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In the past few weeks, I have got a number of visitors coming from searching www.facebook.com . Frankly, I have no idea why is that. I mean, eventhough I have some posts mentioning about Facebook, there isn’t any post that focused solely on Facebook, or www.facebook.com for that matter. Or even if there is, I would expect my page to be in somewhere around page 10 or 20 of the search result.

But not. Checking from the Google Webmaster Tools, apparently I got the honor of being in the first page at some point. Which is a pleasant surprise but left me scratching my head.

As you can see from the screenshot, the page displayed for the search result is /2009/08/18/top-10-social-bookmarking-sites, a page comparing popular social networks, including Facebook and twitter.

Anyway, since Google is kind enough to brings visitor to this site, let me then provide the visitors with a more useful information instead. Here are the information about www.facebook.com :

Domain Information
Domain name facebook.com was first registered March 29th, 1997, but not until 2005 it become the website we know it now. Facebook, previously hosted on domain name thefacebook.com, purchased the domain name facebook.com for $200k in 2005.

The domain name facebook.com is registered till 2020, with the expiry date on March 30th, 2020. It is registered via registrar Markmonitor.com, a high-profile registrar that also provide service to Google and Wikipedia.

Domain is registered to Facebook, Inc. , located in 1601 S. California Ave Palo Alto CA 94304 US. The contact information of the registration is stated as Domain Administrator. Email address for registration is [email protected], with contact number of +1.6505434800 and fax number of +1.6505434800 .

As stated in the whois information, Facebook is using 5 nameservers : ns1.facebook.com, ns2.facebook.com, ns3.facebook.com, ns4.facebook.com, ns5.facebook.com.

Here is the complete domain information from whois (as of 6 August 2010). Source who.is.

FACEBOOK.COM WHOIS

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Registrant:
Domain Administrator
Facebook, Inc.
1601 S. California Ave
Palo Alto CA 94304
US
[email protected] +1.6505434800 Fax: +1.6505434800

Domain Name: facebook.com

Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com
Registrar Homepage: http://www.markmonitor.com

Administrative Contact:
Domain Administrator
Facebook, Inc.
1601 S. California Ave
Palo Alto CA 94304
US
[email protected] +1.6505434800 Fax: +1.6505434800
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Domain Administrator
Facebook, Inc.
1601 S. California Ave
Palo Alto CA 94304
US
[email protected] +1.6505434800 Fax: +1.6505434800

Created on…………..: 1997-03-28.
Expires on…………..: 2020-03-29.
Record last updated on..: 2010-07-30.

Domain servers in listed order:

ns4.facebook.com
ns2.facebook.com
ns1.facebook.com
ns3.facebook.com
ns5.facebook.com

MarkMonitor is the Global Leader in Enterprise Brand Protection.

Domain Management
MarkMonitor Brand Protection™
AntiFraud Solutions
Corporate Consulting Services

Visit MarkMonitor at www.markmonitor.com
Contact us at 1 800 745 9229
In Europe, at +44 (0) 20 7840 1300
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Information Updated: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 13:52:06 UTC

Facebook Company History
Here is Facebook official timeline in reverse chronological order.
Source: http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?timeline

Company Timeline
2010

* February
Facebook reaches over 400 million active users

2009

* December
Facebook reaches over 350 million active users

* September
Facebook reaches over 300 million active users

* August
Facebook acquires FriendFeed

* July
Facebook reaches over 250 million active users

* June
Facebook launches Facebook Usernames

* May
Digital Sky Technologies makes a $200 million investment for preferred stock at a $10 billion valuation

* April
Facebook reaches over 200 million active users

* February
Facebook reaches over 175 million active users
Facebook joins OpenID board
“Like” feature added

* January
Facebook reaches over 150 million active users
CNN Live/Facebook integration

2008

* December
Facebook Connect becomes generally available

* August
Facebook reaches over 100 million active users

* April
Facebook launches Facebook Chat
Facebook releases Translation application to 21 additional languages

* March
Facebook updates privacy controls to include Friend List privacy
Facebook launches in German

* February
Facebook launches in Spanish and French

* January
Facebook co-sponsors Presidential Debates with ABC News

2007

* November
Facebook launches Facebook Ads

* October
Facebook reaches over 50 million active users
Facebook launches Facebook Platform for Mobile
Facebook and Microsoft expand advertising deal to cover international markets; Microsoft takes a $240 million equity stake in Facebook

* July
Facebook acquires startup Parakey

* May
Facebook launches Marketplace application for classified listings
Facebook hosts F8 event to launch Facebook Platform
Facebook Platform launches with 65 developer partners and over 85 applications

* April
Facebook reaches 20 million active users
Facebook updates site design and adds network portals

* March
Facebook reaches over 2 million active Canadian users and 1 million active UK users

* February
Virtual gift shop launches as a feature

2006

* December
Facebook reaches more than 12 million active users

* November
Share feature added on Facebook, simultaneously launched on over 20 partner sites

* September
News Feed and Mini-Feed are introduced with additional privacy controls
Facebook expands registration so anyone can join

* August
Facebook development platform launches
Notes application is introduced
Facebook and Microsoft form strategic relationship for banner ad syndication

* May
Facebook expands to add work networks

* April
Facebook raises $27.5 million from Greylock Partners, Meritech Capital Partners and others
Facebook Mobile feature launches

2005

* December
Facebook reaches more than 5.5 million active users

* October
Photos is added as an application
Facebook begins to add international school networks

* September
Facebook expands to add high school networks

* August
The company officially changes its name to Facebook from thefacebook.com

* May
Facebook raises $12.7 million in venture capital from Accel Partners;
Facebook grows to support more than 800 college networks

2004

* December
Facebook reaches nearly 1 million active users

* September
Groups application is added; the Wall is added as a Profile feature

* June
Facebook moves its base of operations to Palo Alto, Calif.

* March
Facebook expands from Harvard to Stanford, Columbia and Yale

* February
Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin launch Facebook from their Harvard dorm room

That’s it. Coming up is WordPress plugins for Facebook and Firefox add ons for Facebook.