viernes, 30 de diciembre de 2011

TELcp 3.0 el panel de control de los dominios .tel

TELcp V3 Full version
Seasons Greetings,

The Full version of TELcp V3with IDN support is now available at www.telcp.com

For tel Users

Tel Page Management:
  • Create/edit/delete title
  • Create/edit/delete header
  • Create/edit/delete contact details
  • Create/edit/delete location details
  • Create/edit/delete keyword texts
  • Create/edit/delete text ads
  • Create/edit/delete image ads
  • Create/edit/delete delete records
  • Organize records (desktop only)
  • Upload/edit/delete logo

TELcp site Management:
  • Select TELcp page colours
  • Change email address
  • Change password
  • change local time zones
  • change calendar style
  • change language (English by default)

For tel Owners

Tel Page Management:
  • Create/edit/delete title
  • Create/edit/delete header
  • Create/edit/delete contact details
  • Create/edit/delete location details
  • Create/edit/delete keyword texts
  • Create/edit/delete text ads
  • Create/edit/delete image ads
  • Create/edit/delete delete records
  • Organize records (desktop only)
  • Upload/edit/delete logo

Tel Domain Management:
  • Grant OAuth authorization
  • Add domains to TELcp
  • Test access token validity
  • Renew access token manually
  • Create/edit/delete Adsense ads
  • Create/edit/delete folders
  • Create/edit/delete folder labels
  • Show/hide folders
  • Edit templates

TELcp site Management:
  • Delete domain from TELcp (without affecting tel domain/folders at CTH)
  • Send mass email to all Users
  • Send email to single User
  • Send email to TELcp Administrator
  • Send Invitation email to tel Users
  • Invite tel Users
  • Assign tel Users to folders
  • Suspend tel Users
  • Delete tel Users
  • Select TELcp page colours
  • Change email address
  • Change password
  • Change local time zones
  • Change calendar style
  • Change language (English by default)
  • Change tel User access levels (page content management by tel Users)
  • Change access tokens if registrar of domain changed
  • Upgrade account to paid plans

Improvements since last version (ver.2.0)
  • Access from smart phones/touch screens including iPhone/iPad
    (broad support for the vast majority of all modern desktop, smart phone, tablet, and e-reader platforms)
  • Fully automated OAuth authorization
  • Improved Menu Navigation
    (We have done away with the Help file system as new menu labels indicate action)
  • Fully automated creation of sub accounts corresponding to each CTH account
    (Creating sub accounts manually is not necessary any more)
  • Fully automated add domain and auto populating the TELcp database
    (Selecting a sub account when adding domains not necessary any more)
  • Test Access Token status manually
    (Testing will not affect the current status)
  • Renew Access Token manually in case tel Owner has revoked it by mistake
    (This ensures an uninterrupted service for tel Users)
  • Password protected actions if suspending/converting/deleting tel User occupied pages
  • Improved Keyword text editing
  • Improved template editing
  • Improved page navigation
  • Improved tel User search (by username/email address)
  • Improved tel page search
  • IDN support

Additional features available for custom solutions
  • Create Groups by tel Owner (semi automated) for Private data.
  • View Private Data feature for tel User Pages.
    (Private data can be provided to different groups, independent from one another, but within the same domain managed by different tel Page Users.)
  • Image storage for image ads by tel Users.

NOTE:
  • ver.2.0 tel Owner section will be discontinued on 31st Dec 2011
  • Final release of ver.3.0 planned on 31st Dec 2011
  • Translation to Spanish Lang (for tel Users & tel Owners) planned during first half of Jan 2012


IDN support for tel Domains

When adding a tel domain, tel owners may use either the punycode or the name of the tel domain in native language. All languages supported by Telnic are acceptable.

IDN support when creating Folders

Folders/sub folders may be created in any native language supported by UTF8.


