There is a fun new .tel advert in town. This poor girl can’t catch a break when using the automated 411 service.
Dot tel to the rescue!
She could have called them on her smart phone via their .tel, in 1/16th of the time it was taking to make her way through the “unrecognized” world that is 411.
Oh dot tel – we ♥ you so.
Now that you have set up your .TEL domain and are familiar with the ins and outs of Telhosting, it’s high time your .tel domain gets picked up by some search engines.
If you want to be found, follow the steps below. 
If you don’t want to be found – eg. your .TEL is for personal use only with contacts, friends and family – ignore the rest of this post 
To get your .tel domain picked up by search engines, you can submit it on official websites, such as:
Indexation will take time (up to 8 weeks sometimes) depending on the search engine and other external factors, but it’s expected to help search engines pick up your .tel quicker.
Of course spreading your .TEL name around, linking to it from your primary website, publishing it in directories, plastering it on signage and business cards, etc. etc., will help it gain traction too.
Superbook is the new iPhone address book application that leverages .TEL to connect you with your contacts instantly.
This .TEL specific application will read any of your contacts who have a .TEL name and make them instantly accessible to you. Superbook searches all your contacts and tells you where they are on a map. Contact the closest ones at the touch of a button. Cool features include the ability to sort your contacts by distance to you (do this under “settings”).
Superbook is available off of Apple’s app store, or you can download it/learn more about it at http://superbook.tel/.
Yup, it’s true. Dot-tel has reached 200,000 registrations. At this point it’s probably safe to assume that:
So what does that leave? Lot’s apparently!
Popular phrases and word combinations come to mind. Family names. And surprisingly, lot’s of cool, single words are also still available. After finding out that 171,476 words are currently in use according to the Oxford English Dictionary , we figured plenty of good ones must be left.
A colleague and I rambled off 25 words each in rapid succession, then entered them into a .TEL domain search and got the following results (as of 2:21 pm PST on Friday, May 22nd):
Crows.tel Available
Punch.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Cardboard.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Fixate.tel Available
Impressive.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Rationale.tel Available
Vitality.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Operational.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Glamorous.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Impossibility.tel Available
Fabricate.tel Available
Sleuth.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Sneakers.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Ciao.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Arriba.tel Available
Bonbons.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Folksong.tel Available
Immediacy.tel Available
Cuddles.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Template.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Tackle.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Wandering.tel Available
Stinger.tel Available
Reaction.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Swollen.tel Available
Irritant.tel Available
Refreshing.tel Taken
Breezy.tel Available
Tender.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Touching.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Engaging.tel Available
Decisive.tel Available
Burnt.tel Available
Limerick.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Siamese.tel Available
Ocean.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Trapeze.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Parachute.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Olivertwist.tel Available
Artisan.tel Taken Whois | Make Offer
Ample.tel Available
Taxonomy.tel Available
Now go search for your own, or snag yourself one of the above names.
We’ve spent a bit of time over the past few months discussing industries and verticals we believe .tel could have a big impact on. One of these is real estate.
Attention all realtors, while I paint you a picture …
Shirley and Bill are in the market to buy a house. On their Sunday drive they stumble upon a house that appeals to them.
Sadly, by the time they get home – after picking up groceries, going through the car wash and visiting aunt Mable – they have forgotten the address of the house for sale and the real estate agency it is listed with.
Dear realtors – if you all would break down and get yourname.tel and plop it on your “for sale” signs, people like Shirley and Bill would actually stand a chance at getting in touch with you.
Now there is no guarantee that a handy dandy .tel name will induce Shirley and Bill to purchase the house, but it probably help them contact you for more information. And remember your name. And refer you to their friends.
Perhaps the best thing about .tel for realtors, and other relationship based professions (hairdressers, massage therapists and car salespeople come to mind) is that you can move, change employers, open up your own business and still be found 5 years later because your .tel remains the same.
That’s the great thing about tel – the game may change but the name remains the same.
More Information for Realtors
Watch a short video designed for realtors about how .TEL works and its benefits.
The .TEL 4 Realtors blog also does a nice job of showing how to add real estate listings to your .TEL