Announcing a domain name registration on a social website

• US 8,276,057 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2009
• Issued: 09/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rowe, Tiffany, Hayes, Sean, Dolan, Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): Ries, Laurie
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mills, Frank D
• Application Number:
  US12/561,439
• Publication Number:
  US 20110066521A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,104 Days
• Field of Search: 715/205
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations

Abstract

Systems and methods of the present invention provide for posting a search engine result to a feed from a social networking website. The feed may include an announcement of a registered domain name and a link to an associated website. A control panel for the registered domain name and associated website may be displayed on a client.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

A) receiving from a client computer communicatively coupled to a network, by one or more server computers communicatively coupled to said network;

i) one or more authentication credentials, for a registrant of a domain name, for accessing an account on a social networking website; and

ii) a delay period after which to publish, on a web page for said account, a domain name announcement comprising;

a) an announcement of a registration of said domain name; and

b) a hyperlink to a website resolving from said domain name; and

B) responsive to an expiration of said delay period;

i) authenticating to said account, by said one or more server computers and using said one or more authentication credentials, via a social networking application programming interface; and

ii) publishing, by said one or more server computers, said domain name announcement to said web page for said account via said social networking application programming interface.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of detecting, by said one or more server computers:

i) a plurality of general website traffic to said website;

ii) a plurality of website traffic generated by said hyperlink;

iii) a plurality of pay-per-click or click-through traffic generated by one or more server redirects from said hyperlink; and

iv) one or more changes to an amount of web pages in said website.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising the steps of:

i) responsive to a detected change to said amount of web pages in said website, automatically publishing to said web page, by said one or more server computers during said delay period and via said social networking application programming interface, one or more announcements of one or more website updates or developments; and

ii) responsive to a detected increase in said website traffic generated by said hyperlink, automatically publishing to said web page, by said one or more server computers and via said social networking application programming interface, said domain name announcement.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of receiving from a control panel on said client computer, by said one or more server computers, a plurality of control panel data used by said one or more server computers to:

i) manage one or more domain names, including said domain name, and one or more hosted websites;

ii) grant permission to publish said domain name announcement;

iii) access and configure said social networking application programming interface;

iv) detect one or more selections by said registrant to;

a) immediately generate traffic for a parked web page via said hyperlink; and

b) immediately publish one or more website content files for said website and publish, on said web page for said account, an announcement of a finished hosted website;

v) notify said registrant of said expiration of said delay period; and

vi) notify said registrant, prior to said domain name announcement being published, that said domain name announcement will be published.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said social networking application programming interface comprises a software interface provided by said social networking website to support function calls or requests for one or more services made of said social networking website by one or more computer programs on said one or more server computers.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said social networking website comprises any combination of:

i) one or more social networking software applications; and

ii) one or more widgets, each of said one or more widgets comprising a portable software code incorporated into one or more web pages without recompiling said portable software code.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of publishing, after said expiration of said delay period, said domain name announcement on a registrar web page for a registrar account on said social networking website.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said website comprises a single web page configured to:

i) resolve from said domain name;

ii) display one or more advertising listings and links;

iii) record a payment due to said registrant based on how many of said one or more advertising listings and links have been clicked; and

iv) announce, via a content on said single web page, that said website is not yet completed.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of transmitting to said client computer, by said one or more server computers, a web content comprising one or more products recommended to increase, via said hyperlink, a monitored metric for traffic to said website.

10. A method, comprising:

A) receiving from a client computer communicatively coupled to a network, by one or more server computers communicatively coupled to said network;

i) one or more authentication credentials, for a registrant of a domain name, for accessing an account on a social networking website; and

ii) a delay period after which to make a domain name announcement available from a search engine feed for said account, said domain name announcement comprising;

a) an announcement of a registration of said domain name; and

b) a hyperlink to a website resolving from said domain name; and

B) responsive to an expiration of said delay period;

i) authenticating to said account, by said one or more server computers and using said one or more authentication credentials, via a social networking application programming interface; and

ii) publishing, by said one or more server computers, said domain name announcement to said search engine feed for said account via said social networking application programming interface.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of detecting, by said one or more server computers:

i) a plurality of general website traffic to said website;

ii) a plurality of website traffic generated by said hyperlink;

iii) a plurality of pay-per-click or click-through traffic generated by one or more server redirects from said hyperlink; and

iv) one or more changes to an amount of web pages in said website.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising the steps of:

i) responsive to a detected change to said amount of web pages in said website, automatically publishing to said search engine feed for said account, by said one or more server computers during said delay period and via said social networking application programming interface, one or more announcements of one or more website updates or developments; and

ii) responsive to a detected increase in said website traffic generated by said hyperlink, automatically publishing to said search engine feed for said account, by said one or more server computers and via said social networking application programming interface, said domain name announcement.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of receiving from a control panel on said client computer, by said one or more server computers, a plurality of control panel data used by said one or more server computers to:

i) manage one or more domain names, including said domain name, and one or more hosted websites;

ii) grant permission to publish said domain name announcement;

iii) accessing and configure said social networking application programming interface;

iv) detect one or more selections by said registrant to;

a) immediately generate traffic for a parked web page via said hyperlink; and

b) immediately publish one or more website content files for said website and publish on said web page for said account, an announcement of a finished hosted website;

v) notify said registrant of said expiration of said delay period; and

vi) notify said registrant, prior to said domain name announcement being published, that said domain name announcement will be published.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said social networking application programming interface comprises a software interface provided by said social networking website to support function calls or requests for one or more services made of said social networking website by one or more computer programs on said one or more server computers.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein said social networking website comprises any combination of:

i) one or more social networking software applications;

ii) one or more widgets, each of said one or more widgets comprising a portable software code incorporated into one or more web pages without recompiling said portable software code.

16. The method of claim 10 further comprising the step of publishing, after said expiration of said delay period, said domain name announcement on a registrar web page for a registrar account on said social networking website.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein said website comprises a single web page configured to:

i) resolve from said domain name;

ii) display one or more advertising listings and links;

iii) record a payment die to said registrant based on how many of said one or more advertising listings and links have been clicked; and

iv) announce, via a content on said single web page, that said website is not yet completed.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of transmitting to said client computer, by said one or more server computers, a web content comprising one or more produces recommended to increase, via said hyperlink, a monitored metric for traffic to said web site.