Moniker slashes prices for new registrations on .mobi domains. If you want to get your hands on any unregistered .mobi domain names, now may be a good time. Moniker just announced $7.49 per year pricing on new .mobi domain registrations through ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Big Companies Go After .Mobi Domain Names
· Policy & LawA sign of strength for .mobi? Big companies file UDRPs to get .mobi domains. Are big companies starting to pay more attention to .mobi? Recent UDRP filings with WIPO and National Arbitration Forum show this may be the case. In the past two months, ... Continue Reading15 Comments
Registries Must Lobby GoDaddy for Success
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy's power in domain registration cannot be ignored. Here's a tip to any registries for new domains coming online in the next couple years: before you create your marketing strategy and invest in infrastructure, go cozy up with your new pal Bob ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Barack Obama Goes .Mobi
· UncategorizedPresumptive Democrat nominee uses .mobi for mobile web site. United States Presidential candidate Barack Obama is leveraging the mobile web to get his message out. His campaign is using ObamaMobile.mobi. And unlike most popular .mobi domain names, it ... Continue Reading13 Comments
“One Web” Vision Suggests .Mobi is a Short-Term Fix
· UncategorizedAn interview with SES speaker Cindy Krum. Earlier this month Ron Jackson posted about an interesting session at Search Engine Strategies' San Jose Show, taking place August 18-22. The session, titled "Mobile SEO: Death of the '.mobi'", suggests that ... Continue Reading61 Comments
XsitePro 2 Web Site Creation Software Releases to New Customers
· ServicesLong-awaited upgrade to software released today. Web site creation software XsitePro, which Domain Name Wire has reviewed before, released its upgrade V2 to new customers today. V2 has been available to previous customers for about a month, so I've ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Bank of America Promotes .Mobi, One Million Users
· UncategorizedBank uses .mobi in promotion of mobile online services. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) now has 1 million mobile users, reports Mobile Marketer. Bank of America has 25 million users of its online services, but the generational divide is promising: ... Continue Reading22 Comments
Premium .Mobi Domain Names Still Out of Compliance
· Policy & LawDomain Name Wire review of top 25 sales from early auction shows none are in compliance. One of the stipulations for buyers of premium .mobi domain names through Sedo, Moniker, and other venues is that buyers actually develop them. The rules ... Continue Reading12 Comments
.Mobi Domain Names Must Be Short to Succeed
· UncategorizedCompanies that can't get hands on short .mobi domains are unlikely to use the extension. At least once a month I get an e-mail or advertisement from a company I patronize informing me that they now have a mobile web site. This bodes well for the ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Domain Names: What’s Hot, What’s Not Now
· UncategorizedWhat's hot in the domain industry, and what's not? It's been a few months since I wrote the What's hot, What's not article for domain names. A lot has changed since then, so I've updated the list. What's Hot Geo Domains - geo domains have been a ... Continue Reading10 Comments