e.CO Auction Update: Today's bidding closed at $30,000! How high do you think it will go before the end June 10?

I am ecstatic to announce that Twitter is our newest .CO Founder. Today Twitter has launched t.CO and begun to unveil their plans for t.CO. As the Twitter Blog states in Links and Twitter: Length Shouldn't Matter, Twitter has been routing links with Direct Messages through their own link service to detect, intercept and prevent the spread of malware, phishing, and other dangers.

Twitter has secured its very own .CO domain in a great stride to maintain the security of the Twitter network. T.CO will allow Twitter to deliver a better user experience, providing an easy way for people to share shortened links from the Tweet box on Twitter.com. While a majority us Twitter users won't experience changes until this summer I am on the edge of my seat with anticipation. Twitter launched t.CO today! Check out this screen shot from the site.

Just like anytime Twitter makes an announcement there is plenty to read! Start with the announcement on their blog and help resources to further explain t.CO and how the link service works. The online community is aflutter, too. Be sure to read the posts about t.CO:

Twitter introducing t.co URL shortener, geek.com
Twitter to Change Links and How They Are Displayed [UPDATED], Mashable
Twitter releases its new URL shortener, wrapped in magic, The Next Web
Twitter Advertises URL Shortener as Phish Poison, ReadWriteWeb
Twitter Expanding URL Shortener to Long URLs in Tweets, search engine land
Twitter starts scaling up its own link shortener. Watch out bit.ly, SocialBeat
Twitter to Begin Wrapping All Links With Official t.co Link Shortener, TechCrunch
Twitter Hints at Content Recommendation Service With New Link Shortener, TechCrunch