Twitter results top Google search
So Twitter is now even more important since it appears that Google has started to roll it out into their results for some searches now.
Currently I can only find it showing when I search specific terms that also relate to twitter user names, although it doesn’t show for everyone I’ve searched for.
For example when I search my twitter user name my 2 last tweets show up above all the rest of the organic results, the same occurred when I search various other terms or people such as bitly, kierondonoghue (sorry mate, you were the first affiliate name that sprang to mind) and DuncanBannatyne.
The DuncanBannatyne search was interesting as it was auto updating as I sat there watching it, so other peoples mentions of @DuncanBannatyne were appearing in the search within minutes of them being posted (definitely expect people to look at ways of spamming these now, although I’m sure both Twitter and Google have measures in place to reduce this!)
Hamleys allow Hamleys.com domain to expire
It looks like someone at Hamleys is going to be in a spot of bother since it appears that they have forgotten to renew hamleys.com and it’s now going to a back order page.
Looking at the Network solution twitter page (twitter being the place where I saw it had happened following a post by a post by @ClarkeDuncan) also suggest that it has expired but they are going to help the customer get it sorted. View here
The whois shows:
Registrant:
Pending Renewal or Deletion
P.O. Box 430
Herndon, VA. US 20172-0447
Domain Name: HAMLEYS.COM
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Pending Renewal or Deletion
P.O. Box 430
Herndon, VA 20172-0447
US
570-708-8786
Record expires on 28-Oct-2009.
Record created on 14-Apr-1996.
Database last updated on 3-Nov-2009 07:56:25 EST.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.PENDINGRENEWALDELETION.COM 205.178.190.51
NS2.PENDINGRENEWALDELETION.COM 205.178.144.51
Whosoever fault it is we don’t imagine is going to be on a Christmas bonus this year, ooops!