There is now an "Official" Common Short Code Directory
I created this site in 2005 to improve transparency in the ownership of US short codes because, back in the day, you could not find this information at the official 'registry' of US short codes www.usshortcodes.com. This is no longer the case, as now there is https://usshortcodedirectory.com/. Here is the full press release: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/03/prweb13253257.htm.
So here comes the question to you the reader? Is there still a reason
to maintain this unofficial WhoIs directory? Please email me at info@usshortcodeswhois.com or comment here and let me know what you think. Keep going, or stop?
posted by www.longnumbers.com at
10:04 AM
7 Comments:
yes you should keep your blog open because not every code will be published online ... some companies would not want to publicize their activities ... lastly, how can you expect the "official" directory to be up-to-date when the codes are leased at 3-month, 6-month, and a year term? There are always turnovers.
Yes, it's true, I should always have more codes because I can have the ones that they have and also the others who do not ask/want to be published in a directory.
But being up-to-date is a problem for me too. It takes a lot of work to maintain this directory so I am usually behind too.
Why not just post the interesting ones now?
A lot of them are boring/useless for most. Point out only the ones that are useful.
Not sure if this is practical, but any way you can set up a "user generated" directory? Meaning why do people have to email you with info and you update it yourself when it can be as easy as filling in a few fields and hit "publish"? If a submitted shortcode is already listed, then it goes to you for verification. If not, it goes LIVE. Then in the directory, there is a "Submit an Issue" button next to each entry so people can report errors, etc.
To shl: Initially I did not want to setup a user generated directory because I was concerned about quality of the data. Your suggestions are good and would certainly mitigate the concerns I had, but the other concern is money. I don't want to spend hard cash on something that does not generate hard cash. I will consider your and other comments and make a decision on how and if to proceed.
Please keep up. They do not list all codes so it is a pain to find out who owns some.
You wrote this post in 2007 and, for some reason, it popped up in my feed today. So, let my comment be based on 2010 and what your list still means.
So, in '07 you said you weren't sure if this service was worth continuing. Well, it's 3 years later and here I am, at least, reading it and getting value from it.
I subscribe to about half a dozen feeds and yours is one of them, so that has to say something, don't you think?
Keep doing it. Yes, even though there are other sources, this is an excellent one and very worthwhile.
If you ever start feeling like you can't or don't want to continue with it, please turn it over to someone else to maintain. I would even offer to do the job myself.
Mark Oberg
@techweenies.com
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