Facebook snaps up FB.com; currently owns FB.com and .biz.
Remember when .biz registry Neustar auctioned off two letter domain names at twodotbiz.biz? Facebook participated and picked up the domain name FB.com.
The company registered the domain name under DNStination Inc., which is associated with domain registrar MarkMonitor. Facebook used the same group to acquire FB.com from American Farm Bureau, which still owns the .org domain.
The domain name just recently moved from DNStination Inc. to Facebook in whois, but the domain name doesn’t resolve yet. Facebook is using FB.com for email addresses and a URL shortener; you can type FB.com to go to Facebook.com or just substitute FB.com for Facebook.com in any other URL.
I don’t have a record of the price paid for FB.biz in the auction. Feel free to comment if you know.
My guess is the company goes after FB.info as that domain is released by .info registry Afilias.
removed says
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to do what???
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redirect to its main site, a new short-URL service or a Facebook Search Engine???
chandan says
dont like face book then go and bid fb.info 😉
Name top says
I guess FB is preparing it for battle in search engine. It is easier to remember and type in. Great move.
Louise says
@ Andrew, did you post about Facebook’s trademark of the term, “face” by itself? I can’t find it!
Patent Office Agrees To Facebook’s “Face” Trademark It’s an uproar in legal circles over the granting of that trademark.
What does it mean for my domain, Face-chat.com, I wanted to ask. It’s outrageous the USPTO granted that trademark. Face-to-face is already in use with regard to, “Telecommunication services, namely, providing online chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among computer users in the field of general interest and concerning social and entertainment subject matter.” I’m really shocked. That’s this world.
Louise says
Andrew, please blog about this:
http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=78980756