.mobi More people know about Mobi than we realize

[Pred]

Dudes, before the ad campaigns start & it trickles down to public mass knowledge (mobis..lol)
i am finding more & more smaller businesses are planning for their use.
Here's an example. A bar in san antonio. Now, once their site is live & the word gets around, a lot of other bars will follow suit.
Here is a GREAT advert on their main site advertising their forthcoming mobi site.
They are obviously building the site.
I checked & the mobi was regged at godaddy by them.
http://www.maddogs.net/dot-mobi-websites/maddogs-dot-mobi-web-site.html

The beauty is, these sorts of bars hand out thousands of flyers to youngsters every night with drinks offers etc. If the .mobi website is printed on that it can only help people to think about experimenting with otherwords.mobi :bingo:

 

[thinking1]

Awesome find. I love their campaign.

"This month show our dot MOBI WEB SPECIAL on your cell phone at the door on a Saturday Night and you will save $5.00 with FREE COVER! "

That's incredible promotion.

 

[Domain Jedi]

The beauty is, these sorts of bars hand out thousands of flyers to youngsters every night with drinks offers etc. If the .mobi website is printed on that it can only help people to think about experimenting with otherwords.mobi :bingo:

Great point. The right market too.

 

[Pred]

It's great in a lot of ways. It helps the environment as less bloddy flyers given out hopefully.
Also the way these resorts work, often you get to know barowners & you get a sort of loyalty & find the bars you like, so its not unreasonable to think they may give numbers to the staff if asked for promotions, or they could fill in forms on the back of flyers with their phone & email for example, then they have the numbers for promotion.
many return to the resorts the next year too, so they can check the sites , or email the owners etc
dunno, all possibilities. good forward thinking. wonder if the owner is a part time domainer? lol

 

[thebiffenator]

Thats awsome, and if we all put in our own efforts, then .mobi will spread its mobile wings.

 

[Pred]

i think it's time for a group hug.mobi :lala:
LOL
2007 is gonna be hot! But the beginning of 2008 hotter still! :D

 

[GeoOwners]

tell them there's a gramatical error on the site... "from there you can see what our daily drinks specials we have"

great use of .mobi though !

 

[goodkarmaco]

It amazes me a little business has even heard of this and has a site already up and running. As Arnie states, the owner or maybe a person in management is probably a part time domainer. The .mobi site can only help the bar. The mobile market is one his competitors probably are not addressing, so good for them.

domainbar.mobi, lol

 

[nombre]

i am seeing more and more hits on my mobi's every day and seeing names finally get their first hits

has really been picking up even in the last _week_

the word is starting to trickle out

 

[binaryman]

Wonderful! Yep Nombre I am also getting more hits on my .mobi's every day since recently

 

[GijsZePa]

Wonderful! Yep Nombre I am also getting more hits on my .mobi's every day since recently

Same here...most are still parked with sedo (waiting for developement). But I see the number of hits increasing month by month

Martin

 

[Traveler]

The word is getting out there, little by little, I just hope it doesn't get too big to soon. We need a lot more content and development before we let this cat out of the bag. Most of the best names are not even out yet, the last thing we need is for users to start typing in "keyword".mobi at this point. That would turn just about anyone off to the extension. I would guess a HUGE percentage of keyword mobis are just parked sedo pages with links to a non mobile compliant website.

 

[GijsZePa]

The word is getting out there, little by little, I just hope it doesn't get too big to soon. We need a lot more content and development before we let this cat out of the bag. Most of the best names are not even out yet, the last thing we need is for users to start typing in "keyword".mobi at this point. That would turn just about anyone off to the extension. I would guess a HUGE percentage of keyword mobis are just parked sedo pages with links to a non mobile compliant website.

Yep...mine too (Dutch keywords), but I don't believe in parking .mobi pages for the money.
Maybe it's better to create some standard mobi compliant page with a message saying that the domain is getting developed...come back soon...

The average 0.13 eurocents a month I earn on SEDO I can miss :hehe:

Martin

 

[Pred]

The word is getting out there, little by little, I just hope it doesn't get too big to soon. We need a lot more content and development before we let this cat out of the bag. Most of the best names are not even out yet, the last thing we need is for users to start typing in "keyword".mobi at this point. That would turn just about anyone off to the extension. I would guess a HUGE percentage of keyword mobis are just parked sedo pages with links to a non mobile compliant website.

yeah thats true. although there are millions of coms that haven't been developed since the late 90's & probably never will.
however, do agree, the more development the better. i'm doing my bit. i have a couple of sites done

feel free to add rep

 

[Keith]

i am seeing more and more hits on my mobi's every day and seeing names finally get their first hits

has really been picking up even in the last _week_

the word is starting to trickle out

Your right. I have had 175 hits already this month. The names are parked with sedo and I have not put any effort into them yet. I think it is time for dev.!

keithmt

 

[nombre]

i really don't know anything about html coding

i am working hard to put up a simple website for my domains

as far as mobi's go, i would like to develop them but part of the problem is that i don't want to link to anything but another mobi

i really hope that developing mobi's will stick to this rule of only linking to other mobi's as this will really give the user a good experience

 

[thinking1]

I've been getting more hits at sedo too. I was averaging about 1 to 2 hits a day for my sites and since last week I have been averaging 6 to 8 hits a day.

We need to hurry up on getting the content out there. We really must develop our best names. Everyone must do their part.

 

[binaryman]

"as far as mobi's go, i would like to develop them but part of the problem is that i don't want to link to anything but another mobi

i really hope that developing mobi's will stick to this rule of only linking to other mobi's as this will really give the user a good experience"

Very valid point and extremely important

 

[newton]

i really don't know anything about html coding

i am working hard to put up a simple website for my domains

as far as mobi's go, i would like to develop them but part of the problem is that i don't want to link to anything but another mobi

i really hope that developing mobi's will stick to this rule of only linking to other mobi's as this will really give the user a good experience

If you want traffic and eyes on the site then you need to link through to a few .com sites that are enabled for mobile devices. Later on down the line you can move over to more .mobi sites if you so wish once they are developed.

http://www.cantoni.org/palm/
http://wapreview.com/blog/?p=90
http://winksite.com/site/mobile_sites_results.cfm?category_id=2
http://www.smartdevicecentral.com/article/Tips+12+Essential+Mobile+Sites/197371_1.aspx
http://www.pocketoptimized.com/

 

[nombre]

If you want traffic and eyes on the site then you need to link through to a few .com sites that are enabled for mobile devices. Later on down the line you can move over to more .mobi sites if you so wish once they are developed.

newton, this is helpful and leads to some observations

i used to have a palm which i wanted to access the web with but since i couldn't get what i wanted i strayed off into non-mobile sites and got a lousy experience so i sold the palm. i remembered that experience well which i am such a strong mobi believer

second, the palm screen and the phone screen are really 2 different spaces, i know that you can get a LOT more on a palm screen than on a nokia for example

so it's interesting to see how this will shake out

but your point is good, those sites you recommend should all look as good as mobi's on palm, phone or whatever small device