Telnic reports 200,000 registrations for .tel domain name.
Telnic Limited (www.telnic.org), the registry operator for the new communications-focused .tel top level domain (TLD) nominated for a 2009 World Technology Award and InfoCommerce Group 2009 Model of Excellence Award, today announced that over 200,000 registrations of domains had been received within two months of General Availability.
“This is a truly remarkable milestone considering current economic conditions and with the attention of the world on global events, but proves that a simple but compelling service under the control of the individual has significant potential,” said Khashayar Mahdavi, CEO of Telnic.
“As early adopters start using the .tel as their single point of contact, more and more individuals and businesses are seeing that it’s an incredibly useful way to manage the complexity of communications choices in one single place online.”
The success and momentum of .tel continues as new resellers start to address their specific audiences with the benefits of .tel, from German directory services specialist iWelt (http://www.iwelt.de/) through to new directory services entrants such as US-based Industrial Web Search (http:// www.industrialwebsearch.com).
Mahdavi adds: “The innovations that the community around the .tel is building means that every day we are seeing new purposes and opportunities for revenue generation, from individuals promoting themselves with the .tel domains online through to large organizations completely refreshing their existing business models fuelled by .tel technology. It’s an exciting time for us and one that many still have the opportunity to participate in. This is just the beginning.”
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Telnic Limited (http://www.telnic.org), the registry operator for the new communications-focused .tel top level domain (TLD), today announced at the International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Conference, the release of a free tool enabling webmasters, web designers and web hosts to integrate .tel technology directly into the ‘contact us’ pages of their existing websites, making them ‘live’.
The benefits of a .tel domain integrated with a website include:
- The power of .tel ‘click to connect’ technology but in the same look and feel as your own branded website
- Structured contact information for multiple offices or outlets for easy navigation
- Instant updating of contact information without the need for web editing skills
- The ability to change profiles so different contact information can be displayed at different times of the day – such as office hours and out-of-office hours support
- Speedy publication of important contact information, such as a new call centre number or emergency contact information in a time of crisis
- The ability to constantly change content easily so that search engines will re-index the site and see that it is being refreshed often, increasing search engine optimization results
“The ability to incorporate .tel information easily into your main website now means that you get all the power of ‘live’ contact information in a traditional website,” said Henri Asseily, Chief Strategist and CTO at Telnic. “Easily maintaining ‘live’ .tel information will also mean getting good SEO through the easy refreshing of contact information without the need for continuous coding.”
The free tool, which comprises of code, a ‘how to’ file and examples, can be downloaded from http://telnic.org/community-applications.html and http://dev.telnic.org/pages/webmaster.html. Examples of how .tel information can be integrated into a website can be found at http://telnic.org/contact.html and http://largeco1.com/contact.html.
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IT veteran François Amigorena is no stranger to technology, having worked in the business for twenty-six years. With experience in companies such as IBM, Société Générale and now as CEO of IS Decisions (http://isdecisions.tel/), a software company specializing in security and change management solutions, he has a renewed excitement for technology and new sense of adventure with the innovative and simple .tel. He is the founder of TourPointTel, the French-speaking .tel community website.
“I have been working in the IT business for the past 26 years. After graduating a French Business School, I joined IBM as a Sales Rep in 1983, then became Business Development Manager for a subsidiary of Société Générale (one of the largest French Bank) specializing in large computer systems leasing. I then became an entrepreneur in the late 80s. I am now President and CEO of IS Decisions, a Security Software Vendor.”
“I discovered .tel reading an article on the Web in February 2009 and I immediately became enthusiastic about the brilliantly simple and innovative concept, and decided that I had to be part of this new adventure.” Read more…
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TelFeeder.com is a new service offered for all .Tel owners that allows them to update all their Tel domains using just an Excel sheet. Simply download the template provided on the site, open it in Microsoft Excel and add your own information. You can add all Contact Types, as well as add Headers, Folders and Keywords. Select from the dropdowns, add the desired content, add location indicators or labels if desired and upload to the TelFeeder.com website.
After you provide your login/password, it updates all your Teldomains and informs you via email of the status of each operation.
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