*** Oh My!! ..... Marriott.mobi ***

[Raider]

Raider, of the 256 domain extensions, show me a non-dotCom extension that accomplished as much as dotMOBI in its first 11 months after entry into market.

I'm not bashing .mobi, like I said it has potential, more so than some other TLD's, I just dont beleive it will come of anything, and I have my reasons for believing that.

When I see the big corps registering .mobi, I look at it as covering your ass in case it takes off...Just how much advertising has Marriott done using marriott.mobi? I entered the domain into a Yahoo search and received 2 results.

[Gerry]

There are no longer any legitimate arguments against .mobi.

Forget protecting their brand. If Disney wanted to protect the brand High School Musical 2, the would have regged HSM2.com. But they did not. The registered and promoted HSM2.mobi on the television.

If Bank of America wanted to simply redirect BofA.mobi to BankofAmerica.com, they would not have spent millions of dollars on in house signage and placards and fliers presenting BofA.mobi to their clients. Nor would they have created an Olympic promotional television spot featuring American Kayaker Brett Hyle and BofA.mobi.

To continue to say it won't work and will not work and is not needed is foolish at best. The members of this forum do not sit on the boards of the Fortune 500, 100, or Fortune 50 companies making marketing decisions. Decisions that are not only based on their current customer demographics but on the simple premise...

what can we do to add service and value to our current customers and how do we attract new customers.

There is no "brand protection". There is branding and marketing and market saturation with those brands. Market saturation involves the literal saturation of all marketing and media options, including the mobile internet.

Is the mobile internet on it's way? No. It is here.

What are people waiting for?

The argument that cell phones can auto detect is true. Why do we need .mobi if this can be done? Try your cell phone on BofA.mobi and BofA.com. Which is easier to navigate? Which is faster to load?

Companies and marketing people know that in order to keep someone's attention and keep them tuned into your site, you have on average 3-5 seconds. After that, your potential customer is gone.

And here's another piece of advice, which I am sure a great many of you are tired of hearing from me by now.

Actually, it is a question.

Guess what?

.mobi works on a PC and a mobile phone. With ease, fast loading, and low bandwidth usage.

Take a look at SDCA.mobi on the PC and your phone.

Why would anyone want to miss an opportunity like this? A chance to have your site on the PC and in your hand? Take the web with you.

The mobile internet is not coming. It is here.

[PVFARKAS]

There are no longer any legitimate arguments against .mobi.

To continue to say it won't work and will not work and is not needed is foolish at best.

Is the mobile internet on it's way? No. It is here.

What are people waiting for?

Why would anyone want to miss an opportunity like this?

The mobile internet is not coming. It is here.

lovin' it. can't believe this still needs to be said. its been such a nice month

[Raider]

Forget protecting their brand. If Disney wanted to protect the brand High School Musical 2, the would have regged HSM2.com. But they did not. The registered and promoted HSM2.mobi on the television.

They couldn't because HSM2.com was regged to someone else dating back to 2003, I'm sure if it was available, .com would of been the TLD of choice. HSM2.mobi was regged by Disney just last month, Teens love to text using their mobile devices and here you have a long name for a popular show, so its not surprising Disney would choose this Acronym.TLD over others.

Yahoo:

1 - 10 of about 34 for " HSM2.mobi" - ACTIVE SITE
NO Sponsored links in Yahoo.

1 - 10 of about 710 for " "HSM2".com - NON ACTIVE PAGE
13 Sponsored links on the first page, for a domain Disney does not own.

[Gerry]

Teens love to text using their mobile devices and here you have a long name for a popular show, so its not surprising Disney would choose this Acronym.TLD over others.

You mean teens would rather spend time on the mobile internet, on their phones?

And Disney needs how many links on the internet? TV is bad for business?

Seems to be more effort being put to why this and why that.


Why are cell phones outselling PC's and Laptops 4:1? Why are their 3.5 billion cell phones in the world right now?

This is not picking some magic numbers for the powerball. This is 4:1 odds that it will succeed. I like those odds. I like the 3.5 billion cell phones in the world. I hope like hell 2.5 million of them are in teenagers hands.

