CommonName News - CommonName Confident of Filling the Space Left by RealNames
13th May 2002 - The big news this week in the alternative domain name field is the demise of RealNames, the 20% Microsoft-owned company. The demise of RealNames leaves CommonName as the largest global player providing direct navigation based on simple company, brand or product names ("CommonNames").
Yurong Lin, C.E.O. of CommonName Limited commended RealNames on the work they have done in the alternative domain name field. "RealNames were one of the first companies to launch in this area and have always strongly pushed the merits of a simplified domain name system. The fact that they had over 100,000 customers, 150 million resolutions per month and became cash positive this year proves that the concept is valued highly by Internet users and businesses."
"Unfortunately RealNames was reliant on Microsoft renewing their contract for its very existence. We have been careful to build up our own large software-installed user base so that we are not reliant on a third party for our existence. We have also built up a suite of products to ensure that our user base can use the Internet in a far more convenient and simple way."
"We are confident that we can fill the space in the market left by RealNames. Our technology is leading edge and we can offer companies that register CommonNames the brand enhancement and protection that they are looking for. CommonNames can be used for email addresses as well as website addresses. We offer all RealNames customers the ability register a CommonName for a free trial so that they can continue to receive a direct navigation service."
About CommonName
CommonName was founded in February 2000 and launched its main services in April 2001. The company is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. CommonName offers a suite of products that aim to provide an efficient navigation, search and communication system to both business and personal users. The company’s products currently include:
Business - CommonNames for website and email addresses;
Personal - CommonNames for personal website and email addresses; Direct Website Navigation via CommonNames; Keyword Search Engine; Login Manager; Form Filler; WebMail; Online Bookmarks; Online Notes.
More than 50,000 CommonNames have been registered. The company has a rapidly growing global personal user base of over six million active users.
Contact Details
Yurong Lin
Chief Executive Officer
+44 (0)20 7697 8888
yurong.lin@commonname.com
cn:Yurong Lin
