***Zagat.mobi checks in and advertises Zagat.mobi on their PC-based website ***

[Vision]

Zagat.mobi

Interestingly, at www.zagat.com -- on the homepage they advertise their Mobile Website, Zagat.mobi (observation courtesy King Predator


About Zagat..From Wikipedia....
Zagat Survey was established by Tim and Nina Zagat in 1979 as a way to collect and correlate the ratings of restaurants by diners. For their first guide, covering New York City, the Zagats surveyed their friends. As of 2005, the Zagat Survey included 70 cities, with reviews based on the input of 250,000 individuals reporting over the years. In addition to restaurants, Zagat guides rate hotels, nightlife and shopping, music, movies, theater and golf. The guides are sold in book form, as software for personal digital assistants and mobile phones, and by paid subscription on the Web. Car manufacturer Honda included Zagat information in the GPS-based navigation systems in some of their models available in the United States, including the Acura MDX, the Acura TSX and the Honda Accord.

 

[Fredo]

great!

 

[PRED]

It's all good :approve:

They're advertising the .mobi on their homepage of the com too
Square Flash box at top :-#:
& huge vertical banner on right

They're lovin' their mobi

 

[Vision]

mTLD discusses Zagat...

August 20, 2007

Another day, another cool site ...

zagat.mobi launched today. One of the mobile content categories I've been hoping to see a lot more of -- restaurants -- is finally here. Even cooler is that they're testing the mobile marketing waters with Visa Signature aboard for an exclusive two-month mobile advertising flight. This will be an interesting case to watch for mobile advertising acceptance since the Zagat information is already well-tailored to a mobile context.

 

[DNWizardX9]

who reads zagat nowadays

 

[namewaiter]

who reads zagat nowadays

being a true PR6, i assume tens even hundreds of thousands

 

[PRED]

:smilewinkgrin:

 

[DNWizardX9]

being a true PR6, i assume tens even hundreds of thousands

I had a PR 7 back in the day and still have many PR6s.

Just cause its a "true" PR6 doesn't mean it gets tens of thousands of visitors.

 

[iDName]

LOL, DNWizard! :cell:

Good news & nice site. Works well on my mobile.

 

[Vision]

Another dotMOBI Zagat web promotion....

Here is the link:

http://www.zagat.com/promo.aspx?pn=49

Here is the text:

Introducing ZAGAT.mobi

Our Website, Now Available in Cell Phone Size FOR FREE
FREE* restaurant, nightlife and hotel information in hundreds of cities including:
important listing details
(address, phone number, hours)
handy features
(send to a friend via SMS, find nearby)
useful links
(directions, movie times, airlines)
View with any web-enabled mobile phone.

ZAGAT.com subscribers can also access premium Zagat Ratings & Reviews by using the same username and password.
Just enter http://zagat.mobi in your cell phone's web browser or click below and we'll send you a text message** with the link.

Start now by sending the
link to your phone!

 

[Gerry]

za good news for za mobi

 

[Vision]

USA Today and ABC News run stories about Zagat.mobi ...

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/story?id=3518510&page=1

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2007-08-23-zagat-mobi_N.htm

 

[Vision]

Zagat is now promoting Zagat.mobi throughout the New York subway system...


Here are photos(courtesy Tomsey):

http://mobility.mobi/attachment.php?attachmentid=95&d=1197774420

http://mobility.mobi/attachment.php?attachmentid=96&d=1197774740



Michael

 

[Gerry]

Zagat is now promoting Zagat.mobi throughout the New York subway system...

Michael

Let me get this straight.

Zagat.com is advertising their .mobi on their home page.

Then we see zagat.mobi advertised in the subways of New York City.

And now being promoted on Apple's iPhone apps site.

http://www.apple.com/webapps/entertainment/zagatmobi.html

So what does all these mean, Michael?

The end of .mobi?

The end of zagat?

Does this mean that we will have restrictions placed on the number of threads we can have regarding mobi?

Does this mean that .mobi enthusiasts are over reacting again?

When will enough be enough?

 

[Bender]

and the saga continues....

 

[DN BROKER]

All HAIL the GREAT QUEEN DOT MOBI

 

[Theo]

It means the 2000 .com bubble is about to repeat its bursting: this time with .mobi

 

[Vision]

Let me get this straight.

Zagat.com is advertising their .mobi on their home page.

Then we see zagat.mobi advertised in the subways of New York City.

And now being promoted on Apple's iPhone apps site.

http://www.apple.com/webapps/entertainment/zagatmobi.html

So what does all these mean, Michael?

The end of .mobi?

The end of zagat?

Does this mean that we will have restrictions placed on the number of threads we can have regarding mobi?

Does this mean that .mobi enthusiasts are over reacting again?

When will enough be enough?

Doc, it means the beginning of the end for the Mobiphobic Mob.

The rumormongering, the doom & gloom, the demonizing will not stop dotMobi momentum.

The 1st Law of Motion by Sir Isaac Newton states

An object that is in motion will stay in motion until a net force acts upon it.

dotMobi is in motion --there is no net force to stop it.

Not Sashass. Not Turdic. No dotMobi smear merchant can halt the progress of the dotMobi namespace on the Mobile Web.

Don't get caught on the wrong side of history.

Welcome dotMobi's progress.

The best is yet to come!



Michael

 

[DN BROKER]

It means the beginning of the end for the Mobiphobic Mob.

The rumormongering, the doom & gloom, the demonizing will not stop dotMobi momentum.

The 1st Law of Motion by Sir Isaac Newton states



dotMobi is in motion --there is no net force to stop it.

Not Sashass. Not Turdic. No dotMobi smear merchant can halt the progress of the dotMobi namespace on the Mobile Web.

Don't get caught on the wrong side of history.

Welcome dotMobi's progress.

The best is yet to come!



Michael

THAN YOU k:

 

[sashas]

just a question, off topic. Can I use a .mobi and build a normal website on it (not a mobile one), or are there any restrictions?


On topic, here's how I see Zagat.mobi: a desperate attempt by a failing website to try and be "cool and different".
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/zagat.com

A website of approx. 20k Alexa traffic rank doesn't excite me either.