ClaimID

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ClaimID was a website that allowed users to create unique profiles that showed personal websites, profiles at other sites, and other biographical information. The goal of ClaimID was to help users collect and screen information created about them and by them on the web, to help them manage their online identity.[1]

History

ClaimID was founded by Terrell Russell and Fred Stutzman.[2] At the time, both were students studying for their doctorates at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science.[3]

There was facility to create OpenID along with creating a new account on ClaimID. By October 2013 this was not working.

As of December 2013, claiming 7 years, 6 months, and 20 days of service,[4] ClaimID shut down the website, including all member pages and authentication services. Users can choose to use another OpenID provider, especially if previously having used authentication delegation.[5] Users can also extract their link collection[6] from an available web cache or web archive.

Importance

ClaimID is one of the few[citation needed] Web 2.0 sites that provided Online Reputation Management (ORM) services. Other sites providing similar services include Naymz and LinkedIn. ClaimID's listings usually[citation needed] ranked well in search engines. ClaimID gained popularity[citation needed] due to its ORM capabilities.

Both print and digital news outlets, including Businessweek, The San Francisco Chronicle, Reuters, New Scientist and Asian News International, described ClaimID as part of the ORM movement.

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/career_and_jobs/graduate_management/article4019375.ece
  2. ↑ http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080522/r_t_ani_tc_internet/ttc-how-to-protect-yourself-from-cybersp-d2bd587.html
  3. ↑ http://claimid.com/about
  4. ↑ "ClaimID.com". Retrieved 12 December 2013. "After 7 years, 6 months, and 20 days of service, ClaimID has ceased operations." 
  5. ↑ "OpenID Authentication 1.1 specification, 3.1.1. Delegating Authentication". Retrieved 14 December 2013. 
  6. ↑ Purra, Joel. "ClaimID.com dump data and link extraction". Retrieved 14 December 2013. 
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