{"id":3049,"date":"2001-03-02T15:41:06","date_gmt":"2001-03-02T21:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smperformance.wordpress.com\/2013\/07\/28\/stratvantage-consulting-llc-mikes-take-on-the-news-030201\/"},"modified":"2001-03-02T15:41:06","modified_gmt":"2001-03-02T21:41:06","slug":"stratvantage-consulting-llc-mikes-take-on-the-news-030201","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stratvantage.com\/index.php\/2001\/03\/02\/stratvantage-consulting-llc-mikes-take-on-the-news-030201\/","title":{"rendered":"StratVantage Consulting, LLC — Mike’s Take on the News 03\/02\/01"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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StratVantage Consulting, LLC — Mike’s Take on the News 03\/02\/01<\/h1>\n

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T<\/strong>he News \u2013 03\/02\/01<\/h1>\n

Use Your Phone Number As A Web Address<\/h2>\n

Now here\u2019s a bright idea for wireless users: Verisign (which now owns Network Solutions, the domain registrar) is beta testing a new service called Webnum.<\/strong> You can sign up to have your telephone number turned into a pointer to your Web site.<\/strong> This makes it easier for wireless Internet users.<\/strong> To access your site, users don\u2019t need to laboriously peck in the whole address on their keypads.<\/strong> Just cruise to the www.webnum.net <\/a> Web site, enter the phone number, including country code (1 for US phone numbers) without dashes, press OK, and your phone browser goes right to the site.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can try it now on your wireless phone by typing in my phone number, 19525251584.<\/strong> Note: if you use your computer to go to the Webnum site, it won\u2019t work.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Right now, during the beta period, Verisign is not charging for this service.<\/strong> But you can be sure they will charge once it\u2019s released.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This scheme reminds me of the Internet Keywords offered by RealNames <\/a>.<\/strong> This effort, which is supported by the major search engines, allows you to designate a key word or words that send users to your site.<\/strong> For example, I tried to register Internet Strategy as a keyword.<\/strong> Unfortunately, RealNames doesn\u2019t accept generic registrations.<\/strong> They would have accepted StratVantage, but I figure, if you need to use a search engine to find me, and you know my company name, the site will probably turn up anyway.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anyway, despite being a pretty cool idea and despite support by the search engines, MSN, and AOL, RealNames haven\u2019t really caught on.<\/strong> I wonder how well Webnums will be accepted.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Webnum <\/a><\/p>\n

Verisign to (Eventually) Give Up .net and .org<\/h2>\n

In other domain name news, Verisign has agreed with ICANN, the quasi-governmental domain name authority, to give up it\u2019s monopoly on the .net and .org suffixes (AKA gTLDs, or generic Top Level Domains).<\/strong> VeriSign will operate the .org registry only through December 2002, and the .net registry through Jan 1, 2006.<\/strong> The company\u2019s rights to the .com registry will expire in November 2007.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This new agreement modifies a previous agreement with ICANN that had Verisign spinning off its registry business by May of this year.<\/strong> ICANN stated that competition in the popular .com registry business had become so intense so fast that they didn\u2019t feel that Verisign had an unfair advantage any more.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With ICANN planning on having registrars registering several new gTLDS, such as .firm, .biz, .info, and .name, real soon now, there will be plenty of domain name competition.<\/strong> It could also get pretty confusing for businesses, what with new gTLDs and soon, new choices for registering .net and .org.<\/strong><\/p>\n

C|Net <\/a><\/p>\n

Return <\/a> to Mike\u2019s Take<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Evernote: StratVantage Consulting, LLC — Mike’s Take on the News 03\/02\/01 Clipped from: http:\/\/www.stratvantage.com\/news\/030201.htm The News \u2013 03\/02\/01 Use Your Phone Number As A Web Address Now here\u2019s a bright idea for wireless users: Verisign (which now owns Network Solutions, the domain registrar) is beta testing a new service called Webnum. You can sign … <\/p>\n

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