.mobi Is Mobi Important?

[erikbrodch]

Hi,
Is mobi tld important? I read I can use my .com website for my mobi website. So why should I buy .mobi
Thanks

 

[DnEbook]

that's why most domainers consider that .mobi is not important

 

[erikbrodch]

Thanks

Thanks,
You saved me some money (:

 

[scandiman]

Hi,
Is mobi tld important? I read I can use my .com website for my mobi website. So why should I buy .mobi
Thanks

What if you don't have a PC website to begin with?

 

[accent]

The growth area of computing is Mobile. There are 70 times as many Com names taken as there are Mobi names. Better keyword can mean better SEO.

Yes, with device detection you can have a mobile website on Com (or on just about anything else) -
And you can have a PC website on a Mobi.

Com is the prestige address. Beyond Com (and beyond country codes) there is no basic advantage to Net, Info, TV, ME, or Biz. Or to Mobi. Or to the best of the new coming TLDs. Except customer recognition. What it means.

What does Net mean? On the internet? Already knew that.
Info? Means information. Information wants to be free, not much business there.
Mobi means Mobile, to customers and hopefully to Google.

.

 

[exsedo]

There are no "mobile websites" or "pc websites"
There are just websites.
Some are compatible with mobile devices.

 

[scandiman]

There are no "mobile websites" or "pc websites"
There are just websites.
Some are compatible with mobile devices.

Semantics doesn't address the core issue of compatibility and context. When there are sites formatted for 1k+ pixels wide and full of javascript and flash that the majority of web capable mobile devices can't even open let alone navigate effectively if it did, there clearly is a divergence of content and presentation both technologically and aesthetically when trying to effectively address site users coming from PC vs mobile. So yes there are mobile sites and PC sites, infact it's a common practice among many websites today irrespective of site naming conventions.

 

[rupert]

I've never owned a .mobi domain and I can't pretend to be a .mobi expert, but from what I've gathered over the last couple of years (from the outside looking in) .mobi has been a catastrophic failure. Many investors have lost huge amounts of money on this extension, and some continue to do so.

There's no doubt that more and more people are connecting to the internet via mobile devices, but the simple truth is that .mobi is in a steady and continued decline. Google Trends: .mobi

 

[HeyNow]

Hi,
Is mobi tld important?

No.

 

[DU]

Info? Means information. Information wants to be free, not much business there.

If I want xxasdasd.info I always start at wikipedia->xxasdasd

95% of .info's are outdated Wikipedia entries anyway.

 

[snoop]

The extension had its chance and never made it, forget about it and move on to greener pastures.

 

[freeflow]

Microsoft recently activated its dotMobi and therefore it can't be that bad. Maybe it's not so good for domainers now, but the ship is sailing on.

microsoft.mobi

 

[scandiman]

Microsoft recently activated its dotMobi and therefore it can't be that bad. Maybe it's not so good for domainers now, but the ship is sailing on.

microsoft.mobi

They also use gettag.mobi as the exclusive download website for their 2D tag apps, promote msftads.mobi as the destination site for more info for their mobile ad networks here, promote xbox.mobi here, and use live.mobi, msn.mobi, hotmail.mobi and bing.mobi though only as a redirect at this time. Seems like Microsoft is making a lot of use from such a useless extension. Domain speculator myopia isn't the only perspective worth considering but obviously is the dominant view in a domainer forum.

 

[snoop]

Microsoft recently activated its dotMobi and therefore it can't be that bad. Maybe it's not so good for domainers now, but the ship is sailing on.

microsoft.mobi

Spending 2 minutes to make a name resolve doesn't mean anything.

 

[qO_Op]

Spending 2 minutes to make a name resolve doesn't mean anything.

At least it's a step in the right direction? (:

 

[DU]

Not that it matters but an observation that I have

I generally read news/information on my phone. I don't do much "generalized" browsing. I do still use the "search" function.

What I find is that whenever I end up on a .mobi site I'm almost always happier then when I don't. The interesting thing is that most of the time I go to the .com and get redirected to the .mobi.

Bottom line. I love my iPhone but I still like the WAP enabled sites much better than pretending that my phone has a real browser.

Not sure where .mobi fits in because I still don't type it - it's a shame that there isn't more effort made on mobilizing the web though.

 

[accent]

... - it's a shame that there isn't more effort made on mobilizing the web though.

Darwin will assure it happens. The president of Google expects to be making more money from mobile than from PC in a few years.

 

[Jawed]

In the present market .mobi seems redundant. However, I think .mobi does have a future, as the tech world is moving towards mobile devices on a constant basis.

 

[metropol]

.mobi game is over

I'd rather register .info than .mobi

 

[labrocca]

You should definitely buy mobi. It's one of the better domain investments right now. Mobile is so important to the future of the internet. It's often discounted the effect mobi will have but in my view mobi will reign supreme for the mobile internet web space. If you don't have a mobi it's likely you'll problems running a mobile website.


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