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DotTel Total Registrations 1st October 2011 are now available... ...at http://www.hosterstats.com/DomainNameCounts2011.php Mike Seaton |
Good to see another uptick no matter how small. My contribution as promised. Registrations.tel |
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Agreed, but being realistic it does seem that .tel has currently plateaued at approx 300K - here are the monthly figures from the beginning of the year: 250,550 - 1 Jan 274,042 - 1 Feb 333,891 - 1 Mar 326,805 - 1 Apr 314,061 - 1 May 297,058 - 1 Jun 296,158 - 1 Jul 293,455 - 1 Aug 297,325 - 1 Sep 298,646 - 1 Oct Be interesting to know how many individual people these domain totals represents, since the "critical mass" for Phase 2 Dial/Email/Skype By Name will of course depend on this rather than the total number of domain registrations. Mike Seaton[/size] |
Also means their is a huge upside:) |
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There are still many, many good people with personal .tel domain names. PeoplePlace.tel is dedicated to personal .tel domains only. Haven't even completed adding everyone and the PeoplePlace spotlight shows them everyday ! Many are not exactly impressive in design, but the new templates, if they are more than an enticing rumor, will be a significant incentive for many to claim ownership and use. :)[/size] |
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I can vouch that the personal registrants are the users, and there are thousands. Having said that, even if there are 2,000 out of 300,000 it's less than 1%. This is exactly what is to be expected as the industry has shown for decades. Yellow Pages (Business) is 99+% of paying customers. White Pages (Individuals) is less than 1% of paying customers. TelPages and .TEL has to realize this and take the same approach. YellowNames.com is exactly the 'type' of focus that can drive TelPages globally. PeoplePlace.tel is exactly the 'type' of 'Facebook Style' that can drive Individual use. Templates are critical either way. Rich Content is the major business feature thereafter. See a typical Business choosing to promote itself both ways: Yellowbook Listing In Yellowbook - Farmers Bank Yellowbook Listing In TelPages - Farmers Bank The .TEL version is cleaner in my honest opionion, but the "TelPages Plus" rich features that are needed died with Telnic a couple of years ago, at least to date. We have communicated this for 3 years, with slow and reluctant change in that direction since. User-controlled graphics are helping tremendously using the Image Ad Tools - CINCI.CO What is needed to "keep up" is what TelPages Plus suggested years ago - the pinnacle of advertising - Video, embedded. We have worked to encourage Telnic to support embedded video so that we could launch the next "Big Thing" - the "TELmercial". Since it's a pending and protected U.S. Trademark I'll go ahead and show the idea. This can help vendors and .TEL tremendously if supported: www.TELmercial.tel :o[/size] |
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Yes better not to know how low the numbers are. I used to keep track, but no longer do. I have an algorithm to judge how populated a domain is but would take days to get through all the tels. Many personal domains have dropped as the single point of contact is not a huge seller of this TLD. As per my posts yday and months ago, the selling points have changed. For online directories it should be seen as the single SOURCE of contact. For small business it's all about local discovery and competitive advantage. When someone can get these points across, then there will be more uptake. Mark[/size] |
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Telnic doesn't listen to us most of the time, that's clear as it goes it's own way without accepting important input from its key focus group. Improvements to support richer content are needed. Improvements to facilitate local mapping are needed. Anything to allow this TLD to compete with all the free offerings are needed. Marketing is non-existent while people still don't understand this TLD. Let's hope Telnic is convincing YP companies on its power. Mark[/size] |
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That's the entire point to begin with, the GLOBAL directory, where global is both the geographical definition and the initial contact point (beginning of beginnings) definition. Quote: [/size]
