Where did the .mobi haters go!?

[seanboy]

lol..

Reading this thread made me really hungry...

I ate Mongolian BBQ tonight and it was awesome. Thanks alot!

 

[Duckinla]

I ate Mongolian BBQ tonight and it was awesome. Thanks alot!

Did you harvest mongolianbbq.mobi? I'll give you a few minutes before I rev up ol Gobi and pick it up myself. Probably $xx,xxx developed?

 

[seanboy]

Did you harvest mongolianbbq.mobi? I'll give you a few minutes before I rev up ol Gobi and pick it up myself. Probably $xx,xxx developed?

lol...saw that one coming

 

[Terminator]

I think your title should be "Where did the .mobi critics go?" I'm not going to say where .mobi's future will be 1 or 2 years from now, because I really dont know, Technology and use will ultimately determine this TLD's fate, if an alternative format catches on such as the use of hostnames within an existing domain or cascading style sheets or another form of adaptation, .MOBI will be another TLD resting in the graveyard...Only time will tell.

 

[katherine]

Somebody was asking why the .mobi threads and the market were still so lively 4 months later.
The reasons are quite obvious:
- the TLD is way overhyped
- the TLD is particularly controversial. That's why there are so many heated discussions. IMO that's the one TLD ICANN should have never approved.
There are other TLDs that I don't like either.

BTW I checked the nic.mobi website today and tried to validate 3 pages at random through W3C validation service.
Verdict:

This page is not Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict!

I find it quite ironic that the registry intends to police .mobi sites for compliance, yet their own site coding is not compliant.
NB: I checked using a PC and not a mobile device.

 

[iDName]

Heres a good example of a .com using their .mobi well imo.
http://www.propertymaps.mobi/ http://www.propertymaps.com/
They promote .mobi on their .com. Check it out. :ranger: :llama:

k:

 

[PRED]

Heres a good example of a .com using their .mobi well imo.
http://www.propertymaps.mobi/ http://www.propertymaps.com/
They promote .mobi on their .com. Check it out. :ranger: :llama:

k:

Hey, that is an interesting one. Cheers idname
Pred

 

[Asperger]

Somebody was asking why the .mobi threads and the market were still so lively 4 months later.
The reasons are quite obvious:
- the TLD is way overhyped
- the TLD is particularly controversial. That's why there are so many heated discussions. IMO that's the one TLD ICANN should have never approved.
There are other TLDs that I don't like either.

BTW I checked the nic.mobi website today and tried to validate 3 pages at random through W3C validation service.
Verdict:


I find it quite ironic that the registry intends to police .mobi sites for compliance, yet their own site coding is not compliant.
NB: I checked using a PC and not a mobile device.

You were validating a .Mobi page using a XHTML 1.0 Strict validation service :?:

.Mobi sites shouldn't be using XHTML 1.0 Strict anyway, the correct validator you should be using XHTML-MP Validator :whip:

:violin:

 

[Domain Jedi]

Did you harvest mongolianbbq.mobi? I'll give you a few minutes before I rev up ol Gobi and pick it up myself. Probably $xx,xxx developed?

You got a good laugh out of me. I almost woke up my wife!

 

[katherine]

You were validating a .Mobi page using a XHTML 1.0 Strict validation service :?:

.Mobi sites shouldn't be using XHTML 1.0 Strict anyway, the correct validator you should be using XHTML-MP Validator :whip:

:violin:

I mean the http://pc.mtld.mobi/ site which is the version for PCs, since I am using a PC.

 

[Asperger]

You're correct dear.It's a strange example for them to set. :attention:

 

[Domain Jedi]

Do I hear the Gobi in the distance harvesting? No seriously, it’s good to see that the mood on this thread has lightened up. My wife is making breakfast burritos this morning and yes, breakfastburritos.mobi is available!

 

[maroulis]

Do I hear the Gobi in the distance harvesting? No seriously, it’s good to see that the mood on this thread has lightened up. My wife is making breakfast burritos this morning and yes, breakfastburritos.mobi is available!

makemebreakfast.mobi is also available. Imagine you wake up in the morning, switch on your cell, on your way to restroom to "lighten up", what better service to use than makemebreakfast.mobi (or for those more hardcode makemebreakfastbiatch.mobi) - automatically alerts your wife to get out of the bed and do something for a change (!)

