.mobi WOW: World.mobi and City.mobi is live, "Say Hello to World.mobi" from mtld blog

[ChineseDomain]

Is it a good news? I think so :imho:

http://dotmobi.typepad.com/dotmobi/2008/03/say-hello-to-wo.html#comments

You may remember -- exactly one month ago -- that Caroline Greer mentioned on this blog we'd have exciting news about our portfolio of reserved "cityname.mobi" domains. Well, it's here: say hello to world.mobi, a joint venture (JV) between UK-based web-design firm Fortune Cookie and dotMobi.

This JV lets us bring together the travel-industry expertise of Fortune Cookie and the mobility expertise of dotMobi to create more than 600 sites, utilizing dotMobi's "cityname.mobi" domains for tourists around the world. Fortune Cookie is a heavy hitter in the travel industry with huge marketing reach and impressive resources -- and we are very excited to partner with them in this venture.

world.mobi is an extension of the City Names Application Process. Government entities are still entitled to apply for their city names but, in the absence of any application, world.mobi will provide the relevant city site. This is a major content roll-out, and one that should seal the deal in showing the value of a cityname.mobi site.

The JV was discussed during part of a World Travel Awards event happening currently in Berlin, but the formal announcement and outreach is planned for a bit later in the spring because the JV is still finalizing some of the work around world.mobi. In the meantime, Internet Travel News just published an article that will give you a bit more information about the JV and its plans.

If you have an existing or planned cityname.mobi site and would like to discuss becoming part of the world.mobi network of cityname.mobi sites in some way, you can contact world.mobi's general manager, David Ryder, via email.

 

[bachelor2000]

good news! nice site!

 

[-REECE-]

This is EXACTLY what I was hoping we'd see mtld do with the reserved names...

Great news! :tu:

 

[DomainTalker]

Yes, very, very good news....

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[ChineseDomain]

This is EXACTLY what I was hoping we'd see mtld do with the reserved names...

Great news! :tu:

It will raise a concern from me. If mtld try to operate the domain name, and can get profit from it, then mtld may keep as many premium name as possible for develop by themselves rather than put it to enduser. It it will happen, it will keep many enduser out of the dotMobi doors to get the premium names.

For example, no one can get the site.mobi or dev.mobi anymore since dotMobi have used it already.

 

[-REECE-]

If mtld does a good job with this though, it'll be like having 600 more endusers

Alot of big companies like Microsoft and Google own hundreds, some even thousands of domain names.


Less premiums out there means higher prices for everything of "premium" quality that's currently out there.

It will raise a concern from me. If mtld try to operate the domain name, and can get profit from it, then mtld may keep as many premium name as possible for develop by themselves rather than put it to enduser. It it will happen, it will keep many enduser out of the dotMobi doors to get the premium names.

For example, no one can get the site.mobi or dev.mobi anymore since dotMobi have used it already.

 

[hedgefund]

Great news, thanks.

 

[Keith]

If mtld does a good job with this though, it'll be like having 600 more endusers

Alot of big companies like Microsoft and Google own hundreds, some even thousands of domain names.


Less premiums out there means higher prices for everything of "premium" quality that's currently out there.

Spot on! I don't care who owns them as long as
the names are done justice.

 

[sags]

Excellent news.

It is such a simple idea, that it is brilliant.