thinking1 said:
I think it's funny how some people go out of there way to attack people for something they like. This is a Mobi Forum. If you like the extension then stay here and post. Otherwise there is absolutely no reason to post about why it will fail or why we don't need it. That's incredibly chidlish.
What's childish is not being able to face a differing viewpoint. Why post anything if all you want to hear is what you expect to hear? You might as well go and face the mirror and talk to yourself.
Not one of the mobi fans attacking me for daring to say the truth ever counters the obvious - like the BBC example. How do I know they won't be using the .mobi domain? Well because they already have mobile content on their existing website for crying out loud! Why would they duplicate what already exists? To waste money?
Come back to reality some of you. .mobi doesn't create mobile content. Demand via the market does, and it's already been proven that you don't need .mobi to meet that market demand. Why does it bother some of you to hear the obvious?
Geez - if you can't take criticism you should just lock yourselves away. The world of commerce is not a giant love-in where everybody agrees with your viewpoint or idea of what is what.
As for neobodhi's wrong assertion - I own three mobi domains. I've even posted a thread looking for more. I take exception to people saying wild fanciful things - like "However, if the .mobi does become the default mobile browser domain," - when there is zero evidence to support that assertion. I know that yet I will still buy/hold and develop a few .mobi domains.
.mobi has become an over-hyped product that will in my estimation make the few that flip early lots of money, and those that don't wish they did. The fact is technology is moving faster than people developing .mobi domains. Mobiles by this time next year will be reading standard html output as the author intended it making special coding unnecessary. That doesn't mean mobi becomes obsolete, it just lumps it in with every other tld more than it is now. Those with good keywords and in demand products/services will do fine - all these non-mobile related domains will not.
In two years we can look back and see who is right and who was wrong. Until then, not everyone is here to jump up and down at the mere mention of .mobi.
snoop said:
Where does it say this forum is only for positive comments about .mobi?, and whay would it be childish to make negative comments? People should value both sides of the debate.
I'm guessing by your reasoned response that you are an adult...