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Mittwoch, 30. Juni 2010
The Dot Tel domain: Once again, in the sandbox
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The sandbox effect on Dot Tel domains, which is repetitive on Dot Tel domains, and which is real, is a real big problem for all holders / owners of such a .Tel domain.
The only hard service providers behind .Tel, are "NeuStar", and not so much Telnic, the Registry. That hard work, plus the hard work added from .Tel owners (populating quality content), gets partly destroyed by Google's ranking penalty, ever so often.
.Tel is the only Internet domain name, that gets regular penalty from Google.
Simple question: How can .Tel ever become a great success, if a .Tel, that users are looking for, is hidden in the sandbox?
Google's sandbox tactics are a 200% killer for all Dot Tel Domains.
A killer, because most users search for a .Tel within Google Search. I have been searching for .Tel domain names in Google, lately, and could not find any.
There is no such thing, as freedom within search and SEO.
Search, is either manipulated by domain owners, or by Google itself.
Google does not seem to care, but we .Tel owners, as well as the .Tel registry (a registry, that looks more like a joke, than a efficient and professional company) do care, indeed.
Because SEO matters.
This is the time to register and buy .Tel domains, because they will never be so cheap again...
It's because .Tel looks like a "non-go", but actually, it is only treated badly. However, if you take a close look at .Tel, you might be able to state, that this is a brilliant domain.
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Quoted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The Sandbox (a.k.a. Sandboxing or the sandbox effect or the Google penalty) is a name given to an observation about the way Google ranks web pages in its index. It is the subject of much debate—its existence has been written about[1][2] but not confirmed and several observers state that they have observed the contrary.[3]
According to the sandbox effect, Google temporarily reduces the page rank of new domains, placing them into what is referred to as its "sandbox", in an effort to counter the ways that search engine optimizers attempt to manipulate Google's page ranking by creating lots of inbound links to a new web site from other web sites that they own.
A "reverse sandbox" effect is also claimed to exist, whereby new pages with good content, but without inbound links, are temporarily increased in rank—much like the "New Releases" in a book store are displayed more prominently—to encourage organic building of the World Wide Web.[3][4]
David George disputes the claim that Google applies sandboxing to all new web sites, saying that the claim "doesn't seem to be borne out by experience". He states that he created a new web site in October 2004 and had it ranked in the top 20 Google results for a target keyword within one month. He avers that "[n]o one knows for sure if the Google sandbox exists", and comments that it "seems to fit the observations and experiments of many search engine optimizers". He theorizes that the sandbox "has introduced some hysteresis into the system in order to restore a bit of sanity to Google's results".[3]
In an interview with the Search Engine Roundtable website, Matt Cutts is reported to have said that there are some things in the algorithm that may be perceived as a sandbox that don't apply to all industries.[5] Jaimie Sirovich and Cristian Darie state that they believe that, while Google does not actually have an explicit "sandbox", the effect itself (however caused) is real.[4]
The sandbox effect on Dot Tel domains, which is repetitive on Dot Tel domains, and which is real, is a real big problem for all holders / owners of such a .Tel domain.
The only hard service providers behind .Tel, are "NeuStar", and not so much Telnic, the Registry. That hard work, plus the hard work added from .Tel owners (populating quality content), gets partly destroyed by Google's ranking penalty, ever so often.
.Tel is the only Internet domain name, that gets regular penalty from Google.
Simple question: How can .Tel ever become a great success, if a .Tel, that users are looking for, is hidden in the sandbox?
Google's sandbox tactics are a 200% killer for all Dot Tel Domains.
A killer, because most users search for a .Tel within Google Search. I have been searching for .Tel domain names in Google, lately, and could not find any.
There is no such thing, as freedom within search and SEO.
Search, is either manipulated by domain owners, or by Google itself.
Google does not seem to care, but we .Tel owners, as well as the .Tel registry (a registry, that looks more like a joke, than a efficient and professional company) do care, indeed.
Because SEO matters.
This is the time to register and buy .Tel domains, because they will never be so cheap again...
It's because .Tel looks like a "non-go", but actually, it is only treated badly. However, if you take a close look at .Tel, you might be able to state, that this is a brilliant domain.
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Quoted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The Sandbox (a.k.a. Sandboxing or the sandbox effect or the Google penalty) is a name given to an observation about the way Google ranks web pages in its index. It is the subject of much debate—its existence has been written about[1][2] but not confirmed and several observers state that they have observed the contrary.[3]
According to the sandbox effect, Google temporarily reduces the page rank of new domains, placing them into what is referred to as its "sandbox", in an effort to counter the ways that search engine optimizers attempt to manipulate Google's page ranking by creating lots of inbound links to a new web site from other web sites that they own.
