook, but even Facebook’s Desktop notification app (app home page pictured above) has been classified as nothing more than an experimental app for years. 

While the Facebook app has over 40,000 monthly active users, according to reviews by Facebook users, its own notification app needs work.  For example, it isn’t supported on Windows 7.

The full list of names registered by Facebook on October 10 include: Facebook-SSL.net, Facebook-SSL.org, FacebookNotifier.com, FacebookNotifier.org, NotifierFacebook.com, NotifierFacebook.net, and NotifierFacebook.org.

Here’s a look at the WHOIS record for FacebookNotifier.com.

Registrant:
        Domain Administrator
        Facebook, Inc.
        1601 S. California Ave
         Palo Alto CA 94304
        US

    Domain Name: facebooknotifier.com

        Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
        Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com

    Administrative Contact:
        Domain Administrator
        Facebook, Inc.
        1601 S. California Ave
         Palo Alto CA 94304
        US
         
    Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
        Domain Administrator
        Facebook, Inc.
        1601 S. California Ave
         Palo Alto CA 94304
        US

    Created on…………..: 2011-10-10.
    Expires on…………..: 2013-10-10.
    Record last updated on..: 2011-10-10.

Update 1, Oct. 20, 2011 3:14am EST:  Facebook registered more domains, including: facebook-notification.org, facebooknotification.org, notification-facebook.org, and notificationfacebook.org.

Update 2, Oct. 21, 2011 3:12am EST: More domain names registered:  Facebook-notification.net, facebooknotification.net, notification-facebook.com, notification-facebook.net, notificationfacebook.com, and notificationfacebook.net.

Discussion: All Facebook