The dotmobi team have put a shop up offering a range of branded items. The selection is quite good and hopefully they’ll be adding to it. The only annoying thing is that you can’t pay by paypal at the moment
Category: mobi
Neil Edwards Dispels Myths and Makes a Promise
I’ve written about .mobi quite a bit over the last few months. There are a few reasons for this: I’ve met most of the team and thought they were cool people They’re actually based in Ireland and employ Irish people (yes that is a bit of national pride you’re seeing!) They seem to have a… Continue reading Neil Edwards Dispels Myths and Makes a Promise
Shaping a TLD – Policy and more
Caroline Greer’s latest article on the dotMobi blog caught my attention, as I was thinking about registry policies and development quite a bit over the last few days, especially in light of recent news concerning the IE namespace. Dotmobi, in common with a lot of other registries, has an advisory group that is able to… Continue reading Shaping a TLD – Policy and more
Neil Edwards on DotMobi Site Launches
Sex sells, so it’s hardly surprising that Neil Edwards, CEO of Mtld, the dotmobi registry, in a post on the company blog last night chose to catch people’s attention with the headline: “sex.mobi To Go On Sale, And More” Was he really that interested in sex? Probably not more than any other guy, but what… Continue reading Neil Edwards on DotMobi Site Launches
Tracking the weather on your mobile – weather.mobi goes live
Weather.mobi is the first of the premium dotmobi domains to go live. The registry made an official announcement a few hours ago and the site is already up and running. Unlike paramount.mobi, that reserves a lot of its premium content for US subscribers only, weather.mobi provides local weather information for even the smallest of Irish… Continue reading Tracking the weather on your mobile – weather.mobi goes live
mobi takeup reflected in serps
I wrote recently about how usage as opposed to fluffy PR was the best strategy to promote a new TLD. The guys over in dotmobi obviously agree (they even included my post in their latest newsletter!) and their most recent article is about the takeup of the domain as measured by search engine results /… Continue reading mobi takeup reflected in serps
Bringing a tld to life
One of the key elements in any domain space is usage. It doesn’t matter how potentially “cool” or “interesting” a TLD is if nobody is actually using it to provide content. It may be overused and totally abused, but “content is king”! The guys in dotmobi posted yesterday about some of the more interesting domains… Continue reading Bringing a tld to life
Mobi Ready Tools Upgraded
.mobi is aimed at mobile devices and all domains are meant to serve mobile ready content. While that may sound like a nice idea, or possibly a bit crazy, the people running the registry, which is based in Dublin, Ireland, take it very seriously. Of course they know that it’s not going to be that… Continue reading Mobi Ready Tools Upgraded
Dublin.mobi – Will They Take it?
Caroline Greer has announced that 650 .mobi city names will be made available towards the end of August. The full list may be seen here (PDF) and includes dublin.mobi Local authorities will be able to make use of the domains, unlike what happened with so many city / place names in the .eu namespace: These… Continue reading Dublin.mobi – Will They Take it?
Dot Asia – Ramping up for launch
The dot.asia registry team are currently touring the globe to promote and inform the domain market about the next big thing. When you take into consideration the overall Asian market, then it’s easy to see how the new regional domain could become an important force. Dot asia have the distinct advantage of having been able… Continue reading Dot Asia – Ramping up for launch