A "reverse sandbox" effect is also claimed to exist, whereby new pages with good content, but without inbound links, are temporarily increased in rank—much like the "New Releases" in a book store are displayed more prominently—to encourage organic building of the World Wide Web.[3][4]
David George disputes the claim that Google applies sandboxing to all new web sites, saying that the claim "doesn't seem to be borne out by experience". He states that he created a new web site in October 2004 and had it ranked in the top 20 Google results for a target keyword within one month. He avers that "[n]o one knows for sure if the Google sandbox exists", and comments that it "seems to fit the observations and experiments of many search engine optimizers". He theorizes that the sandbox "has introduced some hysteresis into the system in order to restore a bit of sanity to Google's results".[3]
In an interview with the Search Engine Roundtable website, Matt Cutts is reported to have said that there are some things in the algorithm that may be perceived as a sandbox that don't apply to all industries.[5] Jaimie Sirovich and Cristian Darie state that they believe that, while Google does not actually have an explicit "sandbox", the effect itself (however caused) is real.[4]
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Mittwoch, 23. Juni 2010
How to save time and money for seller and potential client, by communicating via a Dot Tel name
About Dot Tel has a new and interesting article, a week ago, which I just discovered, at:
http://www.aboutdottel.com/drive-by-dot-telling/
Quote:
"Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
When you drive by a For Lease or For Rent sign on a commercial property you may be lucky to make a note of the realtor or the phone number. If you do get one of those, you’re going to contact the realtor and ask the follwoing things: what’s the square footage and what’s price per square foot.
So now you’ve found out it’s 8000 square feet and it’s $60 a square foot. Too big and way too expensive! So you’ve wasted your time and you’ve wasted the realtor’s time.
If, on the other hand, the only thing on the sign was the dot tel name, the realtor would have a prequalified lead when phone rang. “How” you ask?
If you add the price, the square footage and links to the pictures in to the .tel, the customer just has to type the .tel name into their smart phone and in an instant all the key information they need to know is available.
When they “click to call” on the realtor’s phone number that is also available in the .tel, the realtor is getting an interested party on the end of the line not just an information inquiry.
So commercial realtors everywhere – heed my call: Put dot tel on your For Lease and For Rent signs – you’ll thank me for it." End of quote.
How I understand the idea:
1.)
A advert (offline advert) shows well visible, a Dot Tel name, for contacting.
2.)
The potential client looks up the .tel address from his computer browser, respectively, in his smart phone.
3.)
The relevant Dot Tel domain already shows the most relevant information, such as size/volume/square meters, and the price for leasing/renting or for buying.
And offers links, to look at more pictures/photographs of the item/object.
4.)
So, then the client is able to decide, if he wants to contact the seller / company that set up the advert/offer. And he can contact him directly by selecting the sellers phone number, clicking, to make a call.
Conclusion:
If you have things, cars, boats, houses for rent or for sale, etc., you should publish the related Dot Tel name, for potential clients to finding more information about the advert.
Which means also, that you save money on printed adverts, because you don't need to publish a lot of information, nor pictures, which are both costly.
You set up this specific Dot Tel domain, just the one item (or a few more). And you could still use that Dot Tel domain for other future sale offers, if the Dot Tel name is a general one.
Which means, that you don't have to register a new Dot Tel domain, every time.
Again:
1.) You set up a Dot Tel domain, or you have a existing Dot Tel domain, where you place a advert, or put a lot of information that is related to a offline-advert, which is showing that Dot Tel domain name.
2.)
You set up a offline-advert, where you show well visible a related Dot Tel domain name, for getting more information, and for contacting the seller.
3.)
This option allows the potential client to save money, by not having to make a phone call, at first, or never.
Further, more, if he likes the information he sees on his smart phone, he can continue reading it at home, on his laptop or PC, which is cheaper, again, than using the mobile device.
Nevertheless, looking up a Dot Tel domain, is cheaper, than looking up a heavy weight, and heavy loaded website.
Final conclusion:
You, as well as your potential client saves time and money, and can perhaps, make a mutual agreement on a sales contract / deal (seller and buyer):
You save time, on the phone, as well as advert costs.
The potential client saves his time and money, for saving a phone call, and for being able to select and decide easier, because he can find all relevant information online.
(He does not have to make a phone call, and note the info on a note paper.)
Link to mind map:
http://bubbl.us/view.php?sid=679030&pw=ya5GnofBhbpYAMjJ1djhnOVhDWWhFcw
Mind map:
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http://www.aboutdottel.com/drive-by-dot-telling/
Quote:
"Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
When you drive by a For Lease or For Rent sign on a commercial property you may be lucky to make a note of the realtor or the phone number. If you do get one of those, you’re going to contact the realtor and ask the follwoing things: what’s the square footage and what’s price per square foot.
So now you’ve found out it’s 8000 square feet and it’s $60 a square foot. Too big and way too expensive! So you’ve wasted your time and you’ve wasted the realtor’s time.
If, on the other hand, the only thing on the sign was the dot tel name, the realtor would have a prequalified lead when phone rang. “How” you ask?
If you add the price, the square footage and links to the pictures in to the .tel, the customer just has to type the .tel name into their smart phone and in an instant all the key information they need to know is available.
