.mobi Mltd answers the skeptics and rumor spreaders

[hawkeye]

This is a response from mtld on naysayer rumors and false statements -

Link - http://dotmobi.typepad.com/dotmobi/

The most popular three rumors answered

There are three rumors floating around the blogosphere about dotMobi right now. I feel compelled to give you the CEO view on them. You may choose to ignore what I say, but I have no problem answering the mail in a public forum.

1. dotMobi investors are doing nothing with .mobi and created the company as a money making scam.

dotMobi's investors are building new products and services utilizing the .mobi domain name, the new tools available at dev.mobi, and using dotMobi to push out new industry services like our upcoming mobile phone database and our content directory. You have to remember that we are talking about the biggest mobility companies in the world whose product life cycles are long ... and confidential. The investors behind dotMobi are no more going to publicly pre-announce their competitive services using dotMobi than Apple did with the iPhone.

I do know one thing for sure: dotMobi's investors are very active building their own .mobi services which range from using the domain or developer tools to launching mobile hosting services. The mobility industry is quickly going "open Internet" and they have chosen .mobi to be one of the anchor points for their work. The signs are publicly available through dotMobi's press releases, the Membership Advisory Group which now has more than 100 companies in its membership, and the visible use of dotMobi by the investors.

For example, 3 (Hutchinson) had more traffic to their .mobi mobile site than they did to their PC-based web site last month. Telecom Italia sells a complete package to their small business customers in Italy based on .mobi. The list of examples go on and on. And that's not to mention the industry requirements for .mobi being mandatory in browsers: it will happen; it is not a matter of if, but when.

Like anything, making a new domain name for mobility integrated into the glue of the mobile web takes time, and it is occuring month by month. The signs are visible everywhere and there will be no big bang announcements. But everyone will wake up one day and either have caught the dotMobi wave or been left behind.

On to rumors number 2 and 3 ...

Continue reading "The most popular three rumors answered" »http://dotmobi.typepad.com/dotmobi/

 

[PVFARKAS]

nice. they have been reading our pages and i thank them for addressing some issues consitently raised.

 

[Jeff]

Good stuff, lots of emphasis on dev.mobi, site.mobi, and ready.mobi etc. IMHO. :blink:

I would have posted the same follow up question as Paul's as well! :talk:

... In an earlier blog post from August 21st you had mentioned regarding these upcoming premium auctions that; "You also need to know how to build mobile content or you will not be an eligible buyer."

How will mTLD be checking peoples skills to be an eligible buyer? Specifics on this would be useful so people can prepare. Thanks.

Thanks for the post, and I look forward to hearing (and seeing) much more substance (especially regarding above and the developed "ecosystem") from mTLD, IMHO. :yell:
-Jeff

 

[allnicksgone]

Cool, they used a screenshot of my video. http://bushwacker.org/hsm2.MOV
My directorial debut is taking off. Look out Spielberg, here I come.

 

[Jeff]

Live sites are important because they show proof points that dotMobi is a booming success.

Agreed ... and of the premium .MOBI domains sold thus far at the Traffic Shows, etc. and between domainers / investors of the more high-profile nature, most (if not all) of these domains remain undeveloped at this time, IMHO. A clear example is Flowers.mobi!
How will the coding standards and compliance measures ensure that these aforementioned domains become actual stand-alone websites and thus added to the important developed "ecosystem"? :yell:

And that's not to mention the industry requirements for .mobi being mandatory in browsers: it will happen; it is not a matter of if, but when.

For clarification, is this referring to a ".MOBI default"?
If so, when will this most likely occur? :gl:

Thanks.
-Jeff

 

[eyedomainous]

"The mobility industry is quickly going "open Internet" and they have chosen .mobi to be one of the anchor points for their work."

"... And that's not to mention the industry requirements for .mobi being mandatory in browsers: it will happen; it is not a matter of if, but when."​

IMO, both of these statements cannot be true. Also, the (mobile) telecoms openly opposed Google's "Open Internet" for mobiles proposal, in the FCC "whitespace" issue, before giving it a timely, partial, public embrace. The result: only about a third of the space will be 'open'. Hence the Google mobile phone story has re-surfaced... timely and coincidental I'm sure. :D

Obviously, "open internet" means different things to different interest groups. However, to the public 'open' means 'universal access'... to the full spectrum. After all... it is the "public airspace".

