.mobi Mainstream media's take on .mobi: dazed and confused

[Keynes]

A recent FT (Financial Times) article focused on the potential issues with landrush in new extensions, but really lacks a general focus of how the market works. I suppose if we're all "squatters" then I can throw the "old media" label out there on 'em

Arrival of .mobi raises concerns

 

[-db-]

Certainly not a very positive article towards .mobi or domainers in general.

“A lot of the new domain names just compound the problem of trademark infringement and fraud.”

That quote caught my eye. I must admit, it's true. From the perspective of a company trying to protect a trademark, every time a new major extension is launched, it's extra cost and hassle for them. So I can understand the frustration.

 

[ekal]

Big companies should really consider hiring someone full-time to manage their online identity, rather than just throwing it to their lawyers when they find a roadblock.

Much better to have a $40,000 a-year staff member keeping on top of all the registrations than to spend months in court chasing after lost domain names.

A senior lawyer at Verizon Communications, the second-largest US telecommunications group, said there was no “particular business need” for “dotmobi” and the company had only registered verizon.mobi to prevent others taking it.

It probably cost them $2000 of their lawyer's time to complain about a $40 registration fee.

However, web developers said there was no technical benefit to using “dotmobi”, as websites could be designed to adapt to mobile phone screens.

As a developer myself, I would much rather split up my large-screen and small-screen websites.

 

[-db-]

Big companies should really consider hiring someone full-time to manage their online identity, rather than just throwing it to their lawyers when they find a roadblock.

Yeah, it's becoming more an issue all the time. Hmmm... perhaps a new job position (title) can be created among the corporate world, and they can hire domainers for those positions!

 

[nRnF]

Simon Burgess seems to have no idea what exactly the definition of "cyber squatter".
There is a big difference between a "cyber squatter" and a "domain investor".
I mean why everybody calls you a CS when they just foundout that for a great generic name soemone was quicker.
Its those folks, that make us get bad reputations.
(Of cource you are a CS when you register trademarked names)

 

[sf2010]

Great conversation. On a side note, when do we find out if we were successful in obtaining our "backordered" mobi domains?

I "pre-registered" 3-4 mobi domains through my registrar (not reseller) and wondering how ICANN would determine the order processing rankings?

 

[-db-]

On a side note, when do we find out if we were successful in obtaining our "backordered" mobi domains?

I have not heard a (definite) word about that from anybody.

But I'm hoping for some news early tomorrow, since I got my orders in many months ago.

Fingers crossed, eh?

 

[sf2010]

I have not heard a (definite) word about that from anybody.

But I'm hoping for some news early tomorrow, since I got my orders in many months ago.

Fingers crossed, eh?

I probably have a better chance of winning a lottery, but what the heck. You gotta be in it to win it, right?