Yes, except it's all about GLOCAL discovery, where a Global advantage ( like Shopzilla for example ) is the key to a competitive shopping arena, AND a Local advantage, where those in need within a radius is also necessary at times, are BOTH critical. TelPages should be the PERFECT GLOCAL DIRECTORY. It should take a business - global, local, brick, virtual - and encourage it's presence. ENCOURAGING it's presence means giving the REGISTRANT the tools to make it look it's best. If I feel great about my Business presence, I will direct you there and you will go there. If I feel my presence is a disgrace, I will direct you elsewhere. We have talked about the "one great idea" that people can use with .tel as an advanced technology. Well, if it's about me feeling good about my presence, it will need a TELmercial. Obviously a play on a Commercial, it actually places .tel ABOVE .com, because a COMmercial is generally associated with TV where you can't "Click To Call or Visit" on-screen. A "TELmercial" on the other hand gives you just what it says - a BETTER presence. .TEL and TELmercials across all "smart" devices is a technological advancement and better presence - .TEL over .COM and .TV ! Let the other listings catch up, just like Yellow Pages, Yellowbook, Yell, Yelp ... but let .TEL and TelPages Directory lead the way ! :eek:[/size] |
Like many other posters I'm beginning to change my view about the future of the .tel extension. The idea of Dial-By-Name from the Keypad is great, but from the information that is being released I don't think it will actually happen in the forseeable future (I would be delighted to be proved wrong on this !) for the following reasons: 1. Take up of .tel domains is too low to be of interest to Telcos and/or phone manufacturers to modify their systems. A domain plateau of 300K appears to have been reached, but only a percentage of this 300K is individuals or companies - many people (myself included) own a significant number of .tels. 2. It's difficult to identify a clear financial incentive for Telcos and/or phone manufacturers to do the mods necessary for .tel - the phrase "What's in it for me?" is likely to cross their lips. 3. Dial-By-Name from the Keypad is by its very nature more or less a universal product - there is only really room for one major player and companies like Facebook, Google, Skype etc. have millions of existing users they could offer it to if they developed their own solution. 4. Dial-By-Name from the Address Bar (eg http://henri.teldial.com) is available now and gives you the opportunity to see the phone number before it is dialed - essential for user confidence re the call cost. 5. The Telcos may well be already developing their own Dial-By-Name from the Keypad system. But .tel can have a great future if you consider what it can offer: 1. A low-cost internet presence for both individuals and businesses, which works seamlessly on all internet devices, whereby registration, hosting and software to update your .tel (via the CTH) is available for an unbelievably low price of about $10 per year. 2. The facility for the DNS data to be used as a master source for all directory information displayed by online directories, as Mark has suggested. 3. The ability of .tel users to input data to their .tel (from computers or mobile phones) that is machine readable - an example use could be controlling CCTV remotely via the internet - all that would be needed is for the CCTV software to read your .tel DNS data. 4. Many other uses that stem from the fact that .tels enable users to input machine readable data to the DNS easily and quickly. I still believe there will be an active .tel extension in 10 years time - whether owned by Telnic or some major company that has made them an offer they couldn't refuse ! Mike Seaton |
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Your number 1. above says what the focus should be, while the rest develops over time "behind the scenes". I go back to the analogy and reference of a "Library" and "Card Catalog": Websites are like Books on the Shelves, and Listings are like Cards in the Card Catalog. No matter what Google and all other TLD's do, they will be associated with Websites, i.e. Books. No matter what TelPages and future TLD's acting like .TEL do, they will be associated with Listings, i.e. Cards. (.TEL being the .COM of Cards, and TelPages being the Original Domain Name Card Catalogue we have the upper hand today.) - Websites will compete to be the best "Books" in the Library, as they always do. - Listings will compete to be the best "Cards" in the Card Catalog, this we must do. People will use and appreciate both Cards and Books, as they always have, and there will be both as a matter of intelligent necessity. Telnic should focus on being the "Best Original Card" and "Original Domain Name Card Catalog" that it can be. This includes ideas like the TELmercial which will attract Card Catalog users to .TEL and TelPages as a better "Card" presence. The magic behind the scenes will develop thereafter. First things first, .TEL as a better "Card" and TelPages as a better organized "Card Catalog". :)[/size] |