When they “click to call” on the realtor’s phone number that is also available in the .tel, the realtor is getting an interested party on the end of the line not just an information inquiry.
So commercial realtors everywhere – heed my call: Put dot tel on your For Lease and For Rent signs – you’ll thank me for it." End of quote.
How I understand the idea:
1.)
A advert (offline advert) shows well visible, a Dot Tel name, for contacting.
2.)
The potential client looks up the .tel address from his computer browser, respectively, in his smart phone.
3.)
The relevant Dot Tel domain already shows the most relevant information, such as size/volume/square meters, and the price for leasing/renting or for buying.
And offers links, to look at more pictures/photographs of the item/object.
4.)
So, then the client is able to decide, if he wants to contact the seller / company that set up the advert/offer. And he can contact him directly by selecting the sellers phone number, clicking, to make a call.
Conclusion:
If you have things, cars, boats, houses for rent or for sale, etc., you should publish the related Dot Tel name, for potential clients to finding more information about the advert.
Which means also, that you save money on printed adverts, because you don't need to publish a lot of information, nor pictures, which are both costly.
You set up this specific Dot Tel domain, just the one item (or a few more). And you could still use that Dot Tel domain for other future sale offers, if the Dot Tel name is a general one.
Which means, that you don't have to register a new Dot Tel domain, every time.
Again:
1.) You set up a Dot Tel domain, or you have a existing Dot Tel domain, where you place a advert, or put a lot of information that is related to a offline-advert, which is showing that Dot Tel domain name.
2.)
You set up a offline-advert, where you show well visible a related Dot Tel domain name, for getting more information, and for contacting the seller.
3.)
This option allows the potential client to save money, by not having to make a phone call, at first, or never.
Further, more, if he likes the information he sees on his smart phone, he can continue reading it at home, on his laptop or PC, which is cheaper, again, than using the mobile device.
Nevertheless, looking up a Dot Tel domain, is cheaper, than looking up a heavy weight, and heavy loaded website.
Final conclusion:
You, as well as your potential client saves time and money, and can perhaps, make a mutual agreement on a sales contract / deal (seller and buyer):
You save time, on the phone, as well as advert costs.
The potential client saves his time and money, for saving a phone call, and for being able to select and decide easier, because he can find all relevant information online.
(He does not have to make a phone call, and note the info on a note paper.)
Link to mind map:
http://bubbl.us/view.php?sid=679030&pw=ya5GnofBhbpYAMjJ1djhnOVhDWWhFcw
Mind map:
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Why the Dot Tel registry is hindering .Tel's success
1.)
Telnic has not made any attempts, up and til now, to work with Neustar to make marketing programs that are carefully designed to build awareness and preference for the .tel domain.
2.)
The customers of Neustar trust them, because they know they live up to their promises while providing outstanding technical, security, marketing, and policy support. On the other hand, we can not say the same about the .tel registry (Telnic): Often, they hadn't lived up to their promises for offering new features to be available and fully functionable, within the time frame they had set. But they where however fully bodied announced, in the press releases. Quite disappointing, I would say. Even worse, when the .tel registry surpresses all complaints about failing to come up in time with promised new features, options and services, etc.
3.)
Unprofessinal handling of support, customer care, inclusive complaints, marketing and webdesign. Surpressing complaints on the official .tel website, and on other websites, and banning complaintants from the official .tel forum.
4.)
Neither beeing creative, nor innovative. Trying to replicate their earlier success (Love Train) with the ridicolous „Treasure Hunt“ challenge.
5. ) Etc., etc.
Conclusion.
Basically, the end user would not need the .tel registry Telnic, in its present form, because it proves to be totally incapable to to control and manage the Dot Tel domain.
The job could be done better, by NeuStar, who already is operating the back-end server and offering back-end services for the Dot Tel domain, and has further proven, that it could act as a regitry for multiple domains (.biz and .us).
I do indeed recommend a disintegration of Telnic within the whole constellation (end user, registrar and registry/front-end and back-end server, etc.). In other words: Telnic should sell its business and assets to NeuStar, and look for some other sort of occupation, where it won't permanently create confusion and frustration amongst end users of computing.
See also:
http://bubbl.us/view.php?sid=678625&pw=ya5GnofBhbpYAMjJYYk9oL0kzSGFpaw
Telnic has not made any attempts, up and til now, to work with Neustar to make marketing programs that are carefully designed to build awareness and preference for the .tel domain.
2.)
The customers of Neustar trust them, because they know they live up to their promises while providing outstanding technical, security, marketing, and policy support. On the other hand, we can not say the same about the .tel registry (Telnic): Often, they hadn't lived up to their promises for offering new features to be available and fully functionable, within the time frame they had set. But they where however fully bodied announced, in the press releases. Quite disappointing, I would say. Even worse, when the .tel registry surpresses all complaints about failing to come up in time with promised new features, options and services, etc.
3.)
Unprofessinal handling of support, customer care, inclusive complaints, marketing and webdesign. Surpressing complaints on the official .tel website, and on other websites, and banning complaintants from the official .tel forum.
