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    Exclamation Speculation in the .mobi namespace

    So I was curious to known the actual extent of speculation in the .mobi TLD.
    I thought having a look at which name servers are used would provide some clues.

    I parsed today's zone file and looked for domain names parked with known PPC providers.

    I used the following sources to compile a source of known parking name servers:
    http://www.namepros.com/parking-and-...ameserver.html
    http://www.ohashi.info/domain_parking

    Remarks:
    • A few mobi names have no name servers set, so they are missing from the zone files
    • It is possible to park a name using managed DNS, so the list is conservative
    • I am pretty sure that many domains are redirected, or not used at all


    You can check the report here.

    Now I will let you comment the results. I know there will be a lot of ifs and buts
    Personally I think the number of parked domains is pretty high.
    Now don't get me wrong, there is a lot of speculation going on in other extensions, but the other extensions are well-established and not lacking development. Anyway I am not surprised at the results.

    Is the glass half empty or half full ? You decide
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    wow, almost 900,000 regged - nice!
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    Mobi is coming along, slower than we would like, perhaps, but the people running the registry have a lot of good ideas and are not afraid to change course if something is not working.
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    Quote Originally Posted by accent View Post
    Mobi is coming along, slower than we would like, perhaps, but the people running the registry have a lot of good ideas and are not afraid to change course if something is not working.
    Personally, I don't think it's slower than I'd like -- well, okay, sure, I'd love if it were huge right away -- but many of us have been saying since the beginning that we'd be looking at a 3- to 5-year buildup.

    The progress in this year and a half has been great.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dagersh View Post
    The progress in this year and a half has been great.
    I agree, no one can really say it's been a flop as some predicted at the start. If anything, what's holding it back is the slow adoption of mobile internet use in North America compared to places like Japan.
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