.mobi How is going .mobi in the different parts of the world?

[fautebol]

I registered few .mobi but mostly in other languages than English. Thus, I went to do a quick check to see if it's picking up in some markets more than other (and in what industries or services).

I made a google search site:.mobi by languages. The best results I found are:

English 104'000
German 47200
Chinese simplified 28,500
Japanese 26400
Dutch 3380
Spanish 1310
Polish 1460
Italian 1270
Swedish 1080
French 964

This is not a great indicator (some pages are wapedi (=wikipedia), there are more parked pages and speculation in some languages. I also feel that the German number is inflated since Sedo shows parked pages in German to me. (Maybe someone else could check this if it interests you too and I will edit)

But I thought the evolution will be a good indicator in the future and thus that it could be a good idea to share these numbers here.

I encourage people who says that .mobi only exist through park pages for speculators or big companies that will simply redirect to their .com to take a tour.

For example: in Italy, from tourism: http://www.ermes.mobi or Film festivals
http://www.cineuropa.mobi/ to Postbank in Germany http://deutschepostbank.mobi/ etc etc......it starts...

 

[binaryman]

www.nvbank.mobi (Holland Based)
http://www.cinematimes.mobi/ (UK based)

 

[GeoOwners]

I encourage people who says that .mobi only exist through park pages for speculators or big companies that will simply redirect to their .com to take a tour.

For example: in Italy, from tourism: http://www.ermes.mobi or Film festivals
http://www.cineuropa.mobi/ to Postbank in Germany http://deutschepostbank.mobi/ etc etc......it starts...

If I read the rules at .mobi correctly it says .mobi's will NOT be allowed to just redirect to a .com or the name will be taken back...

 

[vcool]

If I read the rules at .mobi correctly it says .mobi's will NOT be allowed to just redirect to a .com or the name will be taken back...

Is that true? I did not know about this rule. If this is the case then yahoo will have to do something, because yahoo.mobi redirects to their .com site, although mobile.

Vcool

 

[GeoOwners]

I think I read it in the section about submitting a proposal for a premium word

 

[accent]

Perhaps premium words are different, but Pinky Brand said they will not take a name back - if the rules are not being met the name will be disconnected, but will remain with the owner. I assume the owner could then show mtld that they are now being good, promise to never do it again, and their name would resolve again.

 

[iNod]

In Europe to go on your cell phone and use the internet, txt msg. Is DIRT cheap. So everyone does it. I strongly urge all people to gear there sites to include US and Europeans, since they will be the most likely to use it.

- Steve