Check Out the Twitters on That GoDaddy Girl – Name Dropping Revisited

Back in April I wrote:

It should become a standard practice when you register your domain name that you go ahead and register that name as a user on Twitter. Currently it cost nothing to register for a Twitter account which means there is no acceptable excuses for not protecting an interest in name.
Name Dropping – Gizmotastic April 22, 2009

Today I stumbled across an article Adam Ostrow wrote at Mashable.com that Godaddy has now added Twitter registration to their domain process and the Domain Manager.

To use the feature, just login to your GoDaddy account and click on any of your domain names to access the manager (where you also go to do things like update name servers). There’s now a Twitter option under “Domain Enhancements” from which you can check your username availability.
GoDaddy Wants You to Go Twitter Mashable July 3, 2009.

I’m not going to say that GoDaddy got the idea from the post from three months ago, the company is full of smart people. I will say that it is a good move. Too often people do not realize that all domain names has a future as brand name. If a domain is every going to gain value the investor/register should treat it as one right out of the gate. Godaddy is doing the right thing by helping the customers understand they need to protect their brand and identity. Like Godaddy or hate them, the company has control of the largest customer base, so it pays to watch which direction they are going. If they the idea here, perhaps they will send a T-shirt, tickets to a race in the area or a nice promo codes.

What do you think about the Twitter addition to the Godaddy experience?

BTW – If anyone is looking for a domain name that is golf related I’ve got one that is a short .COM, has good traffic and a page rank of 3. Just shot me an e-mail or a DM on Twitter.