I think Disney will do just fine without the links showing up. I have a feeling they know about these links linking to each other:

The Walt Disney Company 500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521
(818) 560-1000
http://disney.go.com/corporate/





Film

Walt Disney Pictures

Touchstone Pictures

Hollywood Pictures

Miramax Films
Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Pixar

Broadcast Television



ABC Network

Owned and Operated Television Stations

* WLS - Chicago
* WJRT - Flint
* KFSN - Fresno
* KTRK - Houston
* KABC - Los Angeles
* WABC - New York City
* WPVI - Philadelphia
* WTVD - Raleigh - Durham
* KGO - San Francisco
* WTVG - Toledo

Cable Television

ESPN
ABC Family
Disney Channel
Toon Disney
SOAPnet
Lifetime Network (partial)
A&E (partial)
E! (partial)



Radio
ABC Radio

* WKHX – Atlanta
* WYAY – Atlanta
* WDWD – Atlanta
* WMVP – Chicago
* WLS – Chicago
* WZZN – Chicago
* WRDZ – Chicago
* WBAP – Dallas
* KSCS – Dallas
* KMEO – Dallas
* KESN – Dallas
* KMKI – Dallas
* WDRQ – Detroit
* WJR – Detroit
* WDVD – Detroit
* KABC – Los Angeles
* KLOS – Los Angeles
* KDIS – Los Angeles
* KSPN – Los Angeles
* KQRS – Minneapolis - St. Paul
* KXXR – Minneapolis - St. Paul
* KDIZ – Minneapolis - St. Paul
* WGVX – Minneapolis - St. Paul
* WGVY – Minneapolis - St. Paul
* WGVZ – Minneapolis - St. Paul
* WABC – New York City
* WPLJ – New York City
* WQEW – New York City
* WEVD – New York City
* KGO – San Francisco
* KSFO – San Francisco
* KIID – Sacramento
* KMKY – Oakland
* WMAL – Washington DC
* WJZW – Washington DC
* WRQX – Washington DC
* KQAM – Wichita
* KKDZ – Seattle
* WSDZ – St. Louis
* WWMK – Cleveland
* KMIX – Phoenix
* KADZ – Denver
* KDDZ – Denver
* WWMI – Tampa
* KMIC – Houston
* WMYM – Miami
* WWJZ – Philadelphia
* WMKI – Boston
* WDZK – Hartford
* WDDZ – Providence
* WDZY – Richmond
* WGFY – Charlotte
* WDYZ – Orlando
* WMNE – West Palm Beach
* WEAE – Pittsburgh
* WDRD – Louisville
* WPPY – Albany, NY
* KPHN – Kansas City
* WQUA – Mobile
* WBML – Jacksonville
* WFDF – Flint
* WFRO – Fremont, OH
* WDMV – Damascus, MD
* WHKT – Norfolk Radio Disney
* ESPN Radio (syndicated programming

Music

Buena Vista Music Group
Walt Disney Records
Hollywood Records
Lyric Street Records

Publishing

Book Publishing Imprints

o Hyperion
+ Miramax BooksESPN BooksTheiaABC Daytime PressHyperion Audiobooks
+ Hyperion East
* Disney Publishing Worldwide
+ Cal Publishing Inc.
+ CrossGen
* Hyperion Books for Children
# Jump at the SunVolo
# Michael di Caupa Books
+ Disney Global Children's Books
# Disney PressGlobal Retail
# Global Continuity

Magazine titles include:

* Automotive Industries
* Biography (with GE and Hearst)
* Discover
* Disney Adventures
* Disney Magazine
* ECN News
* ESPN Magazine (distributed by Hearst)
* Family Fun
* Institutional Investor
* JCK
* Kodin
* Top Famille - French family magazine
* US Weekly (50%)
* Video Business
* Quality


Parks and Resorts

Disneyland Resort

Walt Disney World Resort

Tokyo Disney Resort

Disneyland Resort Paris

Hong Kong Disneyland



Other
Buena Vista Theatrical Productions
The Disney Store
Disney Cruise Line
ESPN Zone
Disney Toys
The Baby Einstein Company
Walt Disney Internet Group

[Raider]

You mean teens would rather spend time on the mobile internet, on their phones?

They spend more time on the phone, For Teens, "Texting" is IN and email is out, there was a article about this not long ago, I'll try to find it and post it.

[Gerry]

But I also have no doubt that if Disney felt the best way to reach their audience was via HSM2.COM, they would have paid what ever it took to purchase or secure that domain name. Just as I have no doubt that this was a marketing decision by the Disney powers that be to promote and market High School Musical 2 in this manner. Disney no doubt knows who their market demographics are, where they will be, and how best to reach them...through that cell phone in their hands or in their hands or in their backpack. They are literally carrying their computer with them. That is the amazing part of all of this. T

hese cell phones are more than just phones. I recently purchased the Helio Ocean and I am blown away at the technology and capability.

But this isn't just about focusing on one domain, one site, one market. How many links does Baidu.mobi needs when Baidu.com is the largest search engine in China?

Like I say, I like the odds of success with this. The .mobi domain is not a ccTLD, it is not local or regional...its global.

It is young, but I just did a google search for site:mobi

Results 1 - 10 of about 2,760,000 for site:.mobi

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[replic8te]

thanks for all the .mobi validation, regardless of personal opinions.

happy domaining,
Mike