 

[Raider]

If theirs going to be 2 formats, I think ultimately web sites are going to offer a choice of HTML or XHTML or whatever the mobile format is, much like what they did with Flash, where a welcome screen gives the visitor a choice of HTML or Flash, many sites still have this, thats what I would expect today for example, if I was using my mobile device to book a room at the Venetian hotel in Vegas, this would be the most convenient option for me as a user, rather than guessing whether to type in "venetian.mobi" first, and looking at a dead page, compliments of a speculator that never developed it....

 

[3dGEEK]

makemebreakfast.mobi is also available. Imagine you wake up in the morning, switch on your cell, on your way to restroom to "lighten up", what better service to use than makemebreakfast.mobi (or for those more hardcode makemebreakfastbiatch.mobi) - automatically alerts your wife to get out of the bed and do something for a change (!)

I must say, You seem to have one of most Creative Brains on this forum when It comes to those Eureka Moments and Outdtanding Ideas :yes:

Keep it up maroulis k: (..eerrm, Creating new ideas that is :lol: )

Peace 'Yo

 

[maroulis]

I must say, You seem to have one of most Creative Brains on this forum when It comes to those Eureka Moments and Outdtanding Ideas :yes:

Keep it up maroulis k: (..eerrm, Creating new ideas that is :lol: )

Peace 'Yo

I know it's very hard to compete with somebody who has turned $8 to $5000 (LMFAO), and has the vision to register some of the domains in your signature, but you know.. I try.....:approve:

 

[3dGEEK]

I know it's very hard to compete with somebody who has turned $8 to $5000 (LMFAO), and has the vision to register some of the domains in your signature, but you know.. I try.....:approve:

LMFAO ?? :?:

Please elaborate, Thanks :yes:

 

[maroulis]

there's always google for these hard to understand acronyms or better google.mobi for all you .mobi enthusiasts

 

[3dGEEK]

there's always google for these hard to understand acronyms or better google.mobi for all you .mobi enthusiasts

WOW - Never knew Laughing had its Side Effects too :lol:

 

[Vision]

Deafening amongst anti-mobi? for what? a banned gambling site that you can't use if you are US resident or for an nba.mobi site that redirects?

Maroulis, we know you live in the world capital of ignorance & backwardness, but you give Texans a bad name.

Maroulis, digest this.

Here are a few NON-Trademarked domains out of thousands that were hand regged by Fortune 1000 companies.....

Are these companies suckers too?

NewYearsEve.mobi - Disney
GameDay.mobi - ESPN
MobileTvPhone.mobi - Samsung
MobileNews.mobi - Microsoft
FlowersToGo.mobi - 1-800-Flowers
MobileGear.mobi - Target
Refill.mobi - Cingular
Cosmetique - L'Oreal
LiveNews.mobi - Microsoft
BabySteps.mobi - G.E.
FilmSchool.mobi - Cablevision
3DGames.mobi - Qualcomm
uti.mobi -Johnson & Johnson
5Takes.mobi - Disney Channel
I could provide you thousands of other examples....

1-800-Flowers placed a $190,000 offer for Flowers.mobi at TRAFFIC, was the CEO a sucker?

Several $xxx,xxx & $xx,xxx .mobi sales have happened in only 4 months......tv, .eu , .info & .biz have all taken a dump in the toilet.

Several Fortune 1000 companies have launched spectacular dot mobi sites onto the Mobile Web that do not redirect.

Here is a summation by a Fortune 1000 firm Brand Marketer speaking about dot mobi:

WHAT MOBI ISN'T:
- MOBI is not a technological breakthrough.
- MOBI is not a solution to easily surfing the mobile web.
- MOBI is not the birth of the mobile web.

WHAT MOBI IS:
- MOBI is an outstanding global alternate to COM in the mobile space.
- MOBI has some level of awareness.
- MOBI will be utilized to develop appealing websites for mobile surfers.
- MOBI is... the next ORG.

Maroulis, go maunder about mobi.

Michael