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City Directories Needed Hi, I'm doing some research into town and city directories based on .tel. Here are some that I know, and I'm sure there must be more: Europe: cph.tel praha.tel gretnagreen.tel tydfil.tel ashtead.tel chagford.tel luxembourgcity.tel murman.tel rostov-don.tel spbinfo.tel Florence.tel kljuc.tel talinn.tel Americas: Mendoza.tel Africa: nairobi.tel swellendam.tel daressalaam.tel If you know or own a populated .tel directory, please submit it to this thread. Directories under construction or industry-focused resources not counted, for example, nairobi.tel would be fine, while moscowhotels.tel won't be relevant. |
yorkregion.tel (yrk.tel mobile) |
http://mayo-directory.mayo.tel All towns listed in above directory are well-populated. Might not qualify as cities, but some very big tourist destinations there. And are these the first islands off the coast of the Europe to get a .tel listing? http://mayo-islands.mayo.tel Also worth considering (not mine) mayfair.tel, brighton.tel, chester.tel |
visit'city' Hi Nadya! Thanks for the post! it is very exciting and encouaring to read that you are building something for the town, cities etc... Have a question? if the word VISIT is before the city or town or country, will that be considered for the list? Thanks |
Hi, tel4rent, I'm not exactly building something, I'm just gathering examples to analyze the structure, listing and advertising styles of city directories, their promotional efforts on the web, management solutions, etc. Ultimately, every city and town should have a .tel directory, and we'll come to expect it and use it routinely wherever we go. A city directory can be a handy service when you come from elsewhere and are sure to check thistown.tel for info on public transport, emergency contacts, essential services like hotels and eateries, etc. Of course, for larger cities, one .tel won't be enough probably, but (a) you can link to .tel names of local businesses; (b) you can use a structure of .tel names to categorize different aspects. Yes, visitcity.tel can work as long as it's a generic city directory, not a tourist-only directory or other specialisation on just one aspect of city life - as with your excellent domain dubaimetro.tel, which won't work in this particular case. |
Calella.tel - directory about two Catalan towns. |
Happy to link [QUOTE=nadya;4552]Hi, I'm doing some research into town and city directories based on .tel. Here are some that I know, and I'm sure there must be more: QUOTE] As an aside, as a UK directory I'll be happy to add a link on my .tel, on the relevant page to any town or city directory, I see there is a tydfil.tel I'll be contacting them to see if I can add a link. I'm sure ther must be lots of county and nationwide directories out there who will do the same. One way links to other dot tels where appropriate must be a good thing, should we start a seperate thread? Swopping links is pretty pointless for seo, but one way links to other suitable .tels has to be an easy and free way to help promote the tld. |
Waikiki Directory Pages Hi Nadya, Waikiki.tel is a Waikiki Hawaii US directory for your study. Waikiki.tel has top results on google for "waikiki directory" "waikiki emergency" and a few others. Waikiki.tel has a Twitter page at www.Twitter.com/waikiki_tel I also own Global cities such as Hanoi.tel (Vietnam), Lisbon.tel (Spain), and HoChiMinh.tel (Vietnam) which are not fully populated .tel's yet. If I can be of any assistance further please let me know. |
hi - here are couple of further advanced projects: http://havering.tel - covering the havering greater london authority encompassing about 8 towns and http://southall.tel - covering a specific town within greater london. unfortunately i havent had a chance to start work on my other london towns/areas i'm looking to start work on a city tel (http://kosice.tel) - second largest city in slovakia so would be very interested to read and learn about your findings |
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Therein lies the conundrum - City (or other Geo) and Category, or Both ... When one visits a city and picks up a phone book, one is met with a directory of categories - so the mindset becomes "category" terms without thinking "city" which is already pre-determined. "Taxis", "Hotels", "Restaurants" etc. becomes the search mindset over "City" search. Typically, human nature for any search is "What, Who" then "Where" anyway. YellowPages.com is set up exactly with this understanding of "What, Who" then "Where", however, when people put it together mentally for a single search box, it grammatically becomes "New York Taxis", "Orlando Hotels", "Chicago Restaurants". Google / KeywordSpy / Other statistics have confirmed this trend for years now. If Telnic's promotion is a single search box, and for intelligent and legal reasons you would never want to change this, along with the fact that Telnic's goals are Domain Name Sales, then "Geo-Categories" become the primary directory choice by User evidence. (This whole scenario assumes the searcher even cares about "where" in addition to "what or who") The intelligent reason for one search box of course is the inclusion of millions of non-geo related category searches. Because it is always up to the user needs, there is always a legitimate need for all 3: Geo.tel (Where - if relevant) Category.tel (What, Who - always relevant) Geo-Category.tel (Both - When relevant) This creates opportunities for millions of people through the use of all 3 keyword and search term styles, and prevents any monopoly. A single Search Box with all 3 styles is what should be expected, and is what is being purchased and populated by .tel Owners for a year now. Advanced Search will always pick up the holes until they're all populated as domains. Ultimately, the only way to ensure success for the "Big Picture" is to promote a single search box search engine with advanced options (TelPages.com, as is primarily) with Individual, Business, Geo, Category, and Geo-Category names and sub-directories. (.tel, as is primarily - adding rich feaures of course ;)) Promoting TelPages.com search engine and tweaking to guarantee exact match and domain precedent results is crucial. Once users find their favorite sub-directory, geo / category / geo-category, they will then add it to their mobile devices as favorites within their mobile apps. Telnic's non-committal precedent(s) to the Big Picture Search Engine / Directory combination is what is preventing people from spending to much time and money committing to purchasing and populating. One small change and thousands may be burned ! To say that City Directories are ultimately the goal is disheartening to say the least ... and I have some "Cities".tel ! :o[/size] |
