PeoplePond Implements OpenID for Easier Service Access and Deeper Online Personal Identity Verification

Ferndale, Wash. (PRWEB) August 25, 2009

PeoplePond, a leading online service providing increased personal brand visibility, easy reputation management and advanced identity verification services within a single platform, announced today that profile owners can access their PeoplePond profiles by logging in with their OpenIDs and they can also use their OpenIDs to authenticate ownership over their accounts at any of the many sites which are supporting the OpenID user-authentication standard.

By implementing OpenID as a means of user-authentication with many social media and other online services, PeoplePond has dramatically increased the number of locations over which profile authors can demonstrate verified ownership thus creating more trust and legitimacy with their followers.

“PeoplePond’s implementation of OpenID improves the customer signup and login experience while greatly increasing the number of online services where verified account ownership is now possible,” said Theron McCollough, PeoplePond president. “This reflects our continued development as an open platform and for supporting our users’ need to authenticate ownership of their online content wherever it is located.”

Supported OpenID providers include Google, Yahoo!, WordPress, AOL, VeriSign, Six Apart, Basecamp and many more.

PeoplePond profiles enable personal brands to achieve greater visibility in online search results by training search engines to provide higher ranking to their online identity. Each PeoplePond profile is designed to provide the owner full control to implement a search engine optimization (SEO) strategy that consolidates, verifies and boosts visibility for their entire online identity.

Additionally, the PeoplePond Identity Verification service confirms to profile visitors that the profile owner has proven they are who they say they are. This takes the teeth out of online identity thieves by providing a bona fide point of reference for online identity. Combining personal identity verification with service authentication provides visitors of PeoplePond profiles a means to know exactly who they are engaging online.

PeoplePond recently launched a sister site, CompanyPond, that boosts visibility of a company’s online identity by leveraging the numerous PeoplePond profiles a company has. This also trains search engines to promote online content produced by staff, evangelists, board members, etc. in their company’s search results.

About PeoplePond

PeoplePond (http://www.peoplepond.com) and CompanyPond (http://www.companypond.com) are part of the Cranberry Venture Partners, LLC network of Web sites. Cranberry is home to an unmatched team of innovative developers led by Internet visionary David McInnis. McInnis is best known for founding the first direct-to-consumer news service, PRWeb, which changed the way the world uses press releases. For more information about PeoplePond, LLC and the Cranberry Venture Partners, LLC network of Web sites visit http://www.cranberryventurepartners.com.

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PeoplePond Enables Bloggers to Assert Ownership Over Their Online Identity

Ferndale, WA (PRWEB) August 27, 2009

PeoplePond, a leading online service providing increased personal brand visibility, easy reputation management and advanced identity verification services within a single platform, announced today that bloggers can prove they are who they say they are and claim ownership of their blogs.

PeoplePond is able to confirm blog ownership for bloggers who use blogging platforms that support OpenID or Oauth. Notable examples include Blogger, LiveJournal, Drupal, and WordPress. Ownership will be confirmed and viewable on the blogger’s PeoplePond profile.

“This is part of our continued effort to enable those using PeoplePond to verify ownership of their online identities wherever they may be, including blogs,” said PeoplePond CTO, Al Castle. “Our purpose is to help promote and protect our users’ online identity. Look for more leadership in this area from the PeoplePond team very soon.”

Additionally, the PeoplePond Identity Verification service confirms to profile visitors that the profile owner has proven they are who they say they are. This takes the teeth out of online identity thieves by providing a bona fide point of reference for online identity. Combining personal identity verification with service authentication provides visitors of PeoplePond profiles a means to know exactly who they are engaging online.

PeoplePond profiles enable personal brands to achieve greater visibility in online search results by training search engines to provide higher ranking to their online identity. Each PeoplePond profile is designed to provide the owner full control to implement a search engine optimization (SEO) strategy that consolidates, verifies and boosts visibility for their entire online identity.

PeoplePond recently launched a sister site, CompanyPond, that boosts visibility of a company’s online identity by leveraging the numerous PeoplePond profiles a company has. This also trains search engines to promote online content produced by staff, evangelists, board members, etc. in their company’s search results.