Note:
Those who manage tel domains and created folders in native languages or who may have populated the TELcp database directly from CTH should remove the tel domain from TELcp and resubmit. This process will not affect any records in the CTH. It only deletes the URLs in the TELcp database.

However, those tel Owners with active tel Users, please contact TELcp support for further instructions, prior to removing the tel domain from TELcp powered sites.


Folders created with IDN (in many languages) support can be seen here at demo site. http://demo.telcp.tel

Just the beginning of a new era for the .tel.

 

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martes, 13 de diciembre de 2011

Newsletter diciembre 2011

.telegraph newsletter - December 2011

In This Issue:

Stay Connected

Welcome to the final community newsletter of 2011. Season's Greetings to you from all of us at Telnic here in London.

It's been a busy year for the team at Telnic. As you will probably have seen, we've been building relationships with more and more yellow page organisations from China through to Finland that are now starting to provide .tel names to their customers. We were also delighted to be named a Cool Vendor by Gartner earlier this year, recognizing the potential in .tel to provide telecommunications providers with a real opportunity to deliver real-time collaboration and presence services. We launched short and numeric-only .tel domains in the middle of the year and continue to see these being registered on a daily basis.

We continue to review the .tel service and review its cost-effectiveness and the features it delivers through 2012. We have seen important updates to this service, outlined throughout the course of the year in the newsletters. A development update also follows in this newsletter for early 2012.

This coming year should prove to be an even more interesting one and there will be some important announcements from Telnic which we hope will drive even more interest, awareness and adoption of .tel. More information about this will be forthcoming in early 2012.

Finally, we'd like to thank those within the community that share their stories about .tel as well as let us know their thoughts and ideas with regards to the .tel service. We're delighted that so many individuals and businesses are experiencing real benefit from .tel, its ease of use and mobile readiness. We know this will continue through 2012 and beyond and remain committed to delivering a cost-effective and valuable service for all of those businesses and individuals that can benefit from owning their own presence online and who do not have the skills, budget and time to work with traditional services today.

Khashayar Mahdavi, CEO, Telnic Limited


Kind regards to you all,

Kash
Khashayar Mahdavi, CEO, Telnic Limited

Mobile Search Rises to the Top!

Some of you may have noticed that we've rolled out an update to the search functionality on mobile devices.

Those community members with complex .tel domains or directories and which choose the 'Search this .tel' option rather than the 'Search all' option will now see that the search box appears at the top of the smart phone view. This should assist those seeking information within your .tel names to access the search functionality much more quickly, rather than having to scroll down to the bottom of the page (potentially through 100 different records).

The 'Search all' option still provides the search box at the bottom of the page, as it is more likely that the viewer will take a look through the contents of that .tel prior to deciding whether to seek the information from another source.

Development Update

Our anticipated development and release schedule for Q1 2012 will include:

  • Roll-out of new templates currently in development
  • Support for a number of video services (YouTube, Vimeo, and DailyMotion) to be linked to and played from within the .tel proxy pages (which will be manageable programmatically using the API) and presented in the body of the .tel domain
  • Dedicated Smart phone search results for a consistent mobile look and feel
  • Grouping of .tel domains to be searched in a cluster (time permitting)
 

What on Earth Are: Rich Snippets?

Snippets are the information presented by a search engine back to the person searching with a summary of what it thinks is the best description for that site. Often, these snippets include the search term or keywords that the person viewing the results entered when making the search.

Rich snippets are segments of structured information (such as business listing information, contact information or restaurant reviews) that website owners (and of course .tel owners!) can alert search engines to by using code called micro-formats. By using this method, site owners can make increasingly sure that Google's search engine knows for sure what type of information is being presented and which bits should be relevant to show to someone searching.

For .tel owners, unlike website owners, this is done automatically whenever you populate information within your .tel. Recently, we've updated the way in which .tel presents this information within the template, which should deliver even better information back to Google and as a result, present even better information back to the person searching so they can click on the .tel to proceed with their search.

