.mobi .Mobi domain ending will soon rank organically on mobile phones Google slips

freeflow said:

What do you think about this article?

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I think it's a parked domain with auto generated content.

freeflow said:

What do you think about this article?

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I think the writer has bumped his head...

.mobi died long ago.
That article must have been written in early 2006 when some people thought .mobi would have a bright future.

.Mobi domain ending will replace .com for search preference only on all mobile devices starting March of 2013 and the first day sales of the extension were over 23 million.

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I would like to know if the writer works for Google or has insider information

"and the first day sales of the extension were over 23 million."

There is the give-away, Mobi sales reached 1 million domains and have stayed right there for several years. I wish it were real, but I think is is left-over hype from 2007.

Expect tons more of this as the new gTLDs come around, if they ever do.

The article is factually inaccurate on many points so I won't be putting much faith in its account of a retracted tweet from October 2012.

even so, I've tweeted it

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even though this is new news to the masses, i believe in what my dreams concur (it's only a matter of time) - Goat's Rue

Infinity said:

even so, I've tweeted it

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You tweeted it even though you knew it was inaccurate . . . or because you thought it was for real?

"The mobile Web is growing exponentially"

This was the line used most when investors hyped the failing TLD, The argument was it's growing, so naturally everyone will start using it, a flawed assumption in my opinion, We can all agree it's growing, but I think it's reckless to assume internet users will use it when other TLD's had and have the same ability to be mobile compliant.

And with all the phishing going on today, would you feel comfortable logging into yourbank.com or yourbank.mobi?... More and more internet sites also give you the option of downloading an app for your wireless device, so again; Why do we "need" mobi?.. I have yet to hear one legitimate argument since the TLD was launched.

RaiderGirl said:

More and more internet sites also give you the option of downloading an app for your wireless device, so again; Why do we "need" mobi?.. I have yet to hear one legitimate argument since the TLD was launched.

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I don't agree with you on this point. Yes, there are some amazing apps out there. But the little business next door (and there are many out there) doesn't and will not have an app to download. All it needs is a little mobile website to have a mobile presence. And yes, you don't need a .mobi, but what's the best choice if you want to develop a mobile website for your new business? You can buy a very good .mobi for the fraction of the price of other tlds. Even though .mobis are more expensive to register than many other tlds it is still worth it if you want a decent domain name for your business. I'm the webmaster of a mobile link directory and there have been many .mobi among other tld submissions lately. My prediction is that .mobi will be used even more in the future. If domainers will be interested again in .mobi I don't know, but IMO developers will be...

"All it needs is a little mobile website to have a mobile presence."

All they need is the website they already have. All my sites look good on my phone. Old plain html sites to my WP sites using Responsive themes. And did you ever ask yourself who Greg Partisan is? I put his name in quotes and the word domain, only 6 results, and those 6 were just that quote.

https://www.google.com/search?q="Gr...pw.r_qf.&fp=6a53cf30761535b7&biw=1280&bih=563

put rick schwartz in those quotes with the word domain

https://www.google.com/search?q="Gr...pw.r_qf.&fp=6a53cf30761535b7&biw=1280&bih=563

43,000+ results vs. 6

That's it, nothing else associated with him and domains. If it was somebody who knew what they were talking about with domains, it would have a lot more results, some history. Just some random person on the internet with some random quote that you're putting some stake into. For all you know, it could be the author's roommate who spent way too much money on .mobi domains.

JB Lions said:

"All it needs is a little mobile website to have a mobile presence."

All they need is the website they already have. All my sites look good on my phone. Old plain html sites to my WP sites using Responsive themes. And did you ever ask yourself who Greg Partisan is? I put his name in quotes and the word domain, only 6 results, and those 6 were just that quote.

https://www.google.com/search?q="Gr...pw.r_qf.&fp=6a53cf30761535b7&biw=1280&bih=563

put rick schwartz in those quotes with the word domain

https://www.google.com/search?q="Gr...pw.r_qf.&fp=6a53cf30761535b7&biw=1280&bih=563

43,000+ results vs. 6

That's it, nothing else associated with him and domains. If it somebody who knew what they were talking about with domains, it would have a lot more results, some history. Just some random person on the internet with some random quote that you're putting some stake into. For all you know, it could be the author's roommate who spent way too much money on .mobi domains.

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I'm not sure if I understand what you mean, but if you're a new business I'm sure you're not going to market your business by writing "Please search for our company name on Google by entering 'company name' ". Wouldn't it be more memorable to have 'a generic name .mobi or your company name .mobi' instead of an unregistered 20+ character .com?

If you're a smart business, it wouldn't be mobi. And you can get good .com domains under 20 character pretty easily. If you're going to build a business, do it right from the start.

And that article is just all kinds of stupid, I wouldn't know where to start. From saying crazy stuff like it's 1990 all over again to this:

"Most businesses know that the .com extension is what ranks for desktops, and .mobi will now replace .com the same way for mobile devices"

The goal of an SE it to deliver the most relevant results for any given search regardless of extension of where you're searching from.

