**dotMobi investor/sponsor, Microsoft starts promotion of Xbox.mobi ** - Page 2

labrocca · 07-08-2008, 11:10 PM

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Why do the mods allow trolls to piss in every .mobi thread? It is so counterproductive.

Counterproductive to what? The mobi agenda? lol
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/dot-mobi/487078-dotmobi-investor-sponsor-microsoft-starts-promotion.html

btw xbox.mobi is incredible news...this is really big..mobi is gonna be huge any day now...

Aren't mobi fans tired of their own circle-jerk mentality and patting on the back at every new mobi development? Just curious because it's such odd behavior imho.

Mobi is great and awesome...go buy lots of mobi's everyone.

Pred · 09-11-2008, 05:17 AM

Originally Posted by snoop

What is Microsoft going to do promote this other than mentioning it on the site itself and on one game page?

microsoft have started a series of banner and text ads on myspace.
they are being shown on blackberries, smartphones etc when accessing myspace mobile
obviously on rotation or whatever.

here is a sample:

Originally Posted by snoop

Do a google search on xbox.mobi and you'll see most of the references are from domain forums and .mobi enthusiast sites.

becuase the developers have the site on their subdomain. lots of developers do this for all types of sites, very bad practice imo and is self serving, unless you plan to constantly have a campaign style site and can change site as and when, the url literally being the easy to remember address and nothing else.

now theres a thing
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=487078
if its whats promoted then thats all that matters.

BocaVision · 09-11-2008, 06:24 AM

Pred -- Fantastic Find!

Summer break is over and .mobi headlining again :-)

Repped, repped, repped!

-Michael

accent · 09-12-2008, 12:11 AM

XBOX.mobi

Perhaps the biggest .mobi news yet.

For a long time the question has been "where are the deep pocket sponsors whose names were attached to .mobi at launch?"

Google.mobi is live - yes a redirect, so what, it is clearly intended for mobile use.

XBOX.mobi is now live - and pointed directly at the core market for mobile use. With downloads to keep them coming back again and again. It is difficult to imagine better news for .mobi.

You guys heard of a tipping point?
We may have just passed it.

dubstep · 09-12-2008, 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by accentnepal

You guys heard of a tipping point?
We may have just passed it.

We are far from seeing a "tipping point" imho...

Yes, xbox.mobi is great news and a nice step in the right direction for .mobi... BUT, it will take a lot more news like this before .mobi becomes recognized by the general public.

izo-pod · 09-12-2008, 07:14 PM

The significance with Microsoft using .mobi is huge. It cannot be overlooked. Especially when a consumer product as xbox is involved.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=487078

They are a "technology" company and could certainly have promoted their mobile site using xbox.com. They obviously have the resources to employ server side scripts to detect when a mobile browser is acessing the site to direct them to a m.xbox.com type page.

..But they didn't. They are using Xbox.mobi for one simple, YET powerful purpose. That would be to alert potential visitors they have a truly mobile site. In otherwords, it's all about Marketing their mobile site. m.xbox.com is not cool... Using xbox.com would require they add extra info so as to promote their PC and Mobile sites.

I've been saying this for a long time. .Mobi is not a platform that the dot .mobi folks would have you believe. It's just a URL... however one that can easily market your site as a mobile page.

btw... Check out the Google Blog... http://googleblog.blogspot.com/ (9/10/08 entry--Future of Search)... The author who works at Google, thinks mobile search is where it's going to be at in 10 years. We really only use Google when we are at our PC's.... Doesn't help when you need info on the spot (to answer a question) and you are no where near a PC (and you don't have an Iphone).

According to the author, voice search is going to overtake "type in" search when this happens. This is where I would disagree. Microsoft has been trying to perfect "speech" recognition software for years.. Billions in R&D, and what do they do? They bought, TellME... Which you never really here anything about them.

dubstep · 09-12-2008, 07:44 PM

Nice summary. I certainly agree that this is good news for .mobi-- but we will need to see a lot more of the same before .mobi is widely recognized by the general public.

Originally Posted by izo-pod

According to the author, voice search is going to overtake "type in" search when this happens. This is where I would disagree.

I disagree as well. I, as well as many others I'm sure, have no interest in voice search, even if it were 'perfected'... I'll gladly take an extra few seconds to run a Google search, rather than look like a moron to anyone around me for talking to my computer.

There are too many scenarios in which a voice search is just not practical.

HeyNow · 09-13-2008, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by Egnited

There are too many scenarios in which a voice search is just not practical.

Correct. In fact, voice recognition won't work unless everyone speaks the default language properly. That will never happen in Los Angeles or other big cities. If you graduated from public schools in Los Angeles, voice recognition capability will probably laugh at you.

hawkeye · 09-13-2008, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by HeyNow

... If you graduated from public schools in Los Angeles, voice recognition capability will probably laugh at you.

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=487078

...wait, ...I live here..

Pred · 09-13-2008, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by accentnepal

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=487078
You guys heard of a tipping point?
We may have just passed it.