Please note, marking up your data for rich snippets won't affect your page's ranking in search results, and Google does not guarantee that markup on any given page or site will be used in search results.

Portfolio and Brand Owners:
One .tel to Rule Them All!

 

If you're a brand owner or have a portfolio of related .tel domains and you don't want all of them to be found online or have the time to populate all of them now, help is now at hand. You may have purchased multiple .tel variants or defensive registrations, but you don't want all of these to be seen or don't want to put duplicate content in (not a good idea from a search engine perspective).

Now, all you need to do is list the main .tel that you wish to promote within the .tel domains that you don't want to use right now. This will result in the visitor being diverted to your main .tel if they type in one of your other .tel names into the browser or discover it some other way.

Remember, this will only work if there's no other information in the .tel domain that you wish to divert automatically to your chosen main .tel domain, so make sure that the domain you wish to divert has no other visible content in it (this will not affect the use of MX records, enabling you to continue to use the domain for email for example). You can also divert it to a sub-page of another domain, but it won't divert to any other domain extension – this is specifically a feature for managing multiple .tel domains.

Telnic's Top Ten from 2011

As we near the close of another year, we would like to give special thanks and revisit some of the best resources created by the .tel community in 2011. As with last year, we struggled to shortlist 10 resources — so if you have favourites that you don't see here, don't forget to let us know as we will continue to promote more of your .tel's in 2012.

chipexpo.tel ChipExpo.tel
ChipExpo.tel was created for a Technology Exhibition in Moscow. It provided details of the exhibitors as well as the exhibition itself. It is now being used to promote the details of another exhibition in April 2012.
   
ChrisSenior.tel ChrisSenior.tel
In addition to sharing his personal contact details, Chris Senior uses his .tel to centralise information for his various businesses under a single web address, This includes an environmental consultancy and a photography business.
   
Jojo.tel Jojo.tel
JoJo Maman Bébé is a babywear and children fashion store selling online and through 36 boutique stores. Their .tel includes a separate folder for each of their stores, in addition to main company contact information.
   
toyotawlochy.tel ToyotaWlochy.tel
This Toyota Dealership in Poland share contact details of their dealerships and also some staff members on their .tel. Opening times are also included, so their customers always know when they are available.
   
comoxvalleyrealty.tel ComoxValleyRealty.tel
This realtor has really embraced .tel by linking directly to some of their listings. For convenience to their customers they also include direct contact details for all of their agents, each with a separate folder in the .tel.
   
Catalina.tel Catalina.tel
Any visitor or resident of the island of Catalina, California would be well advised to visit this directory. In addition to pages for businesses and activities on the island, the site also makes great use of text and image Ads to highlight some recommended sections.
   
rimington.tel Rimington.tel
Rimington Football Camp showed us this year how a .tel can be used to promote an event. In addition to information and contact details regarding their business, they also linked directly to a registration form for their summer youth football camp.
   
simonsonghurst.tel SimonSonghurst.tel
Simon Songhurst, a leading beauty and fashion photographer is often on the move with his work, dividing his time between studio and location work. His .tel allows him to share different contact details depending on where in the world he is at that moment.
   
electricpenguins.tel ElectricPenguins.tel
This Irish band uses their .tel to promote their music by linking directly to tracks from their albums. Shortened links keep the site looking consistent and work well with the striking design.
   
moneesharora.tel MoneeshArora.tel
Moneesh Arora uses his .tel as both a personal and business contact card, including an in transit number so that his .tel always contains a number on which he can be contacted.
 

Not Just a Pretty Face: Belaray, .tel & QR Codes

Belaray is a Dermatology and Oculoplastic Clinic based in New York. Our highly-skilled board certified Dermatologists, Dr Jeffrey Ellis and Dr Amy Slear, use state-of-the-art equipment and techniques to ensure our patients' comfort and safety.

