Is .mobi dead?

**500,000** · 08-23-2008, 08:15 PM

Today I replied a post about a domain name with the extension .mobi

I said that .mobi is dead or soon will be useless.
I was then quoted that I was making a stupid commit.

Some day in less then 5 years from now you will see news articles about how wonderful the new (branded) cell phone is.

This new cell phone will be a complete audio browser.
You can navigate with voice commands and the cell phone will read to you what's written on the website and maybe describe the pitchers if asked to.

Cheers

**dnol** · 08-23-2008, 08:42 PM

there are .me,.mo,mn,.in ,.cn
which is shorter and better for mobile sites...

especially .us

**mjnels** · 08-23-2008, 08:48 PM

yes, it died last night in its sleep.

along with mobile applications, and the entire concept of optimized/relevant content.

**Pluto459** · 08-23-2008, 08:53 PM

mobi was dead before it even launched. the new mobi is .me providing the flipping fun for the domain polluters.

any phone that can access the net has a real browser and doenst need a mobi site. never a need for it.

**mjnels** · 08-23-2008, 08:57 PM

yep, that means we wont be seeing anymore websites that use m.domain.com or domain.com/mobile or redirects to mobile sites either... browsing computer sized websites in an idle context is the best way now that the iphone is out.

**Acro** · 08-23-2008, 09:21 PM

*yawn*

**nameadvertising.com** · 08-23-2008, 11:22 PM

The best place to find the dead is at the morgue.

**Acro** · 08-23-2008, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by nameadvertising.com

The best place to find the dead is at the morgue.

If in a hurry, punch in Morgue.mobi

**CyrusL** · 08-23-2008, 11:50 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

**XF.com** · 08-24-2008, 12:33 AM

Originally Posted by CyrusL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

that's a good read right there

thanks

**Creature** · 08-24-2008, 04:42 AM

.mobi is a .dodo

One url, optimized for any device. ebay.com, amazon.com, mlb.com etc. etc. etc.

References, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo

**jasdon11** · 08-24-2008, 05:28 AM

***NEWS FLASH***

'Domain forums are in danger of being dropped from Google results due to duplicate content...'

**katherine** · 08-24-2008, 07:57 AM

Originally Posted by Pluto459

mobi was dead before it even launched. the new mobi is .me providing the flipping fun for the domain polluters.

Agreed. The speculators have got newer toys like .asia .me etc

Originally Posted by Acro

If in a hurry, punch in Morgue.mobi

Another parked, undeveloped mobi domain. Go figure.

**mjnels** · 08-24-2008, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by sdsinc

Another parked, undeveloped mobi domain. Go figure.

ohhhh noooooooo! that means .mobi sucks and is a wasteland of undeveloped domainspace!

(...nevermind that morgue.com is parked/undeveloped and always has been)

**katherine** · 08-24-2008, 10:02 AM

At least they are living up to their name

**hookah** · 08-24-2008, 01:48 PM

It must grow up. Wait a moment. I remember such voices, as in the title, when .us or .eu were being introduced. IMHO, the winner in the Rubbish .ext Competition is (still).... .name