What are thoughts on 'm' names?

[hawkeye]

I was wondering what others thoughts were on 'm' domains, like mNashville.com, mSeniors.com, mResume.com etc, etc. I've noticed a lot of these type of names regged in my searching, and was wondering if these are the new 'i' names, which of course were the new 'e' names before that! :tri:

With a lot of people talking about mobile addresses being m.whatever.com, are they regging them for potential typo traffic, or for 'mobile' identity?? Will there/is there interest or potential here?

(Anybody one of the heavy 'm' reggers here?)

 

[DnEbook]

first i have heard of this ....... not for me at this point , but if it was an upcomming trend now would be the time to get a few !!

 

[Jeff]

Interesting topic ... and I agree with Mr. Binary, here come the "M Dots" (for mobile use: m.comcast.net -and- m.yahoo.com are prime examples)! :music:
As the Mobile Web™ further evolves and technologies advance to provide for an full web experience on devices at existing .COM sites ... these will be judged on their potential for, primarily, TRAFFIC, IMHO. :gl: :talk:

Thanks for the discussion.
-Jeff

 

[Keith]

Interesting topic ... and I agree with Mr. Binary, here come the "M Dots" (for mobile use: m.comcast.net -and- m.yahoo.com are prime examples)! :music:
As the Mobile Web™ further evolves and technologies advance to provide for an full web experience on devices at existing .COM sites ... these will be judged on their potential for, primarily, TRAFFIC, IMHO. :gl: :talk:

Thanks for the discussion.
-Jeff

Fred thinks m. will mainly be used for existing .com sites. New companies and domainers will flock to .mobi for the mobile space. Are you saying you agree with that Jeff?

Can someone explain why anyone would register mkeyword.com in relation to the mobile web? That type of name would be used for the pc thus making it void in the mobile space. After all it would be silly to make a mobile site using m.mkeyword.com.

 

[deleted984054565403]

I hadn't thought of it as a typo before, but that's very possible with more and more companies launching website for mobile devices, which seem to be using m.domain.com in many cases.

Interesting that it's being compared to iDomains and eDomains, but it certainly sounds like that's the new thing! :imho:

Can someone explain why anyone would register mkeyword.com in relation to the mobile web? That type of name would be used for the pc thus making it void in the mobile space. After all it would be silly to make a mobile site using m.mkeyword.com.

Hmm... maybe on second thought, "mDomains" might not be popping up as typos, especially if the website redirects mobile users that type in a domain to m.domain.com (Facebook does this for me on my phone). It eliminates type-ins (or whatever you call typing on a mobile device), for the most part.

 

[hawkeye]

Can someone explain why anyone would register mkeyword.com in relation to the mobile web? That type of name would be used for the pc thus making it void in the mobile space. After all it would be silly to make a mobile site using m.mkeyword.com.

Keith the only reason to put 'm.' in front of any domain is go to the mobile version site. An 'mName' would, more than likely, be set to detect mobile or pc. So no need for a seperate 'm.' site.

 

[Keith]

Keith the only reason to put 'm.' in front of any domain is go to the mobile version site. An 'mName' would, more than likely, be set to detect mobile or pc. So no need for a seperate 'm.' site.

Ah I see. That would make sense.

 

[Jeff]

Fred thinks m. will mainly be used for existing .com sites. New companies and domainers will flock to .mobi for the mobile space. Are you saying you agree with that Jeff?

Yes, like one of the examples that I provided above (in which they are presently heavily promoting at the corporate level, by the way: m.yahoo.com)! :talk:
Something must have gotten lost in translation here a bit ... I do not believe anyone seriously believes people, especially corporations, will "flock to .mobi", IMHO. :red:

Can someone explain why anyone would register mkeyword.com in relation to the mobile web? That type of name would be used for the pc thus making it void in the mobile space. After all it would be silly to make a mobile site using m.mkeyword.com.

I believe Hawkeye clarified this for you above ... but the almighty .COM extension will be effectively used for both PC and Mobile use (hence the discussion for the burgeoning "M Dots" (and, here, the potential for "m"names.com traffic in this discussion). The "dot Mobey" will be a teeny weeny tiny fraction - niche or novely use - within this greater (and full) .COM Mobile Web™ Experience (which, I guess, is fine for those wanting a niche or novelty limiting experience on their new devices) ... :blink:
Just my two sense.
-Jeff

 

[hawkeye]

Anyone else have thoughts on, or buying, 'm' names?

 

[Broker]

I've tried to reg a bunch of those myself. Even tried it with alot of different letters like u, i, c, etc etc. Even WWWMBANK.COM is taken. The problem I'm finding is someone is thinking about this stuff before me

 

[hawkeye]

I've tried to reg a bunch of those myself. Even tried it with alot of different letters like u, i, c, etc etc. Even WWWMBANK.COM is taken. The problem I'm finding is someone is thinking about this stuff before me

Dam those 'thinkers!!' :D
It's also interesting to notice that a lot of city ones, like mLosAngeles.com, and mNewYork.com, were regged as early as 2000! Even mBoise.com was taken in 2005! So I guess picking up mDenver.com today was lucky. Or $7 burnt.

 

[Steven]

I don't think mDomains are really worth anything ... at least atm.

 

[mkylut]

cool: ign.mobi

even mobile.ign.com redirects to ign.mobi

Continue to ign.mobi

m.ign.com ??????