It's years off imho
hopefully maybe 18 months or so/2 years but we need hundreds of sites of this ilk and publicised

went out for beers last night and about 3am was outside in smoking area and was talking bollox as u do

and chatting to a couple of IT guys, they just looked at me blank when i mentioned .mobi , BUT having said that it's staggering how little a lot of IT guys actually know lol

one good thing when i was chatting to a girl on Barclays Bank's custonmer team on the phone the other day, she knew they had a mobile site at barclays.mobi, although I don't know whether she just didn't want to lose face by a customer telling her something she should know about, as those little madams are never wrong are they? biatches

accent · 09-14-2008, 01:48 AM

A definition issue-

To me a tipping point is not the point where things really get going in an obvious way ---
As I meant the term, it is the subtle point when a pattern begins to form.

The seed germinates, if you wish.

snoop · 09-14-2008, 02:40 AM

Originally Posted by accentnepal

XBOX.mobi

Perhaps the biggest .mobi news yet.

For a long time the question has been "where are the deep pocket sponsors whose names were attached to .mobi at launch?"

Google.mobi is live - yes a redirect, so what, it is clearly intended for mobile use.

XBOX.mobi is now live - and pointed directly at the core market for mobile use. With downloads to keep them coming back again and again. It is difficult to imagine better news for .mobi.

You guys heard of a tipping point?
We may have just passed it.

What core market is that?

Difficult to imagine better news? Tipping Point?............Are people really that unrealistic in their thinking? How about .mobi being used by significant sites, google, youtube, facebook, myspace, msn...that would be "better news".

accent · 09-14-2008, 03:52 AM

Originally Posted by snoop

What core market is that?

Difficult to imagine better news? Tipping Point?............Are people really that unrealistic in their thinking? How about .mobi being used by significant sites, google, youtube, facebook, myspace, msn...that would be "better news".

Xbox users have large disposable income and computer savvy. The same market should be central to mobile web advertising.

I explained my use of "tipping point" above. Google.mobi is online, such as it is. I actually would prefer seeing Xbox.mobi (as a frequently accessed download site) than the others you list because of the association with Microsoft, a more established company, and because MS is a DotMobi sponsor with previous AWOL status.

And, as often mentioned by others, the best .mobi sites will often be new creations focussed on mobile use, not re-created versions of existing .com websites.

09-12-2008, 12:11 AM	#29 (permalink)
accent Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,295	XBOX.mobi Perhaps the biggest .mobi news yet. For a long time the question has been "where are the deep pocket sponsors whose names were attached to .mobi at launch?" Google.mobi is live - yes a redirect, so what, it is clearly intended for mobile use. XBOX.mobi is now live - and pointed directly at the core market for mobile use. With downloads to keep them coming back again and again. It is difficult to imagine better news for .mobi. You guys heard of a tipping point? We may have just passed it. __________________ Domains for sale For List Of Country Code Domains Jewelry of Tibet and Nepal TibetanJewelry.mobi Tibetan Symbols Om Pyramids Ancient Egyptian Secrets Ancient Mystery Eden Shakti

09-14-2008, 01:48 AM	#36 (permalink)
accent Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,295	A definition issue- To me a tipping point is not the point where things really get going in an obvious way --- As I meant the term, it is the subtle point when a pattern begins to form. The seed germinates, if you wish. __________________ Domains for sale For List Of Country Code Domains Jewelry of Tibet and Nepal TibetanJewelry.mobi Tibetan Symbols Om Pyramids Ancient Egyptian Secrets Ancient Mystery Eden Shakti

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09-12-2008, 07:14 PM	#31 (permalink)
izo-pod NamePros Regular Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 312	The significance with Microsoft using .mobi is huge. It cannot be overlooked. Especially when a consumer product as xbox is involved. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=487078 They are a "technology" company and could certainly have promoted their mobile site using xbox.com. They obviously have the resources to employ server side scripts to detect when a mobile browser is acessing the site to direct them to a m.xbox.com type page. ..But they didn't. They are using Xbox.mobi for one simple, YET powerful purpose. That would be to alert potential visitors they have a truly mobile site. In otherwords, it's all about Marketing their mobile site. m.xbox.com is not cool... Using xbox.com would require they add extra info so as to promote their PC and Mobile sites. I've been saying this for a long time. .Mobi is not a platform that the dot .mobi folks would have you believe. It's just a URL... however one that can easily market your site as a mobile page. btw... Check out the Google Blog... http://googleblog.blogspot.com/ (9/10/08 entry--Future of Search)... The author who works at Google, thinks mobile search is where it's going to be at in 10 years. We really only use Google when we are at our PC's.... Doesn't help when you need info on the spot (to answer a question) and you are no where near a PC (and you don't have an Iphone). According to the author, voice search is going to overtake "type in" search when this happens. This is where I would disagree. Microsoft has been trying to perfect "speech" recognition software for years.. Billions in R&D, and what do they do? They bought, TellME... Which you never really here anything about them.

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