Ok
I am going to be modest with you guys and explain:
I have been reading old posts since .mobi was launched and it has enlightened me:
"dot mobi" is solely designed for on the move market, not very long WebPages like .com on pda's, therefore it serves a different purpose, different market in a certain sense. Yes u guys will know this, most of you, but it’s an important point I feel.
Now think about it, that means only pages involving certain categories are guaranteed to do well:
travel, news headlines, sports scores,games,betting,timetables,ticket purchase etc
As far as the rest of the .mobi categories are concerned, it all depends if .mobi can break the .com spell, as many domains have come forward .country specific, .eu,.org.net, but have not come close to .com’s success, but here is an interesting point: on .mobi defaulting:
As i said in an earlier post, Neil Edwards says, there is no problem with .com as being used instead of .mobi for mobile devices, but .com has some licensing restrictions,
I don’t know if this is true, but that’s what he said!!!!!
Can someone check on this and confirm with there domaining guru knowledge please.
So this license restriction on .com can be the only thing helping .mobi becoming the default extension for mobiles/ cell devices.
U guys are concentrating on the right thing about defaulting, but also keep an eye on, with open mind on these points:
.mobi has done very cheap advertising so far, and everything has come from .mobi itself so far.
They are letting the consumers drive it, so whatever the next big change we will see, weather its defaulting of .mobi, has to be interesting.
I think personally its too early for the defaulting to take place.
My Thoughts:
They will spread out all the premium domain names in that list ( excel file) over a long period of time, I ask why do this?, are they trying to keep .mobi alive for as long as possible?, because they realize that .com will still be .com on mobile devices?
.mobi may be building a case to be the defaulting domain, by getting acceptance as the web std domain for mobiles from consumer interest and acceptance.
also .mobi is waiting for other mobile devices like iphone, and providers (carriers) to bring out there products and services first and follow them or use them, and there mistakes (improving on these mistakes) to give there name the big status.
But on thee other hand its possible and more likely .mobi may well want to be on top before fixed rate broadband for mobile devices kicks of in a big way, and its common knowledge and cheap for the average consumer(part of the std mobile phone package)
Please share your thoughts on your opinion of .mobi so far, and why there is no adverting promoting from the carriers.
.mobi simply says as you know: we are working with our carriers, lol,
I wish they would work faster, i know .mobi has picked up really fast, but that’s just the market now, trends are like that!
We also need to list the restrictions that .mobi poses and the advantages in a thread, and also more importantly how .mobi can help the current mobile based web environmental issues/limitations!!
Though limitations may be wiped out by 2008
This is a thread we need: ".mobi intentions/analysis" on here,
Thanks
I am going to be modest with you guys and explain:
I have been reading old posts since .mobi was launched and it has enlightened me:
"dot mobi" is solely designed for on the move market, not very long WebPages like .com on pda's, therefore it serves a different purpose, different market in a certain sense. Yes u guys will know this, most of you, but it’s an important point I feel.
Now think about it, that means only pages involving certain categories are guaranteed to do well:
travel, news headlines, sports scores,games,betting,timetables,ticket purchase etc
As far as the rest of the .mobi categories are concerned, it all depends if .mobi can break the .com spell, as many domains have come forward .country specific, .eu,.org.net, but have not come close to .com’s success, but here is an interesting point: on .mobi defaulting:
As i said in an earlier post, Neil Edwards says, there is no problem with .com as being used instead of .mobi for mobile devices, but .com has some licensing restrictions,
I don’t know if this is true, but that’s what he said!!!!!
Can someone check on this and confirm with there domaining guru knowledge please.
So this license restriction on .com can be the only thing helping .mobi becoming the default extension for mobiles/ cell devices.
U guys are concentrating on the right thing about defaulting, but also keep an eye on, with open mind on these points:
.mobi has done very cheap advertising so far, and everything has come from .mobi itself so far.
They are letting the consumers drive it, so whatever the next big change we will see, weather its defaulting of .mobi, has to be interesting.
I think personally its too early for the defaulting to take place.
My Thoughts:
They will spread out all the premium domain names in that list ( excel file) over a long period of time, I ask why do this?, are they trying to keep .mobi alive for as long as possible?, because they realize that .com will still be .com on mobile devices?
.mobi may be building a case to be the defaulting domain, by getting acceptance as the web std domain for mobiles from consumer interest and acceptance.
also .mobi is waiting for other mobile devices like iphone, and providers (carriers) to bring out there products and services first and follow them or use them, and there mistakes (improving on these mistakes) to give there name the big status.
But on thee other hand its possible and more likely .mobi may well want to be on top before fixed rate broadband for mobile devices kicks of in a big way, and its common knowledge and cheap for the average consumer(part of the std mobile phone package)
Please share your thoughts on your opinion of .mobi so far, and why there is no adverting promoting from the carriers.
.mobi simply says as you know: we are working with our carriers, lol,
I wish they would work faster, i know .mobi has picked up really fast, but that’s just the market now, trends are like that!
We also need to list the restrictions that .mobi poses and the advantages in a thread, and also more importantly how .mobi can help the current mobile based web environmental issues/limitations!!
Though limitations may be wiped out by 2008
This is a thread we need: ".mobi intentions/analysis" on here,
Thanks
