The .TEL Discussion Thread

[brendan52190]

Hi

For this, let's assume that .tel will not be a total flop.

What type of keywords will be most valuable for this extension? Will it be geographical keywords, like newyork.tel, losangeles.tel, etc, or what else?

 

[steveteva]

Im quite enjoying building the directories using .tel as they are different and a lot easier.

Now working on a taxi project for the uk.

I have regged

ukcabs.tel
uktaxis.tel

The two names above are perfect for my project and I am going to use them as sister sites. They will be identical, advertisers will get listed in both directories for the price of one.

Been working on ukcabs.tel this afternoon and to make my project work i have had to add all 12 regions of the uk to make this work and over 470 sub folders to make sure that most of the uk is covered.

It should be good when it is all launched however and im very excited about the two directories.

Mind you I am having trouble with adding .tel folders at the minute as they are not linking, anyone else on here experiencing any problems.

Regards

Gav

Not recomended "They will be identical, advertisers will get listed in both directories for the price of one." duplicate contents = google ban

 

[virtualwords]

Wow

Thanks Steve

I really did not know that, im so glad that you have told me I really apprciate this.

If they are 2 seperate directories can the same firm advertise in both ?

Would I be best to create one and use the other as a link ?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thansk Again Steve

Gav

 

[steveteva]

Wow

Thanks Steve

I really did not know that, im so glad that you have told me I really apprciate this.

If they are 2 seperate directories can the same firm advertise in both ?

Would I be best to create one and use the other as a link ?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thansk Again Steve

Gav

What I'll do is build 1 directory only, choose the best one (cabs or taxis) look witch is most popular, I think it's taxis, develop this one so you have 1 site to promote rather than 2 it gives you 50% more free time for other things and 50% of budget saved.
The other domain you can put a redirect link to the main .tel directory or sell it.
If you want to develop 2 different directories: not same listing and add same advertisers contact on both, it wont be seen as duplicated as far as it's not all your directory that is identical.
Say you have same sub directories on both in same listing order, could be ok if not same contact listing.

 

[virtualwords]

Thanks Steve

I think that you are right.

I would think that taxi is more popular but for some reason I liked the sound of ukcabs.tel as I thought it was more catchy.

Yes I will use the other to redirect the link to the main one.

I definateley will not sell it as I think this could be a really good opprotunity and would hate any competetion with the other one should I sell it.

Love your showcase site by the way.

Thanks for your thoughts

Gav

 

[Sarena]

laura.haddock

i am really confused as to what we can post in this forum.

i have a dot tel that was created on 2009-06-10 that is currently ranked #20 of about 296,000 for laura haddock...

just more of a fun thing since i was wondering who the tel girl was. the laura.haddock dir/page is already a PR1 in a little over 30 days. Not sure if it will hold, but if it does i can promote some of my other tels from there eventually.

i see many posts above with the entire link embedded, so is this an instance where i can post the link since PR and Tels seems to be a concern? Or am i overstepping by simply hinting at my tel?


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[FrenchTel]

Up to 3,000 subdomains in a .tel domain!

You can now create up to 3,000 subdomains in a .tel domain! Thanks Telnic for listening to the community ...

 

[mwzd]

I have LYP.TEL that i want to develop as a Local Yellow Pages site, but I cant seem to find a ready self serve solution for running a directory.

If anyone knows of any scripts / methods for doing this it would really help if you can share.

Cheers!

 

[FrenchTel]

I have LYP.TEL that i want to develop as a Local Yellow Pages site, but I cant seem to find a ready self serve solution for running a directory.

If anyone knows of any scripts / methods for doing this it would really help if you can share.

Samit,

The Development Team of my company (KFA Technologies) is currently working on such a software solution.
We should be able to release a beta version at the end of August: I will keep you posted.

Best,

 

[mwzd]

Sounds good François, but I'd also be interested in any other solutions.

There are quite a few developed directory tels out there.

At least from what i've seen.

 

[kprobe]

directory upload

I have LYP.TEL that i want to develop as a Local Yellow Pages site, but I cant seem to find a ready self serve solution for running a directory.

If anyone knows of any scripts / methods for doing this it would really help if you can share.

Cheers!

populate.tel bulk upload tool currently in beta

 

[onspec]

Best wishes Telnic

Justin, Henri, Kash et. al.

Best wishes for success tonight at the The World Technology Summit & Awards 2009

TelTrio

 

[virtualwords]

Hi All.

Keep checking this thread everyday to see what is happening.

As it has been very quiet I assume we have all started to develop some of our .tel domains.

Look forward to hearing about any new .tel or developments

Regards

Gav

 

[Acroplex]

Developing a .tel means waiting on TelNic to realize that their business model failed. Unless you can point the DNS to hosted content, there is no "development".