4.)
Neither beeing creative, nor innovative. Trying to replicate their earlier success (Love Train) with the ridicolous „Treasure Hunt“ challenge.
5. ) Etc., etc.
Conclusion.
Basically, the end user would not need the .tel registry Telnic, in its present form, because it proves to be totally incapable to to control and manage the Dot Tel domain.
The job could be done better, by NeuStar, who already is operating the back-end server and offering back-end services for the Dot Tel domain, and has further proven, that it could act as a regitry for multiple domains (.biz and .us).
I do indeed recommend a disintegration of Telnic within the whole constellation (end user, registrar and registry/front-end and back-end server, etc.). In other words: Telnic should sell its business and assets to NeuStar, and look for some other sort of occupation, where it won't permanently create confusion and frustration amongst end users of computing.
See also:
http://bubbl.us/view.php?sid=678625&pw=ya5GnofBhbpYAMjJYYk9oL0kzSGFpaw
About Neustar and the Dot Tel domain
About „neustar“ (www.neustar.biz) and the Dot Tel domain
About Neustar:
Neustar is positioned to be a premier neutral third-party provider of managed services that enable secure, reliable communication across networks, applications and enterprises – and a global leading provider of Internet Protocol (IP) solutions that connect people and technologies.
About Neustars domain name registry services:
Neustar provides the necessary operational support of registrar partners.
Neustar operates Domain name registries, such as .biz, .us, .cn, .travel and .tel.
Last but not least, Neustars endeavours are to help customers stand out, when they manage their online presences.
Neustar claims to provide robust technologies that firms demand in today’s competitive corporate environment, while providing a particularly valuable alternative for small and medium-size businesses. In other words: Providing .biz, .us, and .tel for small and medium-size businesses.
(Which might be, why Telnic, respectively Justin Hayward, only told the large companies to register a Dot Tel domain, to secure their brand, and do nothing else with it (not even populate it...).
However, according to Neustar and Telnic, large businesse where never meant to use a Dot Tel domain, but just to have one, with a sole function, to secure the companies brand name.
Already a while ago, Neustar started to serve the global .biz community by delivering International Domain Names (IDNs) in 15 language character sets, including Chinese, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish, Polish, Finnish, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Danish, Icelandic, and Norwegian.
(And offers the same service for the Dot Tel domain, since a few weeks.)
.us is gaining in popularity as a social media domain name, thereby heightening its appeal and relevance, especially for younger users, groups and associations. Many businesses and organizations have purchased .biz or .us domain names either as their primary domain, or as a brand protection measure.
Some businesses have purchased .tel domain names either as their primary domain, or as a brand protection measure (and in many cases, only because this was recommended by the .tel registry).
A number of high-profile foreign companies doing business in this country have begun promoting their .us extension as their primary website for the American market, which gives them a “local” presence in the United States. For example „Air France“ with „www.airfrance.us“, which gets a lot of traffic...
Neustar works with you to make your business a success through marketing programs that have been carefully designed to build awareness and preference for the .biz and .us domains.
So maybe the .tel domain will follow...?
The customers of Neustar trust them, because they know we live up to our promises while providing outstanding technical, security, marketing, and policy support. On the other hand, we can not say the same about the .tel registry (Telnic): Often, they hadn't lived up to their promises for offering new features to be available and fully functionable, within the time frame they had set. But they where however fully bodied announced, in the press releases. Quite disappointing, I would say. Even worse, when the .tel registry surpresses all complaints about failures to come up in time with promised new features, options and services, etc.
Neustar operates the authoritative registries of Internet domain names for the .biz, .us, .tel and .travel top-level domains. They also provide international registry gateways for China’s .cn and Taiwan’s .tw country-code top-level domains. All Internet communications routing to any of these domains must query a copy of their directory to ensure that the communication is routed to the appropriate destination.
Further thoughts:
.tel probably won't get more popular than .us or .biz, it is in the hands of the same technical service provider: Neustar.
Neustars endeavours are to provide a smooth and good technical functionality for the dot Tel domain (.tel).
However, Telnic, the registry, who tries to improve the domain, only makes things worse, by taking the wrong steps, or taking too long to achieve something newly announced. And then again, if thing don't work, like they are supposed to work, users get frustrated. Which has all in all a negative impact on the Dot Tel domain and image.
Telnic is practicing false economy, by saving on professional staff, and letting quasi allrounders do all the tasks (programming, forum moderating, customer relations, etc.).
So, it is quite a mess on the Telnic side, but Neustar services enable a certain quality standart and stability.
About Neustar:
Neustar is positioned to be a premier neutral third-party provider of managed services that enable secure, reliable communication across networks, applications and enterprises – and a global leading provider of Internet Protocol (IP) solutions that connect people and technologies.
About Neustars domain name registry services:
Neustar provides the necessary operational support of registrar partners.
Neustar operates Domain name registries, such as .biz, .us, .cn, .travel and .tel.