 

[Jeff]

Key points by blog posters!

Nice post, Eye ... also, these two guys (below) hit the nail on the head with their posts at the referenced .MOBI Blog as well, IMHO. :yell:

One thing though and I can't emphasize this enough.

Do not auction off any premium names!

If there is an auction it must be an auction between developers. How many names auctioned at traffic are now live?

I think this post cleared many things up but I really don't want to see top quality names in the hands of people that will just park them.

Content is the key which you guys are clearly behind. I know your company needs money to grow and sustain itself but if that's the case I'd rather you find other areas of revenue.

Posted by: Mike | August 29, 2007 at 08:09 PM

Its good to see you are finally going to address your holding back "premium names" You are holding 5000 names if you auction them off in blocks of 500 as you are saying and it takes six months it will be five years before all the names are sold off. If its not a money making business then just auction all of them on ebay and get them out there. You mention the dot com model repeatedly, the registar of .com did not hold the names back but let the market get them. Also yahoo and google , ebay were not domain names that were wanted by anyone. The only reason your holding these names is to make money on them. Who cares if a guy buys a domain name "rabbit.mobi" and holds onto it. You have created a walled garden of domain names, you wont release them and are holding onto them for our own good. Thanks but we dont need you to hold onto them. In spite of your efforts .mobi will be driven by corporations like Bank of America bofa.mobi a site you fellows aren't showcasing or aware of. BofA should be given bank or any name they want free. Also Disney should be given movie or any name they want and then you would be doing .mobi some good. What if in your crystal ball you saw 50 million address's sold in 5 years. You remind me Neal of the Music Man. Maybe dotmobi is for real, release all the names dont hold them hostage. By the way my company has been working in mobile websites for 7 years starting in Japan in 1999 with domode. They also had a walled garden approach. Our company is developing over 225 dotmobi sites and has invested a lot in dotmobi. We dont need any generic names we want to be like google or ebay and make it on our content. Thanks RT

Additionally, I'll add ... what happened to the RFP's? Will there be more than just the one (Weather.mobi) successful RFP prior to 500 premium .MOBI domains being auctioned / sold in the next few (up to five) months?

Looks like the rumors persist, as mTLD does little (although the post and hearing from mTLD more regularly is appreciated) to adequately address many MANY people's main concerns (as evidenced by the two posts highlighted above), in my view. Those that have developed (or are developing such as RT) their .MOBI's need the support of mTLD and the developed "ecosystem"! :imho:
Just my, and apparently their, two sense.
-Jeff

 

[acc]

Looks like the rumors persist, as mTLD does little (although the post and hearing from mTLD more regularly is appreciated) to adequately address many MANY people's main concerns (as evidenced by the two posts highlighted above), in my view. Those that have developed (or are developing such as RT) their .MOBI's need the support of mTLD and the developed "ecosystem"!

1. I wonder WHO is it that perpetuates these rumors in every thread ????????

2. Mtld has adequately addressed what SHOULD BE THE MAIN concerns of any serious, businessperson domainer - they are working on many fronts to ensure the successful adoption of the extension. More than any other TLD. They have introduced a unique TLD with great potential, they have provided tools for developers, they are working with mobile industry leaders and promoting the extension in a methodical and timely manner. The mobile web is unfolding, dotMobi will play a huge part in making it happen.

3. "Shmecosystem" - Budgie budgie budgie

 

[namewaiter]

For example, 3 (Hutchinson) had more traffic to their .mobi mobile site than they did to their PC-based web site last month.

i really think this is huge ... and it's nice to hear that there are developments going on in the background with others involved, as expected.

 

[coolred]

A response to address any concerns of a money making scam, yet including details of 500 upcoming auctions to domainers, whereafter the names will just sit parked..
Yeah, that works..
You think registries would have learned from .eu

 

[onassis]

Flowers.mobi is live not parked pages as I just checked,

 

[Jeff]

Flowers.mobi is live not parked pages as I just checked,

Huh?