Using OpenID for credentials and asserting ownership over your online assets
PeoplePond has just added OpenID as a means to register and log into your account to maintain your profile. On the surface, this means one less username and password to remember. And another benefit is your OpenID page will be automatically listed on your profile as a “verified” part of your online identity.
As noted in an earlier post, PeoplePond is enabling you to not only prove to your followers that you have proven your personal identity but also you have proven ownership of the accounts listed in the online identity section of your profile. Introduce OpenID into this equation and suddenly there are hundreds (if not thousands?) of services for which you can quickly prove ownership of to your followers.
More details are in the press release.
This is all about trust. Projecting your personal brand and entire online identity from a trusted platform that eliminates any concerns about identity spoofing will give you an added advantage with your followers.
So for those of you keeping count, a PeoplePond profile provides:
- Increased exposure for your entire online identity using a fundemental search engine optimization strategy.
- Advanced personal identity verification (you are who you say you are)
- Far-reaching online identity verification (proving ownership of online assets)
- A trusted platform from which to project your personal brand.
And there’s more coming.
Tags: Identity Verification, online identity, OpenID, PeoplePond, personal brand
Cranberry Venture Partners, PeoplePond, Press Releases | Joe Beaulaurier | 
August 25, 2009 8:18 am
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