Having a strong online presence and being easily reachable is very important to us.  There are many outstanding local dermatologists that our patients can choose from, but enabling patients to learn more about the special elements that make our practice unique is important.  

A colleague first told me about .tel domains, and we were excited about integrating them into our business. Now all of our means of contact (including on-line appointment requests) can be found at belaray.tel.  To make it even easier to get to belaray.tel, we have incorporated a special QR code into our business card.

Belaray

Having a .tel has been a great way to bring all of our points of contact into one place that can easily and quickly be shared - which is further facilitated by the QR code.  Want to call us? Fax us?  Set your navigation/gps to us? Make an online appointment?  It is all there on our .tel - a streamlined site that quickly loads on our patients' phone.

We have been very happy with the professional layout, quick load speed, and easy customization of our .tel domain. In our opinion, .tels are really for everyone.  Both individuals and businesses can benefit from using a .tel. If you want to let others know how to find you - and how you want to be found - then a .tel is for you.

All Wrapped Up with .tel!

 

Cover Your Car We are Cover Your Car, based in the NW of England in St Helens, Merseyside in the UK and we specialise in fitted, tailored and bespoke car covers.

In addition to our phone sales line, being discoverable on the internet is very important to us and we have numerous ways that clients can contact us online including email, live chat support, Twitter and Facebook.

We first heard about .tel domains through our hosting company, Blacknight.ie, and registered coveryourcar.tel in May 2010. During that time we've found it easy to update and maintain. We've included links to our main website on there as well as brought all of our other social media and contact information together in one single place. In total, it centralises six different ways that customers can get in touch with us, as well as sharing links to our blog and YouTube channel.

Coveryourcar.tel has helped our business as it's a single place for us to share all our contact details, which we can promote via our social networking streams and refer people to it on emails, business cards, letterheads etc.

In our opinion, anyone serious about having an online presence and needs a central online point for contact information would benefit from a .tel. Also, with the ever increasing trend towards browsing via smart phones, the .tel app which is free to download, ties in brilliantly with finding information quickly.

LingPerfect: Talking Your Language

LingPerfect is a medium-sized language service provider company. Our business is the translation of all kinds of documents and the localization of websites, software, multimedia and other types of content to and from more than a hundred languages.

Our clients reach us by email, the online quotation form, phone, fax and on Skype. They appreciate the choice of different contact methods to reach us, and our 24/7 global availability. For several years, we have been using search-engine optimisation (SEO) to help new customers find us.

We always look for the internet tools to reach new customers throughout the world, and recently we heard the stories about the unique technology behind the .tel domains, and decided to register the lingperfect.tel domain for ourselves.

We saw the benefits and the results immediately: it is extremely easy to add content to the .tel and keep it up to date. The most important benefit is that our .tel data has been so quickly and efficiently picked up by search engines, without any additional effort from our side. We can say that we are very happy with this service. It has required only such a tiny investment in terms of money, and so little working time is spent by our staff to maintain our .tel domain, and it brought instantly visible benefits.

We also like the way the information is presented on the .tel. Many of our potential customers need an instant and simple solution, without spending too much time researching information on the web. Now, thanks to our new lingperfect.tel domain, we can give them the express answers they need.

Our lingperfect.tel site is a very important addition to our marketing strategy due to its SEO potential and the concise presentation of our company to the customers using various types of communication devices. The .tel is so easy to manage, and it took us just a few minutes to set it up. I would recommend it to any company or individual, who want to become more visible on the Internet. I think this is an amazing idea.

Pawel Gromek
Managing Director, LingPerfect Translations

.tel Helps the St. Royals Swing in Toronto

 
Royals

Who are you, where are you based and what do you do?
I'm Andrew Dalrymple, owner and founder of St. Royals Entertainment based in Toronto, Canada.  St. Royals Entertainment provides fully customizable professional live bands for corporate events, galas, private parties, and weddings.

