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?

 

[siga]

Interesting.

Maxjohan, I belive the design you are talking of is actually coming from the .tel proxy which is used to desplay .tel on the internet. Likewise it has a more simplitic look on the Iphone using a .tel app.
Lets be honest if the information is there thats what is important in a directory.

On a more interesting note Prague.tel has been released. And getting press

Here

 

[mjbenterprises]

Well, all I care about is the fact that Hotels.tel has the same basic design like they all do, and it has a Pagerank of 5....

And celebrity.tel has a 5 also, very impressive....Google must like the sites, that's more important to me than the design.....This is a very high PR for such young sites, with so few backlinks... Somebody is doing something right....

BTW, nice story on Prague.tel....Thanks for posting...

 

[tkstark]

My take on .tel is either this extension will be VERY big in the next 3-5 years, or it'll be just another failed TLD, don't see much middle groud here.... But, the differences from the others is what might set this ext apart....Seems ideal for mobile phone applications, and computing on the go....

yep. that's my reading of it.

stay the course, and time will tell.

 

[maxjohan]

Is it more important to you than making money

And celebrity.tel has a 5 also, very impressive....Google must like the sites, that's more important to me than the design.....

Well, goodlook everybody with Tel, domains, I wouldn't mind hearing conversions on .tel web properties.

How do calls and actions, in what frame for every new 100 visitors? From SEO's?

Well it's called ROI-


mjbenterprises: Do you own celeberity.tel?

 

[mjbenterprises]

Is it more important to you than making money




Well, goodlook everybody with Tel, domains, I wouldn't mind hearing conversions on .tel web properties.

How do calls and actions, in what frame for every new 100 visitors? From SEO's?

Well it's called ROI-


mjbenterprises: Do you own celeberity.tel?

No, I don't own Celebrity.tel... But I am impressed with the early rankings of these domains....I only own a few .tel domains, but I see why people are excited about them....

 

[DubDubDubDot]

Is .tel related only to telecom and communication websites or can anyone register this extension?

Anyone, but it sounds like you might not know that .tel is a social networking site with it's own TLD. Development is limited to data entry.

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On a more interesting note Prague.tel has been released. And getting press

Here

That is just a press release. The domain owner is shilling .tel in hopes of leasing the geo .tel's they own.

 

[MattheP]

Well, all I care about is the fact that Hotels.tel has the same basic design like they all do, and it has a Pagerank of 5.....

Acctualy, it is not Hotels.tel design, its just telnic webproxy design. .Tel domain/ 'website' are just dns records, and you shuld be able to retrieve and display that data with some other app which have different 'skin' - like iphone app.

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On a more interesting note Prague.tel has been released. And getting press

Nice marketing Luckily I also have one European capital city .tel

 

[jacpar]

Prague.tel

I am developing some dot tel with the same pattern as PRAGUE.TEL : chambly.tel, laval.tel, longueuil.tel ; they are cities around Montreal, Canada ; also gouverneur.tel, small town in NY state.

Is PRAGUE.TEL a good model to follow to develop a directory ?
Please, give your comments.

 

[hullswingerscom]

PRAGUE.TEL nah dont work for me...if iam in on prague.tel looking for someplace to eat,i click the link
but then i leave prague.tel and have to find my wayback to say find a taxi to get me to the eating place.
to much like hard work...i have a few geo.tels myself but i find jumping back and forth is a pain.

i like tel and use mine for work and it seems to work ok for what i need. .

 

[maxjohan]

Is PRAGUE.TEL a good model to follow ?

In comparission to exactly what?


Los Angeles
Las Vega.net, com .tel

?????

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That is just a press release.

It surprises me when people are incredible profound around specualitive matters.

"Is it making money "

On a more interesting note Prague.tel has been released. And getting press

 

[mjbenterprises]

To me, one of the best features of the .tel domain name, is the ability to "click to call"... You arrive at your destination link, click it, and the call is placed... This is revolutionary to me, the applications for mobile computing would seem endless using this TLD...This is the reason I've registered about 15 TEL domain names in the past week...

When .tel first came out, I thought it was just another .travel or .aero...... Then I did the research, and realized this TLD is very different from anything else...So, I searched for the best names available, and came out with some decent ones... When regging, I always try and make sure that the keyword fits this ext, I think that's more important with .tel than any other extension, even .org...

I think in the next few years, the huge phone companies are going to be investing some serious money into this TLD, and the global possibilities are staggering if this happens....

Prague.tel might just be the beginning of something big, I just wish I had started investing in this TLD when the really good names were available... I remember getting notices from Dynadot during the sunrise, and landrush, and I completely ignored them...But, it's not too late, as someone pointed out earlier in this thread, there are still some decent names available, you just have to dig hard to find them....

