PropertyMaps.com Blog

PropertyMaps was an early proponent of OpenID and became a relying party as soon as feasible. We saw the need for an open, standards-based, single sign-on persona that could be used across the web. There were several competing implementations out there, but each of them seemed to have an agenda. OpenID was different, it was transparent. We dug deeper and liked what we saw so jumped on the bandwagon. Shortly thereafter, Yahoo, Google, and even Microsoft announced their plans to become providers. This solidified our commitment as we realized we could provide over a half-billion potential users with easy registration.

Using JanRain technologies and the example set by Plaxo, we got OpenID up and running in short order. We saw our registrations spike and whenever a large provider came online, we saw additional spikes. When Yahoo opened up we experienced a record number of registrations.

There has been an increased push lately to bring OpenID into the mainstream and to encourage more sites to support the technology. JanRain has been a big part of this push along with the OpenID Content Provider Advisory Committee and the OpenID Foundation. A new product from JanRain, RPX, is an instant OpenID and Data Portability solution to make the setup process even easier for site owners.

JanRain is also providing case studies of successful OpenID implementations. We’re happy to be the focus of the first study published on their site – PropertyMaps OpenID Case Study. We look forward to greater adoption of this technology and will do our part to push it forward.