How important is being discoverable on the internet or contactable by your clients to you?
Being discoverable on the internet is absolutely crucial. About 40% of my business comes from organic traffic.

How do you enable your clients to reach you?
I have as much of a web presence as possible.  Website, blog, twitter, Facebook and a .tel page.

When did you hear about .tel domains and what were your thoughts?
I heard about .tel when an entrepreneur friend contacted me telling me about .tel.  She said that .tel has a lot of potential to become a new standard for mobile-based browsing and that I should register my domain ASAP!  I looked into it and agreed with her assessment. It's like publishing a business card for everyone to access with more information than one could really fit on a business card!

Who might benefit from a .tel?
I think anyone who is developing a business that depends on a strong web presence can benefit from .tel.  Of course individuals can easily create a .tel page as a compliment to a resume etc.

What's your experience been having used it for a while?
My experience has been positive.  My analytics shows that I have been getting some new traffic to my site from my .tel page.

How does having a .tel help your business specifically? What are the major benefits of having a .tel for your company?
It gives a one-page snap-shot of my business and has all of my contact information.  It gives people the ability to quickly find my business and also find all of my contact information.

What other online marketing tools/campaigns do you employ? How does having a .tel fit into your marketing strategy?
A basic part of my marketing strategy is to simply be everywhere on the web - fully accessible from as many relevant places as possible.  Google maps, Facebook, Twitter, and blogs are a few examples.  All of these tools help direct people to my business from as many angles as possible.  

How would you explain to a layperson what a .tel is and what the benefit would be to them?
.tel is an online business card.   There are direct links to my business web pages and contact information, as well as a brief description of the business.

What do you think the future holds for .tel?
I believe it is extremely useful for mobile browsing especially. It's low-bandwidth and gives all relevant information that a new client would need about my business on the go.


 
Copyright © 2011, Telnic Ltd.

 

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miércoles, 7 de diciembre de 2011

Nuevas funcionalidades

New .tel functionality released

Today, we've updated the .tel service with the following features as referred to in our September newsletter.

1)  Mobile Search for Directories

We've rolled out an update to the search functionality on mobile devices. Those community members with complex .tel domains or directories and which choose the 'Search this .tel' option rather than the 'Search all' option will now see that the search box appears at the top of the smart phone view.  This should assist those seeking information within your .tels to access the search functionality much more quickly, rather than having to scroll down to the bottom of the page (potentially through 100 different records).

The 'Search all' option still provides the search box at the bottom of the page, as it is more likely that the viewer will take a look through the contents of that .tel prior to deciding whether to seek the information from another source.

2)  .tel Redirection

If you're a brand owner or have a portfolio of related .tel domains and you don't want all of them to be found online or have the time to populate all of them now, help is now at hand.  You may have purchased multiple .tel variants or defensive registrations, but you don't want all of these to be seen or don't want to put duplicate content in (not a good idea from a search engine perspective).

Now, all you need to do is list the main .tel that you wish to promote within the .tel domains that you don't want to use right now.  This will result in the visitor being diverted to your main .tel if they type in one of your other .tel names into the browser or discover it some other way.

Remember, this will only work if there's nothing else in the .tel domain that you wish to divert automatically to your chosen main .tel domain, so make sure that the domain you wish to divert has no other content in it.  You can also divert it to a sub-page of another domain, but it won't divert to any other domain extension – this is specifically a feature for managing multiple .tel domains.

3)  Rich Snippets

We've updated the way in which .tel presents this information within the template, which should deliver even better information back to Google and as a result, present even better information back to the person searching so they can click on the .tel to proceed with their search.

4)  Support for more third party icons

We've updated support for more third party services on the .tel, looking at feedback from the community and actual usage of these services listed in the .tel domains.

 

We are still working on the final item listed in the September newsletter, the new templates and we will provide a development update in the next newsletter due out this month.
 
