# Twitter.co.uk benefits charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/06/18/twittercouk-benefits-charities/
- Published: 2009-06-18T08:28:30+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The owner of the twitter.co.uk domain has found himself in a rather strong position
given the popularity of the .com version of the name. And he is putting it to good
use, based on the sudden rise in the number of people visiting his website expecting
to find the microblogging tool there.

 

He is inviting people and organisations to advertise there by sponsoring one of 
the charity events listed there, and the income is donated to charity. All of the
events listed have a JustGiving.com link so sponsors make the donation direct to
the charity, rather than via twitter.co.uk.

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“Every 20 seconds someone types in twitter.co.uk by mistake” he writes at the top
of the page. It used to be every 24 seconds, but traffic continues to grow.

 

So far the site, registered in 2005, one year before Twitter.com was registered,
has raised £349.16 for charity.

 

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