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    Twitter Validation?

    My agency recently joined twitter. As a part of our marketing campaign, we've been following everyone we can, to get reciprocal followers, but a few of them send direct messages asking us to validate.

    Does anyone know if the following link/service is actually a part of twitter?
    http://t.co/yOPhfDf

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    http://twitter.com/#!/embassyunit5436
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    Re: Twitter Validation?

    John,

    Merry Christmas,

    To be honest, I have never seen this validation before. I went into www.whois.net to check things out, and this is what I get for Twitter:

    WHOIS information for twitter.com :

    [Querying whois.verisign-grs.com]
    [whois.verisign-grs.com]

    Whois Server Version 2.0

    Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
    with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
    for detailed information.

    Domain Name: TWITTER.COM
    Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
    Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
    Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
    Name Server: NS1.P26.DYNECT.NET
    Name Server: NS2.P26.DYNECT.NET
    Name Server: NS3.P26.DYNECT.NET
    Name Server: NS4.P26.DYNECT.NET
    Status: clientTransferProhibited
    Updated Date: 19-apr-2010
    Creation Date: 21-jan-2000
    Expiration Date: 21-jan-2018
    and this is what I get for the url you gave:

    WHOIS information for truetwit.com :

    [Querying whois.verisign-grs.com]
    [whois.verisign-grs.com]

    Whois Server Version 2.0

    Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
    with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
    for detailed information.

    Domain Name: TRUETWIT.COM
    Registrar: DIRECTNIC, LTD
    Whois Server: whois.directnic.com
    Referral URL: http://www.directnic.com
    Name Server: NS0.DIRECTNIC.COM
    Name Server: NS1.DIRECTNIC.COM
    Status: clientDeleteProhibited
    Status: clientTransferProhibited
    Status: clientUpdateProhibited
    Updated Date: 08-oct-2010
    Creation Date: 23-jun-2009
    Expiration Date: 23-jun-2012
    Hope this helps. Like I said, personally I have never ever been asked for a validation.

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    Re: Twitter Validation?

    Quote Originally Posted by John Sanderson View Post

    Does anyone know if the following link/service is actually a part of twitter?
    http://t.co/yOPhfDf
    It appears to be okay. Read the following from Twitters own web site:

    http://support.twitter.com/articles/...vice-http-t-co
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    Re: Twitter Validation?

    Thank-you both. The information in very helpful.

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    Re: Twitter Validation?

    John,

    It's always a pleasure to assist whenever possible. I am not sure how helpful it was, but it was worth sharing.

    Have a pleasant day.

    Liz

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