What's the chance that domain speculators are hard at work, laying their cough . . cough . . bona fide claims to Sex.mobi, Hotels.mobi, Shop.mobi?
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The mTLD (Mobile TLD) central registry. [pc.mtld.mobi]
From the mTLD central registry website:
Our investors include Ericsson, Google, GSM Association, Hutchison, Microsoft, Nokia, Orascom Telecom, Samsung Electronics, Syniverse, T-Mobile, Telefónica Móviles, TIM and Vodafone.
Anyone have plans to develop an expertise in .mobi?
Are we sleeping at the dawning of the new age of web browsing, mobile browsing and mobile advertising?
Is .com poised to start losing ground?
Do we really need .mobi? Why? The mTLD has some interesting backers, including Google. Does that mean that Google sees a profitable future in mobile web browsing? I bet it does.
What manner of business enterprise will work best - have the highest likelihood of success - on the mTLD domain?
Should you be in the running for Chicago.mobi? NY.mobi? Hotels.mobi? Pizza.mobi? Concierge.mobi? Taxi.mobi? Reservations.mobi? Limo.mobi? Games.mobi? Weather.mobi? Tickets.mobi? Seems to me that there are certain phone/mobile search or mobile services that are best suited for mobile phones.
In Japan I notice mobile phone targetted sites are generally catered for in a sub-directory /i off the main domain - e.g. example.jp/i , and "Q-codes" (bar codes which mobile phones can read) to provide quick access to a URL are very common. Evidently it is possible to have a vibrant mobile content market without its own tld.
