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05-04-2007, 11:33 AM
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05-04-2007, 12:16 PM
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| Sorry, but this is old news. Why all the reps added? http://www.namepros.com/dot-mobi/323...r-500-new.html
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05-04-2007, 12:20 PM
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 . It was still very relavent to me. | ||||
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05-04-2007, 02:53 PM
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| NamePros Regular Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Lincoln, RI
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 | In my opinion they would of been better off spending $6k+ on ONE name and brand one site instead of trying to brand a network of sites that are basically all the same except the data. Just my opinion. Michael  |
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05-04-2007, 07:47 PM
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05-04-2007, 08:06 PM
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 ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=324094 the "hello" network gets 2.2 million visitors per month...I went to hellochicago.com and right there on the home page a news blurb about the new .mobi network!!! hellochicago .mobi news release BIG SPARK .
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05-04-2007, 10:00 PM
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| HellOOOOOOOOO Betty ! ( In my best Keith Jackson announcing voice ) Excellent news and further confirmation of us being in the right place at the right time!
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05-06-2007, 06:40 AM
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| HelloMetro Inc - CEO Hello, Thank you for this interesting discussion about our .mobi network. I just want to clear up a couple of things from the posts above. We could have just bought one domain instead of 600. Some reasons we went with 600: This mirrors our current dot com network of Hello"City".com. We have 600+ .com, one for each major city. i.e. HelloChicago.com, HelloMiami.com We do this to have a truly local portal (domain) instead of something like www.CitySearch.com/IL/Chicago.html By having a domain for each city also removes one layer of search. If you are on HelloBoston.mobi just do not have to drill down into the state and city before you search. Especially help for .mobi and navigating on a cell phone. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=324094 As far as content, all of our 350 US cities have the full Yellow Pages, White Pages, Users generated ratings of Restuarants, attractions and news feeds. The Foreign cities are coming up online this week with Resturants and Attractions. In the next 3 weeks we will be adding many more features similar to our .com portals. Thank you again for talking about our new .mobi network. I would be glad to answer any other question. Clark Scott HelloMetro Inc. Clark@HelloMetro.com |
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05-06-2007, 06:48 AM
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    | Thank you, Mr. Scott, for coming here to NamePros in order to speak with us directly! I actually do have two questions for you: (1) How is your company planning on advertising your .mobi network? (2) Will you be forwarding your .com sites to their .mobi counterparts when accessed from a mobile? For example, when I go to HelloPittsburgh.com on a mobile, it does not display at all. Shouldn't this be sending me to the .mobi site?  Looking forward to hearing back from you! All the best, Tom
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05-06-2007, 07:01 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Near Chicago
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| yes...thanks Mr. Scott for stopping in and please keep us updated on your network. I think my post above answered the how are you going to promote your .mobis...the .coms get 2.2 Million (with an M) visits per month and they have the .mobi news right on the home page. .
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05-06-2007, 07:14 AM
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| HelloMetro Inc - CEO We are currently promoting the sites through our existing .com network and the 2.2 million monthly visitors. We also started a Google Adwords campaign. They have Ads now that show up just on their mobile network. My developers are adding code to our .coms in the coming weeks that will send people from the .com to the .mobi version if they are using a phone. I wanted to make sure we got it right so we did not screw up our .com sites. They are some issues where this re-direct code does not always work for all phones. It depends on the phone/carrier. Thank you, Clark |
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05-06-2007, 12:24 PM
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????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=324094 This is what I would do: Allow any user who visits your site the ability to contribute both to the content but also to the look and feel of each. Over time this will give each site its own flavor. The homepage of each local could show as part of the index the last local picture uploads, latest coupons, and news. Allow local uploads of images, allow merchants to post specials and coupons, allow local sports leagues to post scores, classifieds, local news, etc. Michael | ||||
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05-06-2007, 01:17 PM
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| HelloMetro Inc - CEO Hello, Thanks for the suggestions Michael. All the features you mentioned is on our .com versions. We will continue to move more features to the .mobi versions. The only thing we do not do is allow customization of the look on the individual city guides. We have content people and user generated sections to make the content specific to that city. The look and navigation must remain the same so when you visit HelloBoston.com and then HelloSeattle.com you know how to move around the site and not have to re-learn from city to city. Some things we will be adding to the .mobis in the next couple of week are: 1. sending text messages from the .mobi site (of YP and WP listings) to your phone or someone else's. 2. Movie Showtimes 3. state Lotto numbers 4. Download free art and music from local artist to makes Screen savers and Ringtones. 5.Weather Radar 6. Events by city But I guess the main thing you guys are interested in, is whether the .mobi domains will takehold? I have been doing this for 6 years, built Internet companies and sold Internet companies. I believe the anser is Yes. The momentum from the large players have started. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=324094 Clark HelloMetro Inc.
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05-06-2007, 02:52 PM
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Also, good to see you more active on this board Mykel241, I see you've been very busy! You and the other NP resident developers are an inspiration to all mobiers. I'll PM you again soon. Later ...
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Welcome to NamePros. Thank you for sharing your intelligence & wisdom. Continued success. Michael
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