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viernes, 2 de diciembre de 2011

redirect 301 or 302

Originally Posted by maximka View Post
So, what redirect is better for us, 301 or 302?
301 is a Permanent redirect and will result in the Source URL being de-indexed. Useful if you have no plans to develop the Source domain and actually want to remove any old SE listings.

302 is a Temporary redirect and will keep the Source URL still indexed. Useful if you want to develop the Source domain but are just redirecting whilst you find the time to do so.

The advantage of a 301 redirect over a 302 redirect is that the "link juice" is transferred to the Target URL, so increasing its rankings in the search engines. The advantage of a 302 redirect over a 301 is that the Source URL is not de-indexed.

As an example, I am shortly to transfer my site http://www.BoatSearchWorldwide.com to a new domain name http://www.BoatSearchEngine.com

I will use 301 Permanent redirects on all the ad pages, so that the http://UK.BoatSearchWorldwide.com/boats.asp etc. ad pages are removed from the search engines and replaced by the new http://UK.BoatSearchEngine.com/boats.asp ad pages, with the "link juice" being transferred as well.

I will use 302 Temporary redirects on my individual country home pages such as http://US.BoatSearchWorldwide.com until I am sure that the corresponding http://US.BoatSearchEngine.com etc. home pages rank about as high in the search engines - my country-based home pages bring in quite a lot of new visitors.

I will use no redirect on the overall home page http://www.BoatSearchWorldwide.com since I will have a "For Sale" sign on this page once the site transfer is completed.

Mike Seaton

Como redireccionar un dominio .tel

Telnic ya acaba de habilitar la facilidad para redireccionar un dominio .tel, por ejemplo se acaba de redireccionar el dominio literatura al dominio libros

Esta opción, de momento es muy buena, pues hasta que se acostumbre la gente a utilizarla, lo normal es que movistar.tel redireccione a movistar.es, luego ya llegará un día en el que las empresas se vean obligadas a tener que usar el .tel, ya que la población se lo demande.

Y esto, como todo lo .tel, es algo que hay que saber hacerlo. Vamos a intentar resumir como se hace.

1.-Desde el panel de control, se pulsa en información de contacto, y añadir un nuevo elemento. ahora nos vamos al final del desplegable y seleccionamos "ir a un .tel" digamos que este es el registro de redirección. Una vez que lo tenemos seleccionado, donde pone valor, añadimos la url destino, en nuestro caso escribimos: libros.tel y damos a guardar. Así se ha creado un registro nuevo, "ir a un .tel" con el enlace destino "libros.tel"

2.- Ahora tenemos que borrar absolutamente todos los registros restantes. Tenemos que ir uno a uno y borrarlos, sobre todo el texto de "cabecera de texto", hasta que al final solo nos quede el registro de "ir a un .tel". Ahora con ese solo registro activo, cerramos el panel de control, y debe de funcionar la redirección del dominio.

Es muy importante seguir el orden, es decir, primero hay que hacer el 1, lo de crear "ir a un .tel", y luego borrar el resto. Sino seguimos el orden, no funciona, y da error al crear el registro "ir a un .tel"

Nota: finalmente he quitado la redirección, pues es posible que google la considere como contenido duplicado, así que hasta que no vayamos obteniendo más información, lo dejamos sin activar.

La forma de quitarla, es primero creas un registro, por ejemplo un "Pagina Web" y ahí pones el link, o url de "libros.tel" y lo guardas, y ahora seleccionas el registro "ir a un .tel" y vas a acciones, seleccionas "eliminar" y así ya se borra el registro "ir a un .tel", es decir acabamos de quitar la redirección, y hemos vuelto a poner un link, el cual no debe de ser nada dañino para google, cosa que el contenido duplicado si lo puede penalizar.

El problema es que hay tres tipos de redireccionar, esta que google considera contenido duplicado, la 301 que sería permanente y la 302 temporal, y posiblemente se haya elegido la más dañina para Google.