About PeoplePond

PeoplePond (http://www.peoplepond.com) and CompanyPond (http://www.companypond.com) are part of the Cranberry Venture Partners, LLC network of Web sites. Cranberry is home to an unmatched team of innovative developers led by Internet visionary David McInnis. McInnis is best known for founding the first direct-to-consumer news service, PRWeb, which changed the way the world uses press releases. For more information about PeoplePond, LLC and the Cranberry Venture Partners, LLC network of Web sites visit http://www.cranberryventurepartners.com.

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PeoplePond Wins Spotlight Your Startup Contest Held by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Ferndale, Wash., (PRWEB) April 18, 2009

PeoplePond, a unique Internet service providing search engine optimized (SEO) profiles and online identity verification services for individuals, has been recognize by Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) as receiving the most votes in the Spotlight Your Startup contest.

Several entrees were selected from companies exhibiting at the 2009 SXSW Interactive Trade Show in Austin, Texas. Recorded interviews with each entry were produced and published on Sun’s Web site for people to view. People then voted via text-messages for their favorite startup. When voting concluded, it was PeoplePond with the most votes.

“We are so happy to have been recognized by the marketplace and by Sun as the best startup,” said PeoplePond president, Theron McCollough. “I continue to be amazed at how favorably the marketplace is responding to our new service.”

PeoplePond enables individuals to publish personal profiles to create personal SEO that will train the search engines to help pull their online content up in search rankings. PeoplePond also provides the ADAM API, WordPress plugin and Drupal module to make it easy for users and others to easily republish the profile across the Internet, each time increasing the audience it can reach.

About PeoplePond

PeoplePond is part of the Cranberry network of Web sites developed by Cranberry, LLC. Cranberry is home to an unmatched team of innovative developers led by Internet visionary David McInnis. McInnis is best known for founding the first direct-to-consumer news service, PRWeb, which changed the way the world uses press releases. WeaveMet is part of the Cranberry network of Web sites. For more information about Cranberry Network, LLC and the Cranberry network of products and services visit http://www.cranberry.com.

PRWeb is a registered trademark of Vocus.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global marketplace. Guided by a singular vision –”The Network is the Compute” — Sun drives network participation through shared innovation, community development and open source leadership. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com.

Sun, Sun Microsystems, and Java are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

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PeoplePond Launches WordPress Plugin That Creates Live "About Me" Pages

Ferndale, WA (PRWEB) March 11, 2009

PeoplePond, a unique, new Internet service providing search engine optimized (SEO) profiles and online identity verification services for individuals, announced today that a PeoplePond WordPress plugin is now available.

The new PeoplePond WordPress Plugin delivers the full ‘About Me’ biography, image and links to the individual’s social media Web sites from their PeoplePond account and uses this information to build an always up-to-date ‘About’ page. Once installed, the plugin will always reflect the latest information from the assigned PeoplePond profile. This allows users to keep several Web sites current while only making the change once on their PeoplePond profile.

“Bloggers are always setting up new online identities on social media sites,” points out David McInnis, the innovative mind behind PeoplePond. “By using this plugin, any change to the PeoplePond profile is automatically and immediately reflected in the ‘About’ pages across all their WordPress sites.”

The PeoplePond WordPress Plugin can be downloaded for free from http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/peoplepond/. Additional plugins providing support for other popular online publishing platforms will be released in the near future.

PeoplePond’s ‘About Me’ biographies are also accessible through third party social media and content platforms through the open ADAM API. ADAM-enabled Web sites free their users from tedious account setup and management chores. The ADAM API is currently open and free for anyone to develop with.

Besides providing SEO boosts and identity verification, PeoplePond combines the portable address book functionality of WeaveMet.com with the social media content tracking of DandyID.com, creating the first online service to harmonize these distinct capabilities within a single platform.

PeoplePond, which will launch at South by Southwest 2009 (SXSW), is currently in controlled beta. A multi-use invitation code can be found on the plugin download page. This code enables a limited number of people to open accounts at PeoplePond during the controlled beta period.

About Cranberry, LLC

Cranberry, LLC has generated a network of Web sites created by a team of pioneering developers led by Internet visionary David McInnis. McInnis is best known for founding the first direct-to-consumer news service, PRWeb, which changed the way the world uses press releases. WeaveMet and DandyID are also part of the Cranberry network of Web sites. For more information about Cranberry, LLC and the Cranberry network of Web sites visit http://www.cranberry.com.

PRWeb is a registered trademark of Vocus.