Last but not least, Neustars endeavours are to help customers stand out, when they manage their online presences.
Neustar claims to provide robust technologies that firms demand in today’s competitive corporate environment, while providing a particularly valuable alternative for small and medium-size businesses. In other words: Providing .biz, .us, and .tel for small and medium-size businesses.
(Which might be, why Telnic, respectively Justin Hayward, only told the large companies to register a Dot Tel domain, to secure their brand, and do nothing else with it (not even populate it...).
However, according to Neustar and Telnic, large businesse where never meant to use a Dot Tel domain, but just to have one, with a sole function, to secure the companies brand name.
Already a while ago, Neustar started to serve the global .biz community by delivering International Domain Names (IDNs) in 15 language character sets, including Chinese, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish, Polish, Finnish, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Danish, Icelandic, and Norwegian.
(And offers the same service for the Dot Tel domain, since a few weeks.)
.us is gaining in popularity as a social media domain name, thereby heightening its appeal and relevance, especially for younger users, groups and associations. Many businesses and organizations have purchased .biz or .us domain names either as their primary domain, or as a brand protection measure.
Some businesses have purchased .tel domain names either as their primary domain, or as a brand protection measure (and in many cases, only because this was recommended by the .tel registry).
A number of high-profile foreign companies doing business in this country have begun promoting their .us extension as their primary website for the American market, which gives them a “local” presence in the United States. For example „Air France“ with „www.airfrance.us“, which gets a lot of traffic...
Neustar works with you to make your business a success through marketing programs that have been carefully designed to build awareness and preference for the .biz and .us domains.
So maybe the .tel domain will follow...?
The customers of Neustar trust them, because they know we live up to our promises while providing outstanding technical, security, marketing, and policy support. On the other hand, we can not say the same about the .tel registry (Telnic): Often, they hadn't lived up to their promises for offering new features to be available and fully functionable, within the time frame they had set. But they where however fully bodied announced, in the press releases. Quite disappointing, I would say. Even worse, when the .tel registry surpresses all complaints about failures to come up in time with promised new features, options and services, etc.
Neustar operates the authoritative registries of Internet domain names for the .biz, .us, .tel and .travel top-level domains. They also provide international registry gateways for China’s .cn and Taiwan’s .tw country-code top-level domains. All Internet communications routing to any of these domains must query a copy of their directory to ensure that the communication is routed to the appropriate destination.
Further thoughts:
.tel probably won't get more popular than .us or .biz, it is in the hands of the same technical service provider: Neustar.
Neustars endeavours are to provide a smooth and good technical functionality for the dot Tel domain (.tel).
However, Telnic, the registry, who tries to improve the domain, only makes things worse, by taking the wrong steps, or taking too long to achieve something newly announced. And then again, if thing don't work, like they are supposed to work, users get frustrated. Which has all in all a negative impact on the Dot Tel domain and image.
Telnic is practicing false economy, by saving on professional staff, and letting quasi allrounders do all the tasks (programming, forum moderating, customer relations, etc.).
So, it is quite a mess on the Telnic side, but Neustar services enable a certain quality standart and stability.
Donnerstag, 17. Juni 2010
Newly launched domains: To fail, or not to fail, is always the question, but the question is raised too early...
How do people think that .com became the almighty domain? And how long do they think it took for .com to be what it is today? They don't think. They just take it a given fact.
Every new Internet domain needs time to catch up, but people seem to forget that, or not be aware about that.
New launched domains are compared with the success that .com has today, and then simply called a „failure“, if not successful within one, two or three years.
People are always comparing non-dot-com domains with dot-com-domains, as a bench mark. But to do justice, the bench mark should be at least 10 years, if not even 25 years (dot com, from beginning till today).
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Every new Internet domain needs time to catch up, but people seem to forget that, or not be aware about that.
New launched domains are compared with the success that .com has today, and then simply called a „failure“, if not successful within one, two or three years.
People are always comparing non-dot-com domains with dot-com-domains, as a bench mark. But to do justice, the bench mark should be at least 10 years, if not even 25 years (dot com, from beginning till today).
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The Internet domain name consits out of a company or brand name (or a generic name (candy.com)), and a domain extension. The identity of a website, is either given by the company name only, or the domain name.
If the identity of a website is strongly tied and related to a area or country, then it makes sense to point out the country code domaine extension. For example .us or .be.
In fact, you can brand your website by visualizing the country code domain extension:
------------- lesoir.be ----------------- is much stronger than -----------lesoir -------, in Belgium.
------------- airfrance.us -------------- is stronger tan ---------- airfrance ------, in America.
Memorizing a dot tel domain, will also as easy, if it is related to the telecommunication business (same thing with .mobi, related to mobile communications, phoning and Internet):
mobileapps.tel is stronger than --------- lesoir.tel------ or ------- arifrance.tel -------.
By matching a company name with a domain extension, in this manner, the domain name becomes very usful, and memorable. And last but not least it gets a strong identity, which is related to a country, region, or industry, etc.
