Twitter snaps up Posterous domain names on day of buyout notice

Firm registers two domain names for buyout but it probably won’t use them.

Twitter disclosed the buyout of Posterous on Monday, and just to be safe it registered a couple related domain names: TwitterPosterous.com and PosterousTwitter.com.

The whois records on both domain names show they were registered on Tuesday — the day following the notice. Still, DomainTools’ historical whois shows an interesting entry on Monday, March 12. The March 12 entry for both domains shows a March 12 registration date but no registrant. The current whois shows a March 13 registration date.

I don’t see much use for these domain names other than keeping them out of the hands of cybersquatters. Some people think Twitter will just shut down Posterous (hence the reason for a 250% surge in exports to WordPress following the notice).

As of now neither of the domains resolve.