Zagat.mobi gets major press review - Page 2

Jeff · 08-24-2007, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by scandiman

Wrong. Basic compliance is:
-No frames
-No www required
-XHTML Mobile profile 1.0 or later

Righto, that is the basic compliance ... hopefully they will come here soon to further clarify on the Ready.mobi score and coding requirements expectations, as well as standards (or levels of discretion) as to which "sites" are taken down and which remain up and "in good standing" IMHO.

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/dot-mobi/365784-zagat-mobi-gets-major-press-review.html

-Jeff

-REECE- · 08-24-2007, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by Jeff

Righto, that is the basic compliance ... hopefully they will come here soon to further clarify on the Ready.mobi score and coding requirements expectations, as well as standards (or levels of discretion) as to which "sites" are taken down and which remain up and "in good standing" IMHO.

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=365784

-Jeff

Agreed. "Basic compliance" is an absolute joke... Surely someone couldn't have a multi-megabyte homepage on the .mobi extension?

allnicksgone · 08-24-2007, 01:32 PM

The site works on emulators, but is useless where it counts, my actual phone.

Jeff · 08-24-2007, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by allnicksgone

The site works on emulators, but is useless where it counts, my actual phone.

Ouch.
You should send an email to Laura Bly, USA TODAY™!

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=365784

If you Google her, she's all over the place ...

-Jeff

-REECE- · 08-24-2007, 01:39 PM

*waiting for the "guys it takes time to get things right" response*

hawkeye · 08-24-2007, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by allnicksgone

The site works on emulators, but is useless where it counts, my actual phone.

maybe it's your phone, because it works on mine! And quite well too.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=365784

Originally Posted by Reece

Agreed. "Basic compliance" is an absolute joke...

I don't know ... mtld is a joke, basic compliance is a joke, their rfp is a joke, their whole marketing strategies are a joke.... Weird.., why some just keep wasting their time and energy complaining and ridiculing about something they just don't like, or believe in their abilities to make happen, but keep buying their products and saying they are a supporter of that product. And should that product become successful in the big marketplace, will come a proudly touting how they were an early supporter of it all along.

seanboy · 08-24-2007, 01:54 PM

The made a .mobi site. They've promoted it on their site. It got some press on ABC and USA Today, and the site works fine. On to the next topic please. You can continue your spin there.

namewaiter · 08-24-2007, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by Jeff

Ouch.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=365784
You should send an email to Laura Bly, USA TODAY™!

If you Google her, she's all over the place ...

-Jeff

lol ... yea she needs to do a retraction because it's not populating correctly on nick's phone

seanboy · 08-24-2007, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by allnicksgone

The site works on emulators, but is useless where it counts, my actual phone.

Nick, what type of phone do you have? Just curious.

garrett200 · 08-24-2007, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by Jeff

At this point, I don't think it's that deep IMHO ... Zagat, like many of the companies reported here in this space, is keeping their options open with the delivery of their service / product to folks that are "on the go". Zagat has always been ahead of the curve in this respect, this is just another angle ... I'd be curious of the SPECIFICS and relationship between Zagat and mTLD (and Visa) and how, and for how long, they came to incorportate the .MOBI as part of this delivery!

I'm sure there is more than this small blurp on USA Today™ ...

Exactly.

Just my two sense.
-Jeff

You don't think it's that deep? Really Jeff, what's it going to take for you to understand that major corps are choosing to brand their mobile sites with the .mobi extension?

If Zagat isn't "in deep" with .mobi at this point, I've got a nice bridge to sell you Jeff.

allnicksgone · 08-24-2007, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by seanboy

Nick, what type of phone do you have? Just curious.

Samsung SCH-u740

I sent zagat an e-mail describing my trouble.

I am glad to hear it works on other phones. I hope it is only a small minority that have trouble.

qO_Op · 08-24-2007, 02:05 PM

Nope, doesn't work on my phone neither

hawkeye · 08-24-2007, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by vJRB

Nope, doesn't work on my phone neither

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seanboy · 08-24-2007, 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by allnicksgone

Samsung SCH-u740

I sent zagat an e-mail describing my trouble.

I am glad to hear it works on other phones. I hope it is only a small minority that have trouble.

Check your PM

Jeff · 08-24-2007, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Really Jeff, what's it going to take for you to understand that major corps are choosing to brand their mobile sites with the .mobi extension?

You mean, like Comcast™ ?!?

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=365784

Or, maybe, Google?

Go directly to mobile.google.com on your mobile device's browser.

Originally Posted by seanboy

The made a .mobi site. They've promoted it on their site. It got some press on ABC and USA Today, and the site works fine. On to the next topic please. You can continue your spin there.