The interest for beeing willing to pay a tidy sum of money for a Internet domain at an auction, creates a value in the region of the existing offers.
This sort of interest only can come, if the domain name is truly interesting, because of the way that the company or generic name is combined with a domain extension.
We all know, that .com is everbodys favorite. But not only a .com looks smart.
A name ending with .com, could even look stupid, and a other name ending with a other type of extension, could look stunning.
EV-Storagetech .asia looks nicer, and sounds softer, than EV-Storagetech .com.
And so, the first name, might get a offer that is fifty (50) times as much as a offer for the second name: $50'000 versus $1000.
By the way: EV-Storagetech.asia is real, but not for sale at the moment:
http://ev-storagetech.tel/
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In fact, you can brand your website by visualizing the country code domain extension:
------------- lesoir.be ----------------- is much stronger than -----------lesoir -------, in Belgium.
------------- airfrance.us -------------- is stronger tan ---------- airfrance ------, in America.
Memorizing a dot tel domain, will also as easy, if it is related to the telecommunication business (same thing with .mobi, related to mobile communications, phoning and Internet):
mobileapps.tel is stronger than --------- lesoir.tel------ or ------- arifrance.tel -------.
By matching a company name with a domain extension, in this manner, the domain name becomes very usful, and memorable. And last but not least it gets a strong identity, which is related to a country, region, or industry, etc.
The interest for beeing willing to pay a tidy sum of money for a Internet domain at an auction, creates a value in the region of the existing offers.
This sort of interest only can come, if the domain name is truly interesting, because of the way that the company or generic name is combined with a domain extension.
We all know, that .com is everbodys favorite. But not only a .com looks smart.
A name ending with .com, could even look stupid, and a other name ending with a other type of extension, could look stunning.
EV-Storagetech .asia looks nicer, and sounds softer, than EV-Storagetech .com.
And so, the first name, might get a offer that is fifty (50) times as much as a offer for the second name: $50'000 versus $1000.
By the way: EV-Storagetech.asia is real, but not for sale at the moment:
http://ev-storagetech.tel/
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There is a lot more to say and think about Internet domain extensions.
There is a lot more to say and think about Internet domain extensions.
The people first to register a new Internet domain, did not know, where it was heading, or what success it will have, and when.
So, it is basically silly to say, that a new domain extension has failed afer a year.
A lot of the success of a website depends on a few different factors:
If the company is already known and appreaciated.
If the extension matches well with the company name, respectively, the name of the website.
If „airfrance.us“ gets a lot of traffic, why shouldn't you be able to make a similar smart match with companyname and a domain extension?
If a .com is already taken, why should not a .biz bring you the same business success?
There are many cases, where a company name with a .tel extension just looks so good, and better than any other other extension. So why isn't that domain name desired?
Well, simply because hardly anybody but domainers know about .Tel, and because a lot of them depreciate .Tel, because of its limitaions.
But, let us say, that a internaut / surfer will just as much like to go to a .tel domain, if he knows, that he will be able to find a related website, there. The user will simply just not care about the restrictions and limitations of a .tel domain, as it will just as well work for him, like a .com domain does. Moreover that fact, he will have a bigger advantage, by using a .tel domain, because he will firstly get a list of contact information, from which he can only select the .com website, if he whishes to do only that, and not benefit from the rest.
A clear advantage, from navigating to a .tel domain, is that the user will not have to look up the contact information of the .com website later, as he had already found and seen it on the .tel domain.
People are just used to going to a flashy and colourful website, after clicking on the web link.
And domainers think, that that is the only way to keep them happy.
I doubt, users will be unhappy to use a .tel domain: The opposite is the case, as they will get more (information) at first.
It might perhaps just be another click inbetween. But might also offer a lot of alternative links to click on, and use.
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The people first to register a new Internet domain, did not know, where it was heading, or what success it will have, and when.
So, it is basically silly to say, that a new domain extension has failed afer a year.
A lot of the success of a website depends on a few different factors:
If the company is already known and appreaciated.
If the extension matches well with the company name, respectively, the name of the website.
If „airfrance.us“ gets a lot of traffic, why shouldn't you be able to make a similar smart match with companyname and a domain extension?
If a .com is already taken, why should not a .biz bring you the same business success?
There are many cases, where a company name with a .tel extension just looks so good, and better than any other other extension. So why isn't that domain name desired?
Well, simply because hardly anybody but domainers know about .Tel, and because a lot of them depreciate .Tel, because of its limitaions.
But, let us say, that a internaut / surfer will just as much like to go to a .tel domain, if he knows, that he will be able to find a related website, there. The user will simply just not care about the restrictions and limitations of a .tel domain, as it will just as well work for him, like a .com domain does. Moreover that fact, he will have a bigger advantage, by using a .tel domain, because he will firstly get a list of contact information, from which he can only select the .com website, if he whishes to do only that, and not benefit from the rest.
A clear advantage, from navigating to a .tel domain, is that the user will not have to look up the contact information of the .com website later, as he had already found and seen it on the .tel domain.
