Baidu.mobi
 

Credit to ajkula for posting this find in this other thread but I believe this deserves its own discussion.

Domain Name:BAIDU.MOBI
Trademark Name:Baidu
Trademark Country:CN
Registrant Organization:Baidu.com (Beijing),Co.Ltd.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baidu
http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_si...lobal&lang=none

Baidu.com is #7 on Alexa. Check out baidu.mobi on your phone. Buckle our seat belts :)

I first looked at the name, thought it was 'dubai' all mixed up.

Originally Posted by scandiman

Baidu.com is #7 on Alexa. Check out baidu.mobi on your phone. Buckle our seat belts :)

:eek: wow...that's good news...

Martin

Originally Posted by AndyR

I first looked at the name, thought it was 'dubai' all mixed up.

That's OK, there are a billion Chinese who understand it perfectly.

geezus... the world-ranking has it right beside myspace... and in china it is apparently the #1 site..

Baidu is HUGE!! Very good news! Also, it doesnt matter where it forwards to because all people have to know is to go to Baidu.mobi. This will give recognition to .mobi to hundreds of millions of people.

Great find. Kind of ironic that the "other" search engine site (which also happens to be a backer) has not yet taken this step. Maybe this will speed them up.....

Originally Posted by nrmillions

Baidu is HUGE!! Very good news! Also, it doesnt matter where it forwards to because all people have to know is to go to Baidu.mobi. This will give recognition to .mobi to hundreds of millions of people.

hehe..nah you cant fool me, ive already wrote down the REAL address... wireless.baidu.com

i will be rebelling by typing in the real address anytime i go to that site.. WHO WILL JOIN ME IN THE REVOLUTION?



but seriously, what kinda people besides domainer dorks complain about where a site redirects when they type in a domain.. thats what im still trying to figure out.

HEY.. i dialed a 1-800 number yesterday and got redirected to some other number.. HOW DARE THEY!

Excellent find Ajkula!!!

Baidu is known as the "Google of China"

Baidu.mobi is a game changer.

BTW - On my T-Mobile Dash Baidu.mobi does not redirect

Originally Posted by BocaVision

BTW - On my T-Mobile Dash Baidu.mobi does not redirect

well you better find a way to make it redirect... otherwise there will be no more petty arguements left. :mad:

Originally Posted by mjnels

well you better find a way to make it redirect... otherwise there will be no more petty arguements left. :mad:

LOL @ Mjnels!!!

Well I'm sure Jeff & Labrocca are in China now working on that objective.

Originally Posted by BocaVision

LOL @ Mjnels!!! Well I'm sure Jeff & Labrocca are in China now working on that objective.

HasRob is probably joining them too, lol.

1000th post!!!!!! finally!!

Originally Posted by BocaVision

LOL @ Mjnels!!! Well I'm sure Jeff & Labrocca are in China now working on that objective.

ROTFLMAO !!!!

Martin

That is just incredible...is there any sort of a press release or statement or anything?

Originally Posted by movingconcierge

That is just incredible...is there any sort of a press release or statement or anything?

I don't know, hopefully ajkula will chime in and let us know how it was discovered.

Press Release: mobi naysayers should find a suitable rock and quickly seek shelter.

I know we have endured much bashing for our interest and enthusiasm for .mobi but no need to rub it in. Let's just enjoy this great find for what it is.

.mobi Naysayer Official Press Release:

I have already used for about a month ^_^
it has wap.baidu.com and baidu.mobi without redirect.

Originally Posted by ChineseDomain

I have already used for about a month ^_^ it has wap.baidu.com and baidu.mobi without redirect.

Excellent. How do you like it? Have you seen any promotion of it?

meh, all in good fun... aint everyday i take swings like that at the persistent mobi naysayer crowd.

alright, back to reading-mode...

Doesn't work for me -- pops up a 'save as' dialog box.. anyone know why?

Great news for China mobi market.

But haven't seen any promotion for the site.

Baidu.com is the biggest search engine in China, holding more than 80% of the market.

you have to view the .mobi on a phone - go figure :)

Originally Posted by danmanmktng

Doesn't work for me -- pops up a 'save as' dialog box.. anyone know why?

great news!
im looking for more info and ads on their mobile site at the moment ...

if i find something relevant ill let you guys know!

Nice find guys, and thanks scandi for bringing this up.
Didnt even realise they had a mobi site ...