Hi. I'm Paul Nixon, a designer living in Mountain View California. My days (and some nights) are spent designing websites for a little company in Cupertino. The rest of my time is spent with my beautiful wife and friends, road cycing and reading your blogs.

Contactlink

Monday, March 14, 2005 01: 53 PM

Just wanted to mention Contactlink today. In it's purest form it is a service the helps people be found and reachable through search engines based on keywords they define. It's a project I spent a lot of free time on to help to define the features, functionality, etc. It's still in beta (rough) -- so let us know if you have any feedback.

In the online world, it's fairly easy to get your blog or design site in Google (or any search engine), where people can find "you" and contact you. But what about my mom? My dad? What about the millions of people who do not have a web presence and have no desire to have one? How do they take advantage of the web to be found by people they've lost touch with? The answers to these questions are what really attracted me to this project.

This is my Contactlink door page. On it you will find keywords that help people find me in search engines -- including references to high school, past jobs, old contact information etc. Here is a Google search on my name and high school. My Contactlink page would put people directly in contact with me -- even without NiXLOG, etc. I personally find the whole concept interesting and of value, even if you are only found by that one, long lost friend. That could be the person that changes your life.