People are just used to going to a flashy and colourful website, after clicking on the web link.
And domainers think, that that is the only way to keep them happy.
I doubt, users will be unhappy to use a .tel domain: The opposite is the case, as they will get more (information) at first.
It might perhaps just be another click inbetween. But might also offer a lot of alternative links to click on, and use.
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The Dot Tel Domain is still in pre-beta state
Telnic adds insult to injury: Launching IDN .tel domains
Posted by Lucius "Guns" Fabrice on June 7, 2010 · 5 Comments
Once considered “the new frontier” in domain names, the dot tel TLD has shrunk in size faster than George Costanza’s wiener in that Seinfeld episode.
Current data from HosterStats are rather disappointing: .tel has fallen below the 250,000 registrations mark, bringing its growth to a negative 10%.
This was to be expected, after the mutilated TLD – upon which one cannot build web sites – clocked one year of existence.
In May 2009, Telnic announced with great fanfare that .tel registrations crossed the 200,000 mark; by comparison, the highly successful .me is currently pushing 400,000 registrations.
One has to wonder whether there are a lot of Registry owned .tel domains in that 245,000 number of current .tel registrations. But we’ll never know for sure.
Adding insult to injury, after many domainers that fell for the promises of expanding on the .tel DNS and format capabilities dropped their domains in March, Telnic is now throwing in a new “option”: IDN .tel domains.
That’s right.
Moving onto the global territory that is not quite aware of the reduced capabilities of .tel as compared to any normal TLD, Telnic will now be tapping the multi-language market in several languages: Chinese, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.
They left out Klingon and Aramaic.
All of this of course does not matter; one cannot host, develop, park or monetize a .tel.
The introduction of AdSense on a TLD that is by default a bunch of hypertext links is ridiculous. The .tel TLD is nothing more than a glorified contact card that also falls behind in SEO exposure.
On June 15th, launch date of IDN .tel domains the usual sound of crickets will once again denounce what appears to be the first TLD ever to have made it past the ICANN “thought stables” while in pre-beta state.
Source:
http://domaingang.com/domain-news/telnic-adds-insult-to-injury-launching-idn-tel-domains/
Further readings:
http://dotteldomain.blogspot.com/
Posted by Lucius "Guns" Fabrice on June 7, 2010 · 5 Comments
Once considered “the new frontier” in domain names, the dot tel TLD has shrunk in size faster than George Costanza’s wiener in that Seinfeld episode.
Current data from HosterStats are rather disappointing: .tel has fallen below the 250,000 registrations mark, bringing its growth to a negative 10%.
This was to be expected, after the mutilated TLD – upon which one cannot build web sites – clocked one year of existence.
In May 2009, Telnic announced with great fanfare that .tel registrations crossed the 200,000 mark; by comparison, the highly successful .me is currently pushing 400,000 registrations.
One has to wonder whether there are a lot of Registry owned .tel domains in that 245,000 number of current .tel registrations. But we’ll never know for sure.
Adding insult to injury, after many domainers that fell for the promises of expanding on the .tel DNS and format capabilities dropped their domains in March, Telnic is now throwing in a new “option”: IDN .tel domains.
That’s right.
Moving onto the global territory that is not quite aware of the reduced capabilities of .tel as compared to any normal TLD, Telnic will now be tapping the multi-language market in several languages: Chinese, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.
They left out Klingon and Aramaic.
All of this of course does not matter; one cannot host, develop, park or monetize a .tel.
The introduction of AdSense on a TLD that is by default a bunch of hypertext links is ridiculous. The .tel TLD is nothing more than a glorified contact card that also falls behind in SEO exposure.
On June 15th, launch date of IDN .tel domains the usual sound of crickets will once again denounce what appears to be the first TLD ever to have made it past the ICANN “thought stables” while in pre-beta state.
Source:
http://domaingang.com/domain-news/telnic-adds-insult-to-injury-launching-idn-tel-domains/
Further readings:
http://dotteldomain.blogspot.com/
Freelance Camp, Vancouver 2010: "dot tel: organized and up-to-date contact info".
« Freelance Camp, Vancouver 2010
dot tel: organized and up-to-date contact info
Participants at the Freelance Camp 2010 received a voucher for a .tel domain through webnames.ca – naturally, I wanted to set it up asap because I apparently don’t have enough websites.
Dot tel is an interesting idea: rather than a domain for any hosted website, it uses DNS records to display the information you input. The concept: you’ll use it to keep up-to-date contact info, rather like a digital business card. Rather than reprint contact information on your stationery or email your entire address book when you change your phone number, you’ll point everyone to your .tel address for the latest methods to reach you.
I chose meganseely.tel for my domain, and treated the account like a directory of what I do and ways you can pester me on the internet. I’m not sure how useful I’ll find this (or annoying,) but at the very least it gives me one place to look to see which social media I haven’t logged into or updated in months.
