.Mobi gTLD - Is the new gTLD hype or for real? Flowers.mobi $200K Fun.mobi $100K

What could be the impact of the .mobi gTLD

[henry0]

I have a client that did read a few stuffs about “ .mobi “
And is becoming interested in having a .mobi presence
Aside redesigning for mobile do you think that .mobi will become a player of some importance in the DOT.whatever world?

On the same topic has anyone experienced some business improvement by making his/her site mobile friendly?

[fischermx]

I'm waiting for mobiles to offer some version of projector like functionality. Probably years away.

You need to keep pace with the technology dude...

Hand held projector: [digislide.com.au...]
Virtual keyboards: [alpern.org...]

That's exactly what I see. Cellphones(Smartphones actually) with a projector in the rear side and an infrared keyboard proyected in the table. Add to that a powerfull low enery consumer processor and miniature hard disks, better, flash memory cheaper and faster than hard disks.
Yes, you'll have a laptop in your phone.

[gopc]

I should have said, "loosing control" of the domain, as opposed to just "loosing" it.

You are correct, the domain will not be deleted but will be denied resolution, which is the ability to use the domain being taken from you... the same as being deleted as far as the rest of the world is concerned. You domain will cease to exist on the internet until you are in compliance. At which time, assuming you are still within your term, the domain will be "switched back on".

I should have been more specific, sorry about that.

GoPC

[fischermx]

Hey!, I don't see dnfers here very often :)

[DoingItWell]

I've bought 4 .mobi domains, and will seriously develop at least one of them.

Last week I bought my latest PDA, which is slightly larger than most mobiles and has a 240x320 screen and a 3G/UMTS phone built in. I've been using it to surf traditional websites with its IE 4.01 browser, and it works pretty well, especially when graphics are limited and/or small. In my opinion this kind of confluence device is bad news for .mobi domains and narrow-focus sites.

[incrediBILL]

Actually, though, it won't be projectors or holograms we'll have. No, we'll probably just have ocular implants that allow us to see a huge, high-resolution screen right in our own eyes.

I'm guessing we'll have Blue Tooth Goggles first ;)

[gibbergibber]

.mobi is pure hype hype hype hype hype.

How many airlines advertise using .aero? How many businesses advertise with .biz? How many information sites advertise with .info? Very few, in every case.

TLDs aren't technically any different from each other, the only thing that counts about them is how memorable they are so people remember what they have to type in the address bar.

.com is still the most memorable by far, it's what people type in by default if they can't remember the ending. That's followed by .net and .org, with local options for countries that want a particularly regional identity. The rest are all a waste of time unless you desperately need to use a name that has already been taken with the other TLDs.

[chronic]

>> Look at who's invested in .mobi... Mircrosoft, Google, Nokia, Ericcson, TMobile, Telefonica, 3... a dozen of the worlds leading Corporations.

Those companies are simply protecting their trademarks. It's ".hype", through and through. No functional use whatsoever.

[wrgvt]

Interesting discussion as I sit here in my house in the northeastern U.S., where I can't get cable, DSL, or cell phone service . . .

[texasville]

>mobi? Does anyone really think it is relevant?
I was recently in San Antonio Texas ( a city I always find confusing) and got lost in a rambling neighborhood. The friend that was with me has a small laptop. Even at it's small size it still shows 1024x768 resolution. He logged onto one of six available open wifi networks ...opened google maps and we were out of the neighborhood in three minutes.
It isn't going to be mobi. It's going to be small laptops and wide area open wifi that is the wave of the future.

[billk89]

cell phones are going
i see pocket pc' with wifi or max , with skype like clients
and blue thooth glasses

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[edited by: Webwork at 1:40 pm (utc) on Oct. 30, 2006]
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[henry0]

Thank you all for your precious input.

I will next digest all of that and deliver a report to my client; we'll see which kind of decision will be made
Henry

[lexipixel]

GoDaddy is pushing .MOBI on it's home page... so just for fun, I entered: http://godaddy.mobi/ in the address bar of my browser, which brought up a simple little 240x320 layout with GD's logo and a domain search box (their core business)... but the domain was redirected output from an .ASPX app on URL:

godaddymobile.com/

So, it takes GD (3) domain names to pump content into cell phones and "regular" web browsers.

My opinion: put a universally recognized little icon in the upper left corner of .COM sites that means; "click here for mobile version".

[edited by: Webwork at 2:55 pm (utc) on Nov. 1, 2006]
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[gopc]

And just maybe, the page wont be some completely distorted by the attempted conversion that the little icon wont take 5 minutes of scrolling to find.

Look, the point remains... if I go to a dot common, I risk NOT being able to use my cell. If I go to a .mobi domain, I will be able to see it.

Seems like a perfectly good reason to surf to .mobi to me :)

GoPC

[Hunter]

.Mobi gTLD - Is the new gTLD hype or for real?

Only time will tell, but for now I would stay away. There is a lot of hype and domain newbie enthusiasm over mobi and those are definite red flags.

[henry0]

I never had dupe content problem

but how will that be addressed
even if the .mobi is a stripped down content version?

[System]

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9:28 am on Nov. 4, 2006 (utc -5)

[ccDan]

GoDaddy is pushing .MOBI on it's home page...

Nifty. They must have changed something in the past couple weeks, as it does not redirect to a different domain--it stays on .MOBI.

[ccDan]

My opinion: put a universally recognized little icon in the upper left corner of .COM sites that means; "click here for mobile version".

Not a bad idea. The link can either lead to a subdirectory of your site that's designed for mobile users or link to your .MOBI site.

I know just the design for the icon too! A solid green circle with three white curved lines radiating upward.

You could put a red X through it if your site does not have a mobile version.

Alternatively, could a META tag redirect mobile devices?