Here's my most advanced Town dot tel directory to date http://bury.tel/ all of the folders are populated However I've been concentrating on building the directory from a local residents point of view but now looking at the other projects you have listed I realise that I also need to consider how people from out of town will use the directory, suppose it's still a learning process for us all I have 3 links in the directory to local businesses who also have their own dot tel pages To promote the directory I've set up a twitter page and a facebook group but not really pushed these yet and I have been posting links to the directory on to relevant Facebook pages and I am still posting out my leaflets to local businesses |
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A. Massive promotion of the "Global Directory" and how it works is necessary B. Massive promotion of the "Sub-Directories" and how they work is necessary. "A." is of course TelPages.com and its exact-match, ordered, domain/label based algorithm precedent. "B." is of course .tel domains and their content as the result. --- "B." can all be described by the aforementioned categories, re-iterated here: ---- 1. Individual .tel Domain (AmandaBeard.tel) -----2. Business .tel Domain (CakeInABox.tel) -----3. Category .tel Domain (Hotels.tel) -----4. Geographic .tel Domain (Vancouver.tel) -----5. Geo-Cat .tel Domain (ChicagoPizza.tel) ( 1.'s and 2.'s above will then appeal for listing in 3's, 4's, and 5's, 5's in 3's and 4's, etc., or not at all ) The ".tel of the Week" should show and promote examples of all of these 5 general styles. The Search for each by .tel Domain should show up as the number 1 spot in TelPages. This scenario brings intelligence and commitment to the forefront, and builds trust. It will also build success.[/size] |
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Bury.tel is a great .tel !!!! Fantastic example of "4." above !!! :)[/size] |
Telrific, Thank you for your input, this is a thread discussing existing directories on .tel domain names, for TelPages input, please use that thread so as not to deviate from the subject. This "City Directories" project is just one of the things I, Nadya, am currently focused on. This is a research project to find excellent resources like bury.tel or waikiki.tel and see how they are organized and built. This has nothing to do with TelPages launch, promotion of one category of domains over another, or Telnic's policies and priorities. If you have cities.tel domain names that are populated and active, please share with us, and we'll be happy to take a look. markske, Indeed a great domain bury.tel, with the cross-linking of an A-Z listing and a category listing. You are right, visitors to your city should probably have an area too, although you can again re-use your business listings to point to accomodation and food facilities, but also to public services and emergency hotlines. |
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This suggested much more than that, and my reply was not just TelPages oriented, just directory oriented in general of course. Will you have other projects related not just to Cities for analysis, perhaps the other 4 categories ? Thanks ![/size] |
Telrific, We work with different types of .tel domains on a regular basis - take a look at the inteviews and stories we do for businesses and individuals, directories and services, in the .telegraph, on the website in ".tel for you" and community stories, in the .telebrity and .tel of the week competitions, at various events and conferences that we attend. Take a look at the website at the various examples we offer and TelTemplates recommendations that we publish based on industry analysis. The community's thoughts about more innovative ways of promoting different types of .tel names are more than welcome, but please create a separate thread or write to us directly at community@telnic.org to share your suggestions. |
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Completely understood and I agree. When I am e-mailed because "Nadya posted a cities.tel priority, what about other categories" it doesn't do much good for those who "got scared" to share in a different place. I posted to ease concerns as well as offer suggestions, sorry you didn't catch that. :)[/size] |
Hi all, I actually contact the local municipality of Swellendam in south africa to inform them about the existence of the directory and to look at avenues of collaboration with them. I am keeping my finger crossed This is what i have done before populating the domain name: 1- I actually visited the town and went around to get the look and feel of it; 2- Checked the businesses, shops and spoke to owners without referring to the dot tel; 3- Walked in the street and look for things that are specifics to the town and not much mentioned on other web sites. 4- visited the municipality and gathered as many information as possible; 5- I put myself in the shoes of a tourist and sorted information that he would want to know; 6- Again put myself in the shoes of someone living in the town and sorted information he would want to know or share with the visitors; 7- Sat in a quite place and visualized the information on the domain name How about you? Be well |
123sortie.tel : France directory Hi Nadya, You can add 123sortie.tel which is a country directory of France with a lot of informations of France cities. Thanks. |
hi there, i'm half way through doing all the local councils of victoria, australia, with the possibility of doing all of australia, inlocalcouncil.tel |