In a sudden fit of fancy, I added all my Second Life details. (How I’ve managed to run a virtual business in Second Life is probably a useful topic for another blog post, or twenty.) Both of my design companies are listed with all their contact details. My personal link includes my birthday, in case strangers feel compelled to buy me a drink or present on August 25th.
I found the interface for the .tel setup more than a little confusing. For example, there’s a section for keywords. This is for search engines, it claims. But the keywords section includes space to write your address, hobbies, nicknames, etc… and shows up on the page itself. (Note there’s no way to add an address under your general contact info.) I always thought keywords were… well… keywords.
I’d also have liked to see a bit more thought put into the themes for .tel. Now, I realize with an annual price tag of $20 and no hosting fees, it’s not going to be a full-fledged website, nor should I expect it to be. I’d like to have been able to change my font colours as well as my background colours, though, since the text defaults to white on several of the page design options and I use a pale silvery grey for everything Em Dashy.
I was a lot happier once I figured out I could have subdomains on .tel for all my information types. I’ve split it up by company, but you could easily do: Work, Personal, Social Media or Day Job, Freelance Company, Personal, etc. The subdomains worked quite well for me, since I’ve got more than one thing on the go.
Overall, for the price tag, I’d recommend getting a .tel for anyone who uses online networking for their business. More than just an online business card, it can serve as a one-stop spot for potential clients/customers to learn everything about you. Think LinkedIn without the boring resume reading.
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Postscript: The generational gap is showing here: I’m young enough to see the “V-Card” link on the dot tel page, and think that if I click it, it means I’m no longer a virgin.
Tags: "contact info", "dot tel", "virtual business card", business, freelance camp, optimization, self-promotion, SEO, website | 1 Comment »
This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 at 6:23 pm and is filed under Reviews. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
One Response to “dot tel: organized and up-to-date contact info”
1.
Jay Williams says:
June 9, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Great to see more people adopting .tel.
The beauty of .tel has yet to bloom, but there are 3rd party developments which will truly harness the power of DNS information in the mobile age. You’ll be happy to have yours!
Source:
http://blog.emdashcreative.com/2010/06/dot-tel-organized-up-to-date-contact-info/
dot tel: organized and up-to-date contact info
Participants at the Freelance Camp 2010 received a voucher for a .tel domain through webnames.ca – naturally, I wanted to set it up asap because I apparently don’t have enough websites.
Dot tel is an interesting idea: rather than a domain for any hosted website, it uses DNS records to display the information you input. The concept: you’ll use it to keep up-to-date contact info, rather like a digital business card. Rather than reprint contact information on your stationery or email your entire address book when you change your phone number, you’ll point everyone to your .tel address for the latest methods to reach you.
I chose meganseely.tel for my domain, and treated the account like a directory of what I do and ways you can pester me on the internet. I’m not sure how useful I’ll find this (or annoying,) but at the very least it gives me one place to look to see which social media I haven’t logged into or updated in months.
In a sudden fit of fancy, I added all my Second Life details. (How I’ve managed to run a virtual business in Second Life is probably a useful topic for another blog post, or twenty.) Both of my design companies are listed with all their contact details. My personal link includes my birthday, in case strangers feel compelled to buy me a drink or present on August 25th.
I found the interface for the .tel setup more than a little confusing. For example, there’s a section for keywords. This is for search engines, it claims. But the keywords section includes space to write your address, hobbies, nicknames, etc… and shows up on the page itself. (Note there’s no way to add an address under your general contact info.) I always thought keywords were… well… keywords.
I’d also have liked to see a bit more thought put into the themes for .tel. Now, I realize with an annual price tag of $20 and no hosting fees, it’s not going to be a full-fledged website, nor should I expect it to be. I’d like to have been able to change my font colours as well as my background colours, though, since the text defaults to white on several of the page design options and I use a pale silvery grey for everything Em Dashy.
I was a lot happier once I figured out I could have subdomains on .tel for all my information types. I’ve split it up by company, but you could easily do: Work, Personal, Social Media or Day Job, Freelance Company, Personal, etc. The subdomains worked quite well for me, since I’ve got more than one thing on the go.
Overall, for the price tag, I’d recommend getting a .tel for anyone who uses online networking for their business. More than just an online business card, it can serve as a one-stop spot for potential clients/customers to learn everything about you. Think LinkedIn without the boring resume reading.
——
Postscript: The generational gap is showing here: I’m young enough to see the “V-Card” link on the dot tel page, and think that if I click it, it means I’m no longer a virgin.
Tags: "contact info", "dot tel", "virtual business card", business, freelance camp, optimization, self-promotion, SEO, website | 1 Comment »
This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 at 6:23 pm and is filed under Reviews. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
One Response to “dot tel: organized and up-to-date contact info”
1.
Jay Williams says:
June 9, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Great to see more people adopting .tel.
The beauty of .tel has yet to bloom, but there are 3rd party developments which will truly harness the power of DNS information in the mobile age. You’ll be happy to have yours!
Source:
http://blog.emdashcreative.com/2010/06/dot-tel-organized-up-to-date-contact-info/
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