Why is Telnic banning Google from indexing forum content and e-o-y messages ?

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What’s in store for 2011?

In 2011, we will continue to develop .tel for the benefit of the existing and new community members.

Firstly, we will continue to simplify the service by enhancing the ability to better manage content through the control panel and provide an easier way of sharing private information through a new privacy system, enabling more people to benefit from this feature-rich contact hub. We will also be talking to our partners about how they can begin to deliver more personalized services which can be tailored to regional or individual needs through the hosting of their own .tel platform for customers.

Secondly, we will enhance support for measurement and analytics to enable people to utilize Google Analytics as well as measure visits and actions through the control panel. This will enhance the proven value of .tel as a professional and business-focused contact hub that can is truly measurable.

Thirdly, we will continue to increase the ability for community members to generate incremental revenues from their .tel domains through the extension of support for AdSense on smart phones, as well as the ability to add personalized vouchers and offers and extend support to image-based TelAds. All of this will be available to be managed directly from your .tel control panel, significantly enhancing the value provided by this extremely low-cost and flexible structured domain.

Fourthly, we will provide increasing support for emerging communications channels, supporting more international services and will trial ‘Call Me’ button support on the .tel proxy, enabling customers to contact .tel owners directly. Enabling greater flexibility and choice of communications channels for .tel community members remains a key priority whilst increasing the value delivered by a .tel.

Finally, building on the work already conducted in 2010, we will aim to broaden the .tel community further by developing partnerships with organizations that manage contact information on behalf of customers. Our aim is to at least double the size of the community in 2011 through these partnerships and work to increase usage and awareness of the .tel platform. We wholeheartedly believe that, due to the trends identified, 2011 is set to be an exciting year for .tel. We will work hard to achieve the goals outlined for .tel to become, over time, a utility that anyone can own and everyone can benefit from. Gaining this level of adoption requires hard work, strong business development, great partnerships, incremental product development and a laser-sharp focus on getting the message out.

With best wishes for the New Year,

Khashayar Mahdavi, CEO, Telnic Limited

Expert wrote:With this quote Mike has given the answer to his initial question.

mikeseaton wrote:This is almost a rhetorical question - but I would be interested if others are thinking what I am ?