Tripple A .mobi Looks new to me (Developed)

thinking1 · 04-17-2007, 04:04 PM

I was just checking to see if there were anymore live mobi websites from any big companies and I stumbled across AAA.mobi.

The url redirects to a non mobi address but it doesn't tell the user otherwise. The main mobile website just indicates it's AAA's mobile website which is awesome that they are using .mobi for it.

I could not find any indication of them promoting a mobile website on AAA.com let alone a .mobi site so they probably didn't officially launch it yet. I also checked the whois and it appears they last updated the website in February which is a good sign.

It's a nifty site.

I hope more people do some digging around here. I want to be suprised too with what you find!

Jeff · 04-17-2007, 04:07 PM

I got this ... from mTLD Whois:

Quote:

Registrant ID:420141755630329
Registrant Name:HULA CHU
Registrant Organization:Guangdong Prometheus Advertising Ltd.Co
Registrant Street1:9th floor No 533 Tianhe Road ,Guangzhou.P.R.C China
Registrant City:GUANGZHOU
Registrant State/Province:GD
Registrant Postal Code:510630
Registrant Country:CN
Registrant Phone:+86.2061212828
Registrant Phone Ext.:5040
Registrant FAX:+86.2087532313
Registrant Email:hula@aaachina.com

... and then a forward to this site (mobile.aaa.com): http://mobile.aaa.com/mcs/Login.do?

Unsure what conclusions, then, may be drawn from this information, IMHO.

Just my two sense.
-Jeff

thinking1 · 04-17-2007, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff

I got this ... from mTLD Whois:

... and then a forward to this site (mobile.aaa.com): http://mobile.aaa.com/mcs/Login.do?

Unsure what conclusions, then, may be drawn from this information, IMHO.

Just my two sense.
-Jeff

That confused me too but the site looks official. Maybe they hired an outside agency to register and design it for them

Or Possibly someone is just very clever and decided to take the name and develop a very convincing site out of it so it wouldn't be taken away from them.

Either way, I like the site.

Jeff · 04-17-2007, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thinking1

That confused me too but the site looks official. Maybe they hired an outside agency to register and design it for them

Or Possibly someone is just very clever and decided to take the name and develop a very convincing site out of it so it wouldn't be taken away from them.

It's not a "developed" .MOBI ... it's a developed mobile site for AAA.com, apparently!

Now, if AAA.com acquiries AAA.mobi ... and then builds a fully suited .MOBI compliant .MOBI website, AND then promotes and

markets it, etc. I think we might be on to something, IMHO.

The thread title with "developed" .MOBI is misleading, but I know it was not intentional ... in my humblest.
See you soon.
-Jeff

dag · 04-17-2007, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff

It's not a "developed" .MOBI ... it's a developed mobile site for AAA.com, apparently!

Now, if AAA.com acquiries AAA.mobi ... and then builds a fully suited .MOBI compliant .MOBI website, AND then promotes and

markets it, etc. I think we might be on to something, IMHO.

The thread title with "developed" .MOBI is misleading, but I know it was not intentional ... in my humblest.
See you soon.
-Jeff

Ah, but take a look at this:

http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/c...2006-0199.html

Seems that AAA challenged the registration and won a transfer. So either the transfer hasn't officially happened yet but is indeed forwarding to its rightful owner, or they neglected to change the Whois info when they took control.

Jeff · 04-17-2007, 04:35 PM

Good eye, dagersh!

Let's keep our eye on AAA.mobi (the website, and not just the forward), IMHO.

Thanks much.
-Jeff

thinking1 · 04-17-2007, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dagersh

Ah, but take a look at this:

http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/c...2006-0199.html

Seems that AAA challenged the registration and won a transfer. So either the transfer hasn't officially happened yet but is indeed forwarding to its rightful owner, or they neglected to change the Whois info when they took control.

Great find Dagersh!

Jeff, despite aaa forwarding to a different address it's a fully compliant mobi site. It scores a 5/5 so that's encouraging aswell.

In all honesty. It doesn't really matter where .mobi sites with different end addresses forward to. I'm sure AAA would much rather promote AAA.mobi than http://mobile.aaa.com/mcs/Login.do?

dentalpro · 04-17-2007, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dagersh

Ah, but take a look at this:

http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/c...2006-0199.html

Seems that AAA challenged the registration and won a transfer. So either the transfer hasn't officially happened yet but is indeed forwarding to its rightful owner, or they neglected to change the Whois info when they took control.

nice detective work...

.

Jeff · 04-17-2007, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thinking1

I'm sure AAA would much rather promote AAA.mobi than http://mobile.aaa.com/mcs/Login.do?

^ That's what I'd be looking for, IMHO.

No worries.
-Jeff

thinking1 · 04-17-2007, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff

^ That's what I'd be looking for, IMHO.

No worries.
-Jeff

Indeed.

Pred · 04-17-2007, 11:51 PM

good work guys, interesting

04-17-2007, 04:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
thinking1 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,081 0.00 NP$ (Donate)	Tripple A .mobi Looks new to me (Developed) I was just checking to see if there were anymore live mobi websites from any big companies and I stumbled across AAA.mobi. The url redirects to a non mobi address but it doesn't tell the user otherwise. The main mobile website just indicates it's AAA's mobile website which is awesome that they are using .mobi for it. I could not find any indication of them promoting a mobile website on AAA.com let alone a .mobi site so they probably didn't officially launch it yet. I also checked the whois and it appears they last updated the website in February which is a good sign. It's a nifty site. I hope more people do some digging around here. I want to be suprised too with what you find! __________________ Power Metal Studio City

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Jeff Retired© Join Date: May 2003 Location: Summer 2009™ Posts: 29,109 0.12 NP$ (Donate)	Good eye, dagersh! Let's keep our eye on AAA.mobi (the website, and not just the forward), IMHO. Thanks much. -Jeff __________________ Be cool. Be polite. Be professional.™

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