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PeoplePond Launches Drupal Module To Create Live User Profiles

Ferndale, WA (PRWEB) April 7, 2009

PeoplePond, a unique Internet service providing search engine optimized (SEO) profiles and online identity verification services for individuals, announced today that a PeoplePond Drupal module is now available.

The new PeoplePond Drupal module delivers the full ‘About Me’ biography, image and links to the individual’s social media Web sites from their PeoplePond account and uses this information to build an always up-to-date ‘About Me’ profile page on Drupal sites. Once installed, the module will always reflect the latest information from the assigned PeoplePond profiles.

The PeoplePond Drupal module can be downloaded for free. The module’s launch follows the recent announcement of the PeoplePond WordPress plugin for users of the popular blogging platform. More plugins providing support for other popular online publishing platforms will be released in the near future.

“We are really excited to make this available to the Drupal community,” said PeoplePond president, Theron McCollough. “The PeoplePond Drupal module is yet another addition to the number of ways we make PeoplePond profiles globally accessible.”

PeoplePond’s ‘About Me’ biographies are also accessible through third party social media and content platforms through the open ADAM API. ADAM-enabled Web sites free their users from tedious account setup and management chores. The ADAM API is currently open and free for anyone to develop with.

Besides providing SEO boosts and identity verification, PeoplePond combines the portable address book functionality of WeaveMet.com with the social media content tracking of DandyID.org, creating the first online service to harmonize these distinct capabilities within a single platform.

PeoplePond was launched to the general public last month during the annual South by Southwest conference and festival in Austin, Texas.

About PeoplePond:

PeoplePond is part of the Cranberry network of Web sites developed by Cranberry, LLC. Cranberry is home to an unmatched team of innovative developers led by Internet visionary David McInnis. McInnis is best known for founding the first direct-to-consumer news service, PRWeb, which changed the way the world uses press releases. WeaveMet and DandyID are also part of the Cranberry network of Web sites. For more information about Cranberry, LLC and the Cranberry network of Web sites visit http://www.cranberry.com .

PRWeb is a registered trademark of Vocus.

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PeoplePond Extends Reach of Users" Online Profiles With Three New Blogging Platform Plugins

Ferndale, WA (PRWEB) May 21, 2009

PeoplePond, a unique Internet service providing search engine optimized (SEO) profiles and online identity verification for individuals, announced today that the PeoplePond Blogger plugin, PeoplePond MovableType plugin, and PeoplePond TypePad plugin are now available.

These new plugins deliver the full ‘About Me’ biography, image and links to the individual’s blog sites from their PeoplePond account and uses this information to provide an always up-to-date ‘About Me’ profile page on the blog. Once installed, the plugins will automatically reflect the latest information in the assigned PeoplePond profiles.

The PeoplePond Blogger, MovableType and TypePad plugins can be used for free. The launch of these plugins follows the release of the PeoplePond WordPress plugin and PeoplePond Drupal module for users of these popular blogging platforms.

“Our users realize extra personal brand exposure with every new distribution channel for their PeoplePond profiles,” said PeoplePond president, Theron McCollough. “These plugins represent our continued emphasis on making PeoplePond profiles globally accessible.”

PeoplePond’s ‘About Me’ biographies are also accessible through third party social media and content platforms through the open ADAM API. ADAM-enabled Web sites enjoy greater user acquisition rates by eliminating tedious account setup and management chores for their users. The ADAM API is currently open and free for anyone to use.

Besides providing SEO boosts, increased visibility and identity verification, PeoplePond combines the portable address book functionality of WeaveMet.com with the social media content tracking of DandyID.org, creating the first online service to harmonize these distinct capabilities within a single platform.

PeoplePond was launched to the general public earlier this year during the annual South by Southwest conference and festival in Austin, Texas.

About PeoplePond:

PeoplePond is part of the Cranberry network of Web sites developed by Cranberry, LLC. Cranberry is home to an unmatched team of innovative developers led by Internet visionary David McInnis. McInnis is best known for founding the first direct-to-consumer news service, PRWeb, which changed the way the world uses press releases. WeaveMet and DandyID are also part of the Cranberry network of Web sites. For more information about Cranberry, LLC and the Cranberry network of Web sites visit http://www.cranberry.com.

PRWeb is a registered trademark of Vocus.

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