 

[mwzd]

Acro, I think the idea for .tel is not to have dns as other domains do, would kind of defeat the purpose imo.

It works fine as it is, ranks well out of the box and is ideal for directory type sites w/ 3k subdomains.

More than enough for even a global level directory.

 

[DubDubDubDot]

It works fine as it is, ranks well out of the box and is ideal for directory type sites w/ 3k subdomains.

The only thing it is ideal for is a central point of contact for an individual or business, it's intended use. Any use outside of that is a hack, and thus inferior to legit development on limitless TLD's.

However there are a ton of people who want to run a website, but don't know how to. Then .tel came along and a few of them saw an opening to at least get something online outside of a simple blog. That is what drives .tel support among a handful of domainers. Developers laugh at .tel and the general public is showing very little interest. The fact is, domainers are keeping .tel afloat just like any other crappy TLD.

These directory ideas are just plain stupid. .com developers don't even make directories anymore. They are so 1999, and now noob "developers" are going to bring directories back using .tel? Give me a break.

 

[saucey]

Outstanding site! Very impressive! Love how people can add their own content! Awesome!

Two thumbs up!

Saucey

yorkregion.tel has been created as a model for additional regional directories in my area. Besides being a directory for essential contact information within a specific community, this site continues to promote development efforts to showcase interactive tel domains, encouraging residents to participate through self-entry of content. With the primary focus for a community .tel being rapid access to important, centralized contact info, the secondary purpose of this site is to allow residents to list all kinds of community-related events and notifications like garage sales, free items, club meetings, charity events, news, lost and found, etc. When adding content into various folders, residents date any time-sensitive events, such that out-of-date entries are automatically deleted. The site will soon support a limited number of advertisement units, allowing for monetization of a community directory.

If anyone has the time, I'd appreciate some critical feedback before I introduce this site to my community.

Thanks
Mark

 

[MicroGuy]

The only thing it is ideal for is a central point of contact for an individual or business, it's intended use. Any use outside of that is a hack, and thus inferior to legit development on limitless TLD's.

However there are a ton of people who want to run a website, but don't know how to. Then .tel came along and a few of them saw an opening to at least get something online outside of a simple blog. That is what drives .tel support among a handful of domainers. Developers laugh at .tel and the general public is showing very little interest. The fact is, domainers are keeping .tel afloat just like any other crappy TLD.

These directory ideas are just plain stupid. .com developers don't even make directories anymore. They are so 1999, and now noob "developers" are going to bring directories back using .tel? Give me a break.

Sad but true.

 

[rupert]

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[Acroplex]

The only thing it is ideal for is a central point of contact for an individual or business, it's intended use. Any use outside of that is a hack, and thus inferior to legit development on limitless TLD's.

However there are a ton of people who want to run a website, but don't know how to. Then .tel came along and a few of them saw an opening to at least get something online outside of a simple blog. That is what drives .tel support among a handful of domainers. Developers laugh at .tel and the general public is showing very little interest. The fact is, domainers are keeping .tel afloat just like any other crappy TLD.

These directory ideas are just plain stupid. .com developers don't even make directories anymore. They are so 1999, and now noob "developers" are going to bring directories back using .tel? Give me a break.

Give the guy a cigar! And make this post a sticky.

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Acro, I think the idea for .tel is not to have dns as other domains do, would kind of defeat the purpose imo.

It works fine as it is, ranks well out of the box and is ideal for directory type sites w/ 3k subdomains.

More than enough for even a global level directory.

Don't get me started with "ranking".

As an experiment, I bought the last name of my CPA in .tel, as a gift. I fully edited the info, created sub-folders, added keyword-rich info etc. Three months later, the domain is #27 in Google whereas the .net that it was supposed to substitute is #1

 

[virtualwords]

Hi All

Some really mixed comments going on here today.

For some directories it may suck as you suggest but if you get it right you can make a very successful directory that works unlike others.

I am in the process of creating ukcabs.tel and have already spoken with a number of taxi/cab firms that are very excited about the idea of having there number at a touch of a button.

Firms pay lots of money every year just to belisted in the yellow pages including my friends who spent thousands of pounds last year.

Once the ukcabs.tel directory is fully launched, all anyone in the uk will have to remember is ukcabs.tel rather than loads of numbers stored in there phone.

We have researched the country and made sure that when it is fully complete, there will be a taxi firm within a few mile radius.

We have also built a section so taxi/cab businesses can can add thereselves to the directory and also add areas if needed to.

It will make booking a taxi a 2 minute job.

I have loads of support behind this site and with the reaction we are getting already im sure it will not be to long before you hear lots more about it. We also have a nice budget to spend on marketing the idea not just for bsuinesses but for the general public on launch date.

For any of you that hate the idea of a .tel directory or think they will not work, i surely hope to prove you all wrong.

Regards

Gav