 

[DubDubDubDot]

To me, one of the best features of the .tel domain name, is the ability to "click to call"... You arrive at your destination link, click it, and the call is placed... This is revolutionary to me

This actually works on every extension.

Here is the code:

<a href="callto:123456789">123456789</a>

 

[plaggypig]

This actually works on every extension.

Here is the code:

<a href="callto:123456789">123456789</a>

Sure, uh huh.. :wave:

 

[steveteva]

Ok for prague.tel or any city directory, it's really hard to work on.
I own a .tel city and tried to create subdomains like hotels then list hotels 1 by 1 by creating another subdomain and some hotels are long words, then have to input data. To be frank, it wasn't fun, takes too much time, some time you made mistake and modify and waste time again because dns updates slow. I didn't even finish one category that I must "drop my sponge". I also have been use a business directory that is a php my sql hosted website and it's much easier to input data or import. I don't know if they have developped a csv file (excell) that anyone can input datas in it so it's faster and then upload to .tel if not I can't imagine anyone doing a city directory even it can accept a huge amount of listings. Another thing is backup because if something happens (outages, hardware fail...) you're get sued by business owners that have been listed in your .tel for fees.

So I won't continue that way with a city directory but will be sold to a company in my city and used as contact info only.

 

[Steven]

This actually works on every extension.

Here is the code:

<a href="callto:123456789">123456789</a>

Yes, "Click to call" is a matter of simple html input.

 

[DubDubDubDot]

Sure, uh huh.. :wave:

Are you for real or just being a shill again?

.tel source...

http://i25.tinypic.com/szadk2.jpg

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To be frank, it wasn't fun, takes too much time, some time you made mistake and modify and waste time again because dns updates slow. I didn't even finish one category that I must "drop my sponge".

Well there's the first public admission of shattered dreams by a .tel pumper.

Basing a directory business off a .tel profile was a key point of support in this thread among non-developers. I had been wondering why we weren't seeing any of these things actually being built.

 

[mjbenterprises]

I own a .tel city and tried to create subdomains like hotels then list hotels 1 by 1 by creating another subdomain and some hotels are long words, then have to input data.

Good point..... Who wants to do things like input data, and actually have to do work..... I was hoping that the sites would just magically assemble themselves....And those hotel "big words", wow, talk about a pain.. I think I'll just grace delete all my tel domains....

 

[cyberonyx]

Basing a directory business off a .tel profile was a key point of support in this thread among non-developers. I had been wondering why we weren't seeing any of these things actually being built.

boracay.tel was one of the first city.tels populated, if not the first.
the business model has existed for many months prior to data being added/continually added.
the "developers" tools also continue to be rolled out (albiet agonizingly slowly) which will eventually enable the full business model to exist.

to say things are not being built, why do you continually say such garbage?

 

[steveteva]

I admit in my recent post that it was painful for managing .tel as city or huge directory but not for small ones. What .tel was made and is still the best ext. for is for contact infos: Companies can list several directories with office contact, department stores, location stores... this is not huge task and don't need any import of datas, it's even faster than if it was on the web with database, webdesign and hosting.
So don't put down .tel (someone said he will let it drop!) it's a fantastic eTool specially for mobile devices.
Also for personal users all I can say is : BENEFITS Yes I do own my personal .tel (name) and it's a wonderfull contact communication, I can list what I want and share myname.tel to my family and friends and they have all my infos whatever I'm in my country or in Hawaii in a hotel room I just update .tel with hotel number and room. I get in touch with my friends and family all the time, that is just one sample of what benefits you can get using .tel
I LOVE DOT TEL

 

[kprobe]

Ok for prague.tel or any city directory, it's really hard to work on.
I own a .tel city and tried to create subdomains like hotels then list hotels 1 by 1 by creating another subdomain and some hotels are long words, then have to input data. To be frank, it wasn't fun, takes too much time, some time you made mistake and modify and waste time again because dns updates slow. I didn't even finish one category that I must "drop my sponge". I also have been use a business directory that is a php my sql hosted website and it's much easier to input data or import. I don't know if they have developped a csv file (excell) that anyone can input datas in it so it's faster and then upload to .tel if not I can't imagine anyone doing a city directory even it can accept a huge amount of listings. Another thing is backup because if something happens (outages, hardware fail...) you're get sued by business owners that have been listed in your .tel for fees.

So I won't continue that way with a city directory but will be sold to a company in my city and used as contact info only.

Steve, for yorkregion.tel I uploaded it with the free tool at populate.tel and maintain it weekly. It has 700 entries and takes 10 minutes.
Mark