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Anyone know of any deals being signed along these lines? Cheers, Dean ________________________________ From: Dean Collins Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 6:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: User-Authentication Services Yahoo Is A Surprising Second Among User-Authentication Services <http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-social-network-connecti ons-for-live-chat-2009-10?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_ca mpaign=SAI%20Chart%20Of%20The%20Day%2C%20Monday%2010%2F12%2F09> No surprise: most chat participants opting to use a third-party authentication service go for the popular Facebook Connect. More of a surprise: signing in with a Yahoo account is the second most popular choice. <http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jmYevHrBr6M/StOxaVDsbGI/AAAAAAAABVY/jIB8NBMcg LU/s1600-h/authentication.gif> hmmm - wondering if this going to turn into a service provider war? How much would Facebook/Yahoo/Twitter pay me as a website content provider to have my users authenticate against their services exclusively? Surely there has to be value associated to Yahoo that you 'have' to use a Yahoo username in order to authenticate to my website. Do you think Yahoo would pay per user per month or maybe even per user per login? Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Inc [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> +1-212-203-4357 New York +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). +44-20-3129-6001 (London in-dial). Posted at: http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/user-authentication-services .html