Also, Google some of the names in the article. One builds mobile sites for companies. It's quite obvious why he would want people to believe some of the nonsense posted in that article.

That was 1 guy I did a search on, did another one from somebody else in that article:

"Trish Vicario" Domains Northwest

https://www.google.com/search?q=Tri...38,d.eWU&fp=6a53cf30761535b7&biw=1280&bih=563

What do you see? The 1 place on the internet for this person is that article. Are you seeing a trend yet?

It's a bs article.

Side note, whenever anybody says anything about Google, just go to the source and look. I get the exact same results on my desktop and my phone. I used your example - mobile link directory

RaiderGirl said:

More and more internet sites also give you the option of downloading an app for your wireless device, so again; Why do we "need" mobi?..

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we dont, but you're still WAY off base with this thought. you're basically making the argument we dont need mobile websites because apps exist.


anyway, the website the OP posted is a fake news site. a pretty decent looking one though. there is no "silicon valley reporter" and all the editors names are made up.

what they did with this "article" is copy and pasted it from like 5 years ago with a few words changed. i read this same paragraph years ago and the (probably made up) story about the tweet.

Maybe this article is not up to date, but why is Godaddy still promoting .mobi domains if there is supposedly no demand?

http://www.godaddy.com/tlds/mobi.aspx

Because they sell them. They have those pages for other extensions as well - http://www.godaddy.com/tlds/mx.aspx

How about a nice .ws - http://www.godaddy.com/tlds/ws.aspx

freeflow said:

Maybe this article is not up to date, but why is Godaddy still promoting .mobi domains if there is supposedly no demand?

http://www.godaddy.com/tlds/mobi.aspx

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Because it's easy to get a sucker to spend $10. Try selling a $10 .mobi for $xxx though!

Thanks for mentioning the other pages (@JB Lions) and the price (@Keith). I took a look at the other promotion pages, but from the perspective of an end user who usually doesn't know much about domaining or web development.

.ws Page Title:
"Make your address memorable"
http://www.godaddy.com/tlds/ws.aspx

.mx Page Title:
".MX -- the domain for Mexico"
http://www.godaddy.com/tlds/mx.aspx

.mobi Page Title:
"Make your website mobile"
http://www.godaddy.com/tlds/mobi.aspx

Take a look at the different titles. About which topic have you heard more in the main stream lately?

I don't think it was Mexico or 'memorable' even though memorable is a good thing for a domain and Mexico is a nice place. Mobile is what the future is going to be about.

$10 might be a high price from a domainers perspective, but it's peanuts for a business or developer if you add "Each .MOBI domain registration includes a FREE Instant Mobilizer that converts your existing website to a mobile-ready site."

"but it's peanuts for a business"

Well, they should get a .info then, since it's cheaper.

It's still dumb for a business. And the reasons for that are in every discussion ever had in .com vs. some other extension. Again, .coms work just fine. Mobile is the future? It's already here.

The 2 things you came up with, a bs article and some link by a registrar who happens to be selling them. That's what they're supposed to do, advertise what they're selling.

You're trying to find ways to justify spending more money on .mobi or on the ones you already have. None of them hold up tho. But it's your money to waste, have at it.

JB Lions said:

"but it's peanuts for a business"

Well, they should get a .info then, since it's cheaper.

It's still dumb for a business. And the reasons for that are in every discussion ever had in .com vs. some other extension. Again, .coms work just fine. Mobile is the future? It's already here.

The 2 things you came up with, a bs article and some link by a registrar who happens to be selling them. That's what they're supposed to do, advertise what they're selling.

You're trying to find ways to justify spending more money on .mobi or on the ones you already have. None of them hold up tho. But it's your money to waste, have at it.

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GoDaddy isn't any registrar, it is the biggest registrar.
http://www.webhosting.info/registrars/top-registrars/global/

The article might be bs in your opinion, but not the facts I mentioned.

I'm not worried about the mobis I have, because they are high quality generics. The company DomainSponsor contacted me to park my domains with them and they only accept high quality domains. Moniker contacted me as well asking me if I would like to auction some of my mobi domains. So personally I'm not worried about selling my domains in the future, no matter what happens with tld mobi. There is always a market for generics. Every opinion of mine here comes from the enthusiasm for the mobile web and the idea behind mobi.

freeflow said:

I'm not worried about the mobis I have, because they are high quality generics. There is always a market for generics.

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Have you sold any of those high quality generics lately?

The few times I've contacted potential endusers about .mobi they've literally laughed at me. The days of .mobi are long gone and will never return IMO.

Anyone who invests in .mobi needs to look at his finances.

Sam said:

Anyone who invests in .mobi needs to look at his finances.

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i just checked.. its the middle of the day and im sitting in my underwear like i have been since 2006. what now?

mjnels said:

i just checked.. its the middle of the day and im sitting in my underwear like i have been since 2006. what now?

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So you're currently buying and selling mobis?

Keith said:

So you're currently buying and selling mobis?

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not selling, nothing will sell. why?