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UNYK.com address book launches public profiles, and lets users be visible on search engines – on their own terms
Ever since its launch in 2005, the “smart” online address book UNYK.com, has had the objective of letting its users take control of their own information contained in their contacts’ address books. Today, Montreal-based UNYK goes even further into the management of the digital identity of its 9 million users by opening their profiles to be indexed by search engines (Google, Yahoo!…), and allowing users to determine what information they want visible on their public profiles.
Montreal, QC – July 31st, 2008
Basically, the public profile can contain all the information included in the user’s UNYK profile (education, professional experience, hobbies…), except for contact information, which is always reserved to authorized contacts. Each user is given a unique URL in the format: http:///www.unyk.com/id/firstname-lastname, which is easy to communicate to others.
This is a great new feature for people who want to reconnect with old friends, or who want to be visible for potential employers or business partners.
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“On Google, 30% of searches are to find people. We want our users to be able to use their UNYK profile as their identity online,” says Sebastien Brault, UNYK.com’s CEO and founder. “They can share as much information as they want to be visible to other people. This way, they control their own visibility, and their own online identity. And they are able to make sure that the information visible about them is 100% accurate and up-to-date!”
A “SMART” ADDRESS BOOK
UNYK.com is a smart address book that centralizes all your other address books in a few clicks, and updates itself automatically as soon as one of your contacts changes their information. UNYK is accessible through multiple platforms (web, toolbar, Outlook, and soon on any mobile phone).
ABOUT UNYK
Launched in September 2005 and available in six different languages, the web site already has 9 million users and 3 million unique visitors per month. With over ten years of experience in the Web, the UNYK team has acquired substantial expertise in the sectors of virtual communities and social networking. UNYK is a privately held and funded company. More information on the company available at: www.unyk.com
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Karine Vincent (Spokesperson)
UNYK Inc.
Marketing Director
1010, De Sérigny #820
Longueuil, QC - J4K 5G7
Canada
Email: karine.vincent@unyk.com
Web site: http://www.unyk.com
Blog: http://blog.unyk.com
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