Gregr

The trend is not looking good.

mjnels

havin fun yet.......

because there is no traffic on undeveloped mobi domains.. why the hell would there be?

we coulda compared 500.mobi and 500.com to answer that...

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Gregr

So developing a site will suddenly produce traffic? How will the planet know that I have developed a site if they don't go there? I can only depend on domainers.

mjnels

no, developing a mobi site will not suddenly produce traffic.

the .mobi extention is not needed.... it was added though.. and now it exists.


you are buying into the hype with this type of stuff man.... whoever is claiming the .mobi TLD has organic type in traffic aside from a few trickles, which i believe are 99-100% domainers.... are likely full of shit... there is some other explanation for the "traffic" this early.


how do people know to go to a .TV domain...... because its advertised places like television.... dotTV is not needed either, but its an option - just accept it man....

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Gregr

I'm posting this from my iPhone. iPhones are cool.

mjnels

i know, i have one too.

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cac14850

Well based on the artcile from CNN Money today I am glad to see Bank of America is proving you wrong.
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Bank of America's Mobile Banking Service Grows to 500,000 Active Mobile Customers in Six Months

November 28, 2007: 09:00 AM EST


CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Six months after rolling out its Mobile Banking service to consumers nationwide, Bank of America today said it has reached a record 500,000 active mobile customers. According to a recent TowerGroup report, that's more than all other U.S. banks combined.

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Bank of America, the nation's leader in online banking with 23 million active online customers, introduced Mobile Banking service in March to consumers in selected markets and expanded the service across the country in May.

"We're thrilled with the initial customer response and expect this trend to continue as more people discover the convenience of accessing their accounts while on-the-go," said Lance Drummond, e-Commerce and ATM executive for Bank of America. "Mobile Banking gives our customers the freedom, control and security to bank anywhere, anytime."

With Mobile Banking, consumers can use phones that have Internet access to:


-- Check balances on their checking, savings and credit card accounts, as
well as mortgages and home equity lines held with Bank of America.
-- Pay their bills and e-bills.
-- Transfer money between accounts and to other Bank of America customers.
-- View transactions for checking and savings accounts, mortgages and home
equity lines, including posted and pending transactions.
-- Access directions to ATMs and banking centers.



Customers are protected with the bank's SiteKey (R) security service, as well as its Zero Liability Online Banking Guarantee. To help protect customer information, the bank has developed a unique end-to-end security feature that encrypts information when sent between the mobile phone and the bank.

The Web-based service is accessible via most major carriers that have mobile Internet access and requires no downloading of software. To access Mobile Banking, customers simply go to the Web browser on their mobile phone and enter http://www.bofa.mobi. Once on the site, customers enter their Online Banking ID and passcode to access their accounts.

For more information on Bank of America's online and mobile banking services, consumers can visit http://www.bankofamerica.com/anywhere.

About Online Banking

Bank of America is a leading provider of online financial services, and its online site, http://www.bankofamerica.com, has received widespread recognition. The site is among the top 50 of all U.S.-based Internet properties in terms of unique visitors monthly, and No. 1 among business and finance sites, according to comScore Media Metrix. Nielsen/NetRatings ranks Bank of America as the top online full-service bank destination in terms of audience, page views and active reach on the site. Bank of America has ranked No.1 in Javelin Strategy & Research's safety scorecard four years in a row. BusinessWeek called the SiteKey(TM) security service one of the best products of 2005. Bank of America won the Webby Award in 2006 and the Webby People's Choice Award in 2006 and 2007 in the online banking/bill pay category. Global Finance magazine named bankofamerica.com the best consumer Internet bank in the world and ranked the bank No. 1 for its bill payment and presentment and online consumer credit sites.
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About Bank of America

Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk-management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving 57 million consumer and small business relationships with more than 5,700 retail banking offices, more than 17,000 ATMs and award-winning online banking with more than 22 million active users. Bank of America is the No. 1 overall Small Business Administration (SBA) lender in the United States and the No. 1 SBA lender to minority-owned small businesses. The company serves clients in 175 countries and has relationships with 98 percent of the U.S. Fortune 500 companies and 80 percent of the Fortune Global 500. Bank of America Corporation stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

mjnels

bahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh your gonna lose greg's train of thought posting that long stuff........


lets stick to the basic arguments... gotta keep it simple for the millionaire .com guys...

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Work In Progress

You might want to read Post #2 Here to answer some of your concerns.
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In the mobi world...you have to build it...and they will come.

Bottom line is, the majority of traffic is SE and directory traffic. Very little direct.

If you're looking for type in parking ....you've come to the wrong extension,

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allnicksgone

I don't understand. What exactly is youir point?

-OutlawBiker-

Greg - Invest $50k in development and buy ads. It'll change, really!

mjnels

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the point is: that is does not matter either way if you are a complacent millionaire.

why be creative anymore when for years a simple parking page works just fine... it becomes harder to see opportunity.

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Broker

Gregr, you would have been better off buying my loanbanks.mobi for traffic (:

mediaadvantages

Greg....its really simple and since you have made loads of money in the domain industry already you should know what to do with a site to make it successful. I have a hard time believing that you think everything makes money on it's own without you having to do anything. I'm sure you have walked into many situations before where money is somehow just flying to you freely. You knew when you bought iphones.mobi that work needed to be done to make it successful.

allnicksgone

OK, I think I figured out the point you are making gregr.

You are showing that a fine name like iphones.mobi does not get much type-in traffic. iPhones are popular, therefore if .mobi is successful, you should naturally get much type-in traffic for that name. But you are not, so that proves .mobi is a bomb.

Am I following you correctly so far?

Then next, to really prove your point, you are going to show the amazingly high stats from comparable undeveloped domains in .net & .com from the early 90's.

I am looking forward to the rest of your demonstration. It will finally once and for all prove how .mobi supporters are fools.

PVFARKAS

gregr, your point is fine. noone can't fight with reality. you went in with correct thinking that you could either flip it and someday possibly get traffic.
you predicted that the traffic probably wouldn't pay for the cost of the domain, and you were right. I don't think anyone should jump on you for that.
suckers comments are your perogative, they won't change the present reality. many of use have bought into the future. we hope it comes through, the sooner the better of course. til then, as long as iphones stays a decent keyword, which it probably will, we can monitor its traffic and get steady doses of reality.
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hellometro's mobis were getting a ton of traffic as marketed heavily by their .com cousins...maybe market your iphone on some nice .com's
you have..

hawkeye

You forgot to note it will also show that - .info, .biz, .eu, .asia (to be), and any other extension supporters are also fools!

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Jasonn

Greg, does this mean you'll sell your LLL.com's based on revenue alone? If so, I'm interested.

Gregr

Talk about throwing good money after bad.

I've sold plenty of 3 letter .coms based on revenue. One for almost $900K.
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I'm no Bank of America and neither is the proud owner of Vibration.mobi.

teabag

You may be proud owner of both: Vibra and Vibro names , hurry up ;-)

Gregr

You forgot to put your best .mobis in your signature.

Gregr

I think you should develop that name.

tpyo

in the .mobi community it's DEVELOPE - you forgot the e.
Anyway, rep points added

allnicksgone

Gregr, now you are bringing your friends into the .mobi forum to help make fun of people that aren't as cool as you? I suddenly feel like I am back in grade school.

maroulis

Greg let me know if you need partner on this... I'm actively buying .mobis to ramp up my portfolio since I missed the boat.... LOL