VisionEdger

do yuou prefer to use the entire word or abbreviation in the domain? I am not sure what is better to use . for example dir or directory? any thoughts?

ipodxpert

abbreviated words would be definitely easy to remember and type but it will be only recognized among people if you have good branding.

if marketing is not good for abbreviated words then normal tendency of the people would be to type in the entire word.

this is my opinion on it.

panman

Mmm not sure if this applies to you.. i own my first name, a name that has more searches than my first name & surname combined, but i want people to remember my full name, and be remembered as such. So for business sense, sometimes the whole word- being a bit more descriptive, can be better!

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scandiman

I think abbreviations can work fine and make for a shorter url which I think we all agree is preferred. You are ahead of the game if the abbreviation is common so you are not branding it fresh. I'd much rather type admin instead of administration for example. Ideal solution is to own both and redirect one site to the other.

movingconcierge

It has to be a well known abbr. Simply using the first letter of some common terms and calling it an abbreviation won't cut it. It's too abstract.

A perfect example, and sorry to those of you who own one / some is the numeric keypad names like 66639 for money (gone on 9/26/06 btw). But that could stand for sooo many things is is difficult to remember.

ipodxpert

as scandiman says... only if you have most common abbr. words then you are ahead of the game but not so for the uncommon abbr. words.
And for first name - it is not an abbr. word.

By abbr. word it means something like admin for administration,ucla for university of california los angeles...or nypd for new york police department...etc.

sometime as Tim said too common an abbr. word could be difficult. since it could mean so many things.

GijsZePa

I prefer the abbreviation...

(somebody interested in abbreviation.mobi ? PM)

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circa1850

SDCA San Diego California
LAL Los Angeles Living (Life)
COV Commonwealth of Virginia
FWTX Fort Worth Texas
N-E New England

These are but a few of the abbreviations I own and are in the developing and planning stages. There are countless others.

Naturally, if you have a famous abbreviation then that may be easier to brand, like an airport code.

I have some that are recognized but may be difficult, like this:

diff.mobi = difficult, different
DIFF Difference
DIFF Differential
DIFF Do It For Free
DIFF Dubai International Film Festival
DIFF Euro-Rate Differential

So there are many options.

Tim mentioned numbers.

I have 6337 (ODDS) MOBI.

There are some interesting threads going on at the moment...hyphen or not... LLN or NLN...foreign words or not. I think it boils down to how we choose to brand it and market it. It is not an easy task either way you choose and will take effort.

If does appear that the overall census is we are not sure, maybe, maybe not, could be, we'll see, etc, etc...we are at the beginning and we don't know where this is all going to end up.

Personally, I believe some of it obviously is a no brainer will much of it is a "wait and see". I think we've all got a good start and a good mix.

Kudos to the NPers!

keithmt

I don't understand regging numbered mobis like this one above. 66639 could be anything depending on what phone you're using. Not all letters are in the same position so to say it will stand for one word does not make sense. It could also be very difficult to remember like movingconcierge said. I scratch my head everytime I see a reg. like these.

keithmt

circa1850

First, forget what the number could be.

Think of them just as numbers. No problem there. Numbers are universal. Accepted in any language. Have the same value in any language, any nation, universally same meaning, same value.

So if you have difficulty equating numbers to a letter of phrase, then don't. Simply use it and see it as what it is...a series of numbers. Great for a website on a system that is input by a number keyboard.

What can the number 66639 be? A zip code for Chicago, ILL.

Alpha? 66639 means MONEY, MOODY. Not bad.

Is the phone number of the local dry cleaner that you use easy to remember including zip code? No, no 10 numbers. But 5 would be better.

Again, it's all in the branding.

I could not possibly own the domain ODDS but I do own 6337. I can't own broker but I can own 276537. I know someone who could never possible own WallStreet.mobi (most likely a premium) but he does own 10005.mobi...the zip code of Wall Street.

keithmt

I am sure you could reg. random numbers and then try to brand a site with them but to a consumer they are hard to remember. If they are added to their favorites then that may be ok but still no where near as good as letters .

keithmt

scandiman

Actually, those would be acronyms and can be equally effective I think for developed sites. If the acronym is common, like CEU for continuing education units then you can piggyback your brand on the existing acronym.

circa1850

Yeah, I knew that. But at 0309 a.m., the rest of my body did not know that.

scandiman

I know that state of mind all to well

circa1850

That is eventually what I would like to hope for. The NNNN parked are getting decent hits but oddly enough it is not the ones I thought they would.

The best thing is hoping that someone will put in 6337 and save it on their phone instead of ODDS, or BOOKIE, or GuidoTheGuyInTheAlley.

That particular NNNN is getting decent traffic, no hits. I guess my bookie hasn't heard of .mobi.

Either that or the odds are off the books on whether .mobi it will be successful or not.