We just did a beta launch of a new feature on our site that allows you to add your cell number to our site. We are doing this strictly on an opt-in basis, because that is what our users have told us to do. Why add your cell phone? If you’re like me, to be easily reachable by others that you care about. In fact, although both my home and cell phones are listed on WhitePages.com, I prefer that people call me on my cell. After all, I carry it with me everywhere and I turn it off when I don’t want to be disturbed (unlike my home landline phone). It’s also good to know that I can be easily contacted in the event of an emergency. For others, such as service professionals for example, there might be business reasons to add their cell phone.
For this first beta release, we’re keeping the service very rudimentary. Although the service seems very simple on the surface, this is a very big milestone for us at WhitePages.com because it marks the first time ever that…
- we have added cell numbers to our site
- we have allowed our users to contribute listings
- we have configured our database to allow real-time updates on a listing-by-listing basis
Lots of product development and engineering heroics have gone into making that possible. Woo hoo!
Now that we have our foundation built, please stay tuned over the coming months, as we look forward to layering lots of additional (and useful!) services on top of the base offering.
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By the way, Scott provides a much more colorful behind-the-scenes account here: http://devblog.whitepages.com/index.php/development/2008/05/ducati-delivers/
just need a new us number to be added to my sim card