http://www.4localtv.com/cards.jpg http://www.4localtv.com/books.jpg |
Registrations and Reality "Telpages Global Directory" and a ".TEL page" (with Text, Graphics, and Video displayed as compatible with Devices) to show the best "Card" presence on the Internet is the Reality of .TEL Registration Pass or Fail from the desireable Registrant standpoint. 1. Focus on the "Single Source" - TelPages Glocal Search and Results/Display structure. 2. Focus on the "Single Listing" - .TEL Registrant Presence and Rich Expression. The Message Concept Was Simple - "One Global Directory, Get In It." This is why everyone jumped on the Bandwagon in 2008-2009, and jumps off when it doesn't measure up on either of Two Simple concepts ... still. People simply want a GOOD REFLECTION of themselves in a PUBLIC VENUE. A .TEL complete with a TELmercial becomes the pinnacle of a GOOD REFLECTION for a .TEL "Card" Registrant - All should strive to reach for this. TelPages results becomes the PUBLIC VENUE of choice Glocally - All should strive to reach for this. Simple ... still. |
telrific! I really like what you did here. Well done. |
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Thank you very much for the kind words. :o[/size] |
Bottom Line Reality ... The Reality We Face: A. I Can Get A FREE Page or Website That Is Better. B. I Can Get A Free Page or Website In A DIRECTORY That Is Better. C. .TEL Is NOT The Answer And TelPages Is NOT The Answer. The Reality We Desire: A. I WANT To Get A PAID Page or Website BECAUSE It Is BETTER. B. I WANT To Get A PAID Page or Website In A DIRECTORY Because It Is BETTER. C. .TEL IS The Answer And TelPages IS The Answer. So, What Makes The Desireable Scenario True ? Not Much In 3 Years For .TEL ! What Will Make The Desireable Scenario True ? We Might Focus On Who Is Getting Paid, and Do Better Than They Are ! Hmmm ... We say we are but, A Better Page That Is Paid For Includes A Better Template That Beats The Free And Paid Pages - Better Than Facebook And Better Than Yellow Pages - Are We There Yet ? A Better Page That Is Paid For Includes A Better Action That Beats The Free And Paid Pages - Better Than Facebook And Better Than Yellow Pages - Are We There Yet ? If Anyone can have a Website that does more, why are many still using Facebook and Yellow Pages, and why is Facebook and Yellow Pages used in the above statements versus Websites in general when it comes to templates and actions ? A BETTER DIRECTORY IS WHY - So We Need A Better TelPages with better Results Display that LEADS to the better Page. We can ALWAYS pull the Text out for less compatible devices. We MUST include the BETTER options to get "THE PAID ANSWER IS .TEL AND TELPAGES" ! Are We There Yet ? |
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The following will actually get it done ! 1. Get TELmercials mainstream as the "better action" and better reflection of companies everywhere. 2. Get TelPages mainstream as the "better action directory" of companies everywhere. The rest will be extremely valuable support, from "click-to-call" to "mapping tools" to "DNS use", but the TELmercials will be the driver of the "R2D2 and Princess Leia" technology for everyday use that people will seek ! Remember this scene from Star Wars ? TELmercials can be the "TWEET" that's in "TWITTER", and the "FACE" that's in "FACEBOOK" that make .TEL and TelPages winners ! :)[/size] |
Can you find it ? So, if you Google the soon to be famous "TELmercial", how does it rank in your Country already ? |
#1 google.ca and very nice you trademarked it too! Mark |
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Thanks Mark ! Great to hear ! It's #1 in the USA, but that was all I could verify from here for certain. It was such a perfect name for what is certain to be an eventual success - I couldn't resist ! Trademark is pending, but the name TELmercial will stick for a .TEL regardless ! I have seen the "drive to video on listings" becoming more and more in demand across the U.S., but the problem is that often a service is needed to produce a professional one cost effectively. Pay for it once, run it for life - all on your .TEL and regardless of Text and Graphics changes ! I don't know if you're familiar with Livemercial, but this gentleman has generated billions using direct response marketing. No competition as we don't do what they do obviously, we just produce borderless video and video banner ads for .TEL domains, but there is no doubt that people "checking out" business videos to get a glimpse is very popular already ! They don't corner the market on video / banner ads on the internet, that's for sure ! Hopefully we'll see it sooner rather than later as a popular option for .TEL ! Already support both Flash and HTML5, so we're ready on this end ! :o[/size] |
