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iPhone App for Tel Directories Has anyone considered building a custom app specifically for Tel directories... a customized version of Superpages / MyTel? I'm addressing this question in part to those currently building Tel directories, and in part to Telnic (Henri?). From a client point of view, it would be interesting to know what could be done in terms of transferring a directory's contents into the iPhone address book, or within the app itself, in a more iPhone friendly way than using the browser. From a directory owner point of view it would be nice to be able to do bulk edits on the go, such as changing an image or ad across all subdomains, or a subset of them, as well as tools to see what has changed or which pages are getting most views - handy statistics viewer, etc. Such an app would be quite nice for the iPad, and of course an Android version should be included in this discussion. |
I prefer now to build directories that only link to other .Tel domains, as not much maintenance afterwards. By linking to live data, there is no replication of content. If you look at large online directories, even a 1% annual change in addresses, companies going out business,etc represents a significant resource to find, delete, update. So a Tel Directory app shouldn't load data, just show it. IMO Mark |
There was locksmiths.tel which was a superbook adaption for iphone |
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I hear you Mark... I was thinking - there's no way I can maintain such a directory... However, such data could be used to seed a paid or free live directory, simply by putting an expiry date on each record. The seed records would eventually drop out and be replaced by the live updated client records (hopefully there would be critical mass of those to keep going). I could also add a link to each record if someone wants to report a change or obsolete record to bring them to a form to suggest changes or to flag for delete. If say the directory were for localsales.tel as mentioned in the other thread then all records would expire and so the whole content would be kept fresh.[/size] |
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Thanks Simon - that was exactly what I was hoping for... except it doesn't work where I am - UK only. @Henri... is there any chance Henri of adding the source code to your Telnic developer area?[/size] |
No probs. Pretty sure all source code needed is in developer area already Perhaps someone could provide a link on this thread It would be idea if you could search with in such an app to a specified group of tels. Think it would be smoother via the proxy and this one of the tasks telnic is planning to do. Hopefully you could upload a text list to cth specifying the domains |
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I got quite similar idea like that: live directory but more or less I will say classifieds to be in the directory for 1, 2,or 3 months, yes of course we need the sister site like .com or .co. To save money in site baskets there is an international company that people could pay by phone without debit or credit card is called http://daopay.com and a good one for just UK is called http://impulsepay.com Regards http://supercyberheroes.tel[/size] |
I was thinking of developing one 'sister' site as a kind of hub to manage a network of Tel sites, and provide a portal for those wishing to add listings or ads to sites within the network. That way discovery of one Tel site can lead people to a host of other sites, and leverage the hub network aspect. My dream is to create a kind of domain parking service, which those with premium names could plug into and share revenues while attracting a greater business listing clientele. Frankly, I think that Telnic is missing out on an opportunity by not doing this themselves wrt Telpages, creating their own version of Adwords/Adsense with only Tels... or even those without Tels who just want to advertise. I think Telnic would be much more aggressive in development if they saw the light in terms of revenue potential here. |
Unfortunately Telnic is missing a lot of opportunities |
