.mobi Magazine article on mobile web

[scandiman]

Was going over some piled up reading this morning and came across a nice article on mobile web in Practical Ecommerce Jan/Feb edition. Strong mention of .mobi and also some notes on security that may be of interest to developers.

http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/396/Is-The-Mobile-Web-Right-For-Your-Ecommerce-Business/

My apologies if this has been mentioned before.

 

[namewaiter]

nice...

"Progress: dotMobi

Investments made into the progress of mobile Internet technology by traditional web giants like Microsoft and Google is the source of excitement voiced by pundits like Dodge and Dunn. Toward the end of 2006, a construct called dotMobi was made available to the business public, allowing companies — from entrepreneurships to conglomerates — to buy top-level domains "dedicated to delivering the Internet to mobile devices,"

 

[kiwi]

Fantastic, I will use this article as a reference.
Thank you!

 

[newton]

Bookmarked the site .. good reading .. thanks for posting this

 

[success83z]

Thanks Scandiman, great article on .mobi. Definitely bookmarked.

 

[scandiman]

Thanks everyone. I enjoy their practical, common sense perspective about .mobi:

"There is no requirement that business owners endeavoring to take their ebusinesses into the mobile environment sign up for a .mobi domain. However, the upside to having a .mobi domain is that savvy mobile consumers will know your mobile site complies to dotMobi organizational standards, which require your mobile site to work across a multitude of devices."