With the caveat that NO ONE here knows the the specific relationship between Zagat and mTLD (and Visa) ... and what this means, specifically, for .MOBI in the long run IMHO. Otherwise, onward and upward ...

-Jeff

hawkeye · 08-24-2007, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by Jeff

You mean, like Comcast™ ?!?

Or, maybe, Google?

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=365784
Go directly to mobile.google.com on your mobile device's browser.

Google.mobi does resolve on my phone, so.., one down, now gonna go check Comcast ...

garrett200 · 08-24-2007, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by Jeff

You mean, like Comcast™ ?!?

Or, maybe, Google?

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=365784
Go directly to mobile.google.com on your mobile device's browser.

No, after only 11 months not everyone is promoting their .mobi, surprise surprise. This is great news of yet another promoted .mobi, and you bring attention to google and comcast, I just don't understand that.

hawkeye · 08-24-2007, 02:24 PM

Nope, Comcast.mobi doesn't resolve though they do own it. How dare they not put up a mobi site now, and leave that one poor 'need to convince, and convince, and convince me'er' ... unconvinced!!!!

Originally Posted by Jeff

With the caveat that NO ONE here knows the the specific relationship between Zagat and mTLD (and Visa) ... and what this means, specifically, for .MOBI in the long run IMHO. Otherwise, onward and upward ...

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=365784
-Jeff

Please do tell us how many companies strategies and inner workings you know of and about!!! There must hundreds of companies, with products other than .mobi, that are sharing their strategies with you so you will be satisfied to believe they are serious in their endeavors.

OMG!!! Do you have a life???

Jeff · 08-24-2007, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by garrett200

No, after only 11 months not everyone is promoting their .mobi, surprise surprise. This is great news of yet another promoted .mobi, and you bring attention to google and comcast, I just don't understand that.

I was simply replying to your, "what's it going to take for you to understand that major corps are choosing to brand their mobile sites with the .mobi extension" question. Some major corporations, including backers of the .MOBI, clearly are not IMHO.

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=365784

No worries, let's move along ...

See you Tuesday (family's waiting for me poolside)!

-Jeff

mjnels · 08-24-2007, 02:48 PM

guys, this may be a bad time but...i over-salted the popcorn, its got way too much butter on it and is stale...... IMHO

i need a dr. pepper and i need it now.

Pred · 08-24-2007, 02:58 PM

Originally Posted by mjnels

guys, this may be a bad time but...i over-salted the popcorn, its got way too much butter on it and is stale...... IMHO

i need a dr. pepper and i need it now.

GeoOwners · 08-24-2007, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by garrett200

See, I think what is happening here is that corps are realizing the branding potential of .mobi.

zagat.mobi just sounds cool, and it's clean and tells you exactly what it is.

zagat.com/mobile just doesn't have the same ring to it.

as fickle as it is...something sounding cool can be very powerful from a marketing perspective...

.

Originally Posted by hawkeye

Guess it's time to start working on iRestaurants.mobi. Any dev help or suggestions welcomed.

yes...sell it to me...

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hawkeye · 08-24-2007, 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by hawkeye

Quote:

Guess it's time to start working on iRestaurants.mobi. Any dev help or suggestions welcomed.

Originally Posted by dentalpro

yes...sell it to me...

LOL....

..can you afford it!??

uppp, check this link out too - http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/story?id=3518510&page=1

dag · 08-24-2007, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by Jeff

You mean, like Comcast™ ?!?

Or, maybe, Google?

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=365784
Go directly to mobile.google.com on your mobile device's browser.

With the caveat that NO ONE here knows the the specific relationship between Zagat and mTLD (and Visa) ... and what this means, specifically, for .MOBI in the long run IMHO. Otherwise, onward and upward ...

-Jeff

Clearly, nothing will ever please you enough in the world of .mobi news for you to admit that major advances are being made, and certainly not without you feeling the need to insinuate that this might only be something that's a defensive move, that it might be a short-lived experiment, that someone must be paying someone else off, that someone had to have someone on the inside to get that newspaper article written, that we all might be delusional and imagining the whole thing...

All I know is that there's a very good reason that this forum will never again be the #1 place for serious .mobi discussion. And that's YOU.

Oh, but "no worries, let's move along..."

garrett200 · 08-24-2007, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by dentalpro

as fickle as it is...something sounding cool can be very powerful from a marketing perspective...

You'll never believe this, but I found out about and started researching .mobi because I thought it sounded cool. And it does!

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seanboy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,212	The made a .mobi site. They've promoted it on their site. It got some press on ABC and USA Today, and the site works fine. On to the next topic please. You can continue your spin there.

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qO_Op Namepros Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,175	Nope, doesn't work on my phone neither

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