.mobi mtld has a problem !!!

[folletx]

This is my opinion,

I think that the main target of mtld right now is to be able to promote .mobi, and they had reserved that long list of premium domain names to try to be sure that those domains would be bought and developed with a .mobi site.

The domain names sold in the first auction are not developed yet, and probably the following domain names auctioned won't either. Probably mtld is waiting for the final of the RFP process to check if this way of rolling premium names is better to asure that there will be a .mobi site working behind.

Dotmobi needs .mobi GOOD sites working and soon, because otherwise, since the announce of .mobi rollout last summer no RELEVANT .mobi sites have been developed, and that could seem that actually they are selling smoke.

:imho:

 

[scandiman]

Personaly I think this is where a lot of investors/devleopers are missing the boat. Taking into account the .mobi is designed for portable devices it makes sense that a large percentage of domains will be geocentric. Flowers.mobi is a good example. How will that be developed to cater for what essientialy is a localised flower delivery service ?. What if I live in Rome Italy, how will I find my local flower delivery store ? By positioning of the the phone ? By postcode or country ?.

Folletx has summed it up well. Currently the .mobi is being driven by the inovators rather than corporations.

My personal view.

I was around on the net at the time of mosaic and cern pushing the the technologies. I saw the oppotunity but did'nt take the chance being niave. I see the .mobi and the delivery method as the future of internet. The mobile phone companies are the future of communication. The .mobi is owned by them. Give it 5 years and the PC will be used for writting documents , the phone will be the pivitoal communications device. A new begining....

In the case of flowers.mobi I don't think the localizing aspect is all that important if their business model is similar to 1800flowers. I don't really care where my local shop is, I just care to order the dozen roses on Mother's day or a B-day or whatever. I do this for people who are 100 miles away or 3000 miles away. With a developed flowers.mobi I could do the same on my mobile device while riding the train.

 

[yoyosean]

people the ext. has only been out since sept., give it time havent any of you heard the saying Rome wasnt built in a day.

This is the problem with Americans (I am one) today everything has to happen immediately. They havent even let go of their "premium names" the mobile internet is just now really starting to evolve. Give it a little chance.

 

[scandiman]

people the ext. has only been out since sept., give it time havent any of you heard the saying Rome wasnt built in a day.

This is the problem with Americans (I am one) today everything has to happen immediately. They havent even let go of their "premium names" the mobile internet is just now really starting to evolve. Give it a little chance.

Agreed!

 

[ginggang]

In the case of flowers.mobi I don't think the localizing aspect is all that important if their business model is similar to 1800flowers. I don't really care where my local shop is, I just care to order the dozen roses on Mother's day or a B-day or whatever. I do this for people who are 100 miles away or 3000 miles away. With a developed flowers.mobi I could do the same on my mobile device while riding the train.

The example of 1800flowers actualy proves my point I think. It's an american based website. I can't order flowers from the UK on it. With flowers.mobi I can only see it working at a global level, using your precise, of sending flowers anywhere in the world.How many florists would the .mobi domain support if it was not geocentric ? How much room is there for global florist's ?

It's the way search technologies are going, I need to know information relevant to my position . The phone has the ability to provide this and drive relevant content. Half of the story on .mobi is the delivery method.

 

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[GeoOwners]

The example of 1800flowers actualy proves my point I think. It's an american based website. I can't order flowers from the UK on it. With flowers.mobi I can only see it working at a global level, using your precise, of sending flowers anywhere in the world.How many florists would the .mobi domain support if it was not geocentric ? How much room is there for global florist's ?

It's the way search technologies are going, I need to know information relevant to my position . The phone has the ability to provide this and drive relevant content. Half of the story on .mobi is the delivery method.

nicely put and most people aren't thinking about it... a ".com" site cant tell where you are ...a mobile device can

 

[ginggang]

nicely put and most people aren't thinking about it... a ".com" site cant tell where you are ...a mobile device can

It's the 'service' industry that needs to be conscious of this fact. A poker domain for example is not reliant on position, a taxi domain is or retail service is.
With my .mobi portfolio that I have (not all listed in my thread posting) a fair few are geocentric so it's obvious to someone using it what they are being deilvered relevant content to thier position.

 

[hedgefund]

The example of 1800flowers actualy proves my point I think. It's an american based website. I can't order flowers from the UK on it. With flowers.mobi I can only see it working at a global level, using your precise, of sending flowers anywhere in the world.How many florists would the .mobi domain support if it was not geocentric ? How much room is there for global florist's ?

It's the way search technologies are going, I need to know information relevant to my position . The phone has the ability to provide this and drive relevant content. Half of the story on .mobi is the delivery method.

Your PC's IP address can provide your rough location like which city you are located, at least it has been done in China. But cell phone can provide much more accurate location, with accuracy in a couple of handred yards.

Location services coupled with .mobi could provide a lot of opportunities here.

 

[ginggang]

Your PC's IP address can provide your rough location like which city you are located, at least it has been done in China. .

The .mobi was designed to be used by mobile devices specifically but you have a fixed position that changes, if you see what I mean

But cell phone can provide much more accurate location, with accuracy in a couple of hundred yards.
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Try a few meters. It's all to do with coverage on the networks.

Location services coupled with .mobi could provide a lot of opportunities here.
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It's what it is all about, mobile delivery of localized information.