Patent ID: 8276057

Claim:
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.