3 possibilities: 301 redirect, 302 redirect or masked forwarding

Suerte, y a seguir observando como se diseña el futuro.

jueves, 1 de diciembre de 2011

Redirect the dottel

Redirect Your Defensive .Tel Domains

by Michele Neylon on DECEMBER 1, 2011 in DOMAINS, DOTTEL


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Defensive domain registrations can be quite "painful" to manage. If you're trying to protect your brand or identity online you can easily end up registering quite a few alternatives to your main domain. With "normal" domain names this isn't too much of an issue to manage, as you can point one domain at another, so if you go to blacknight.ie you'll end up on blacknight.com, same thing would happen with blacknight.eu or any of the other variants we've registered.

With .tel domains, however, this isn't something that either you the registrant or us the registrar could do. Not even if we'd wanted to, as the entire thing is hosted on the Telnic servers.

Now that has changed.

If you have a few defensive .tel domain name registrations you can easily point them to your main .tel domain name.

For example, we use the domain blacknight.tel and have populated it with contact details. We also have the domain blacknightdomains.tel that we got, but aren't ever going to use actively

How?

Login to the Telhosting system with your username and password.

Choose the domain you want to point at your main domain, in our case I chose blacknightdomains.tel

In order for a .tel domain name to resolve it needs to have records associated with it, so we automatically populate all .tel domain names during registration. In order to get the redirect to work you will first need to remove all the content.

So delete the "header text" and save. Then you'll need to create a link to the .tel that you want to point to.

If there are no other records or objects such as the map setup then the redirect should work.

Allow about 15 minutes or so for the changes to "kick in"

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New .tel features released

New .tel features released
Today, we've updated the .tel service with the following features as referred to in our September newsletter.

1) Mobile Search for Directories
We've rolled out an update to the search functionality on mobile devices. Those community members with complex .tel domains or directories and which choose the 'Search this .tel' option rather than the 'Search all' option will now see that the search box appears at the top of the smart phone view. This should assist those seeking information within your .tels to access the search functionality much more quickly, rather than having to scroll down to the bottom of the page (potentially through 100 different records).

The 'Search all' option still provides the search box at the bottom of the page, as it is more likely that the viewer will take a look through the contents of that .tel prior to deciding whether to seek the information from another source.

2) .tel Redirection
If you're a brand owner or have a portfolio of related .tel domains and you don't want all of them to be found online or have the time to populate all of them now, help is now at hand. You may have purchased multiple .tel variants or defensive registrations, but you don't want all of these to be seen or don't want to put duplicate content in (not a good idea from a search engine perspective).

Now, all you need to do is list the main .tel that you wish to promote within the .tel domains that you don't want to use right now. This will result in the visitor being diverted to your main .tel if they type in one of your other .tel names into the browser or discover it some other way.

Remember, this will only work if there's nothing else in the .tel domain that you wish to divert automatically to your chosen main .tel domain, so make sure that the domain you wish to divert has no other content in it. You can also divert it to a sub-page of another domain, but it won't divert to any other domain extension – this is specifically a feature for managing multiple .tel domains.

3) Rich Snippets
We've updated the way in which .tel presents this information within the template, which should deliver even better information back to Google and as a result, present even better information back to the person searching so they can click on the .tel to proceed with their search.

4) Support for more third party icons
We've updated support for more third party services on the .tel, looking at feedback from the community and actual usage of these services listed in the .tel domains.

We are still working on the final item listed in the September newsletter, the new templates and we will provide a development update in the next newsletter due out this month.
 
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Aled, is this feature a 301 redirect (Permanent) or 302 redirect (Temporary).

I hope it's a 302, since a 301 redirect will result in the original .tel (if indexed by the search engines) being de-indexed - it can then be a problem in terms of timescale getting it re-indexed again when you start developing it.

Please could you confirm that the redirect being applied is a 302 (Temporary) one ?

It's a 302 redirect.