Comments on: Mobile Search,.mobi Domains, and Findability http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2007/04/07/mobile-searchmobi-domains-and-findability/ Ripping mobility from the clutches of telecom Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:28:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Harold Gerdes http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2007/04/07/mobile-searchmobi-domains-and-findability/#comment-153968 Harold Gerdes Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:55:37 +0000 http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/?p=312#comment-153968 Thanks for your information and guidance. Thanks for your information and guidance.

]]> By: XOPS http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2007/04/07/mobile-searchmobi-domains-and-findability/#comment-124508 XOPS Sun, 20 May 2007 17:42:07 +0000 http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/?p=312#comment-124508 This new site was just placed online today to provide a search directory for .mobi only websites. Users can add their sites for free, it was created so that as .mobi websites are created they can be found. This new site was just placed online today to provide a search directory for .mobi only websites. Users can add their sites for free, it was created so that as .mobi websites are created they can be found.

]]> By: John Manoogian III » Should you get a .mobi domain for your mobile service? / Inventing What's Next http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2007/04/07/mobile-searchmobi-domains-and-findability/#comment-105829 John Manoogian III » Should you get a .mobi domain for your mobile service? / Inventing What's Next Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:32:30 +0000 http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/?p=312#comment-105829 [...] shares Mike Rowehl’s post from This is Mobility, about Mobile Search, *.mobi Domains, and Findability: Tagged: Mobile, Web Services, User Experience, [...] [...] shares Mike Rowehl’s post from This is Mobility, about Mobile Search, *.mobi Domains, and Findability: Tagged: Mobile, Web Services, User Experience, [...]

]]> By: mike http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2007/04/07/mobile-searchmobi-domains-and-findability/#comment-105561 mike Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:09:13 +0000 http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/?p=312#comment-105561 Don't fret too much. Different search engines are naturally adapting and moving towards .mobi for listing mobile friendly sites. Yahoo has started to rank .mobi higher than .com sites on their yahoo.mobi or yahoo one search. For instance, my AreaCodeFinder.mobi website is ranked 1st when you type in "area code finder" in there mobile search engine. Also, when you type in admob, admob.mobi appears first. You should also consider re-designing admob.mobi and give it some functionality. Let users view their accounts/balances, etc. Good luck! Mike Don’t fret too much. Different search engines are naturally adapting and moving towards .mobi for listing mobile friendly sites.

Yahoo has started to rank .mobi higher than .com sites on their yahoo.mobi or yahoo one search.

For instance, my AreaCodeFinder.mobi website is ranked 1st when you type in “area code finder” in there mobile search engine. Also, when you type in admob, admob.mobi appears first.

You should also consider re-designing admob.mobi and give it some functionality. Let users view their accounts/balances, etc.

Good luck!

Mike

]]> By: miker http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2007/04/07/mobile-searchmobi-domains-and-findability/#comment-105286 miker Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:19:38 +0000 http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/?p=312#comment-105286 It was pretty far down even in the new interface, and didn't appear at all under web search in the old interface. I'll keep an eye on it though, I would love to see it pop up higher in the ranking. It was pretty far down even in the new interface, and didn’t appear at all under web search in the old interface. I’ll keep an eye on it though, I would love to see it pop up higher in the ranking.

]]> By: Sean Owen http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2007/04/07/mobile-searchmobi-domains-and-findability/#comment-105251 Sean Owen Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:06:09 +0000 http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/?p=312#comment-105251 This kind of site should rank better in the "Mobile Web" search and in the new combined search interface you see as part of the new mobile search interface. If admob.mobi wasn't showing up in the mobile web index, I think it was merely that it hadn't been found yet I imagine for some reason. .mobi sites should definitely be appearing on mobile search. I have reason to believe we'll get many more .mobi sites soon as we've been taking steps to make sure we're finding some sites that we may have been missing in the past. It is sometimes surprisingly difficult to locate all of the mobile web pages out there due to the nature of the mobile web. This kind of site should rank better in the “Mobile Web” search and in the new combined search interface you see as part of the new mobile search interface. If admob.mobi wasn’t showing up in the mobile web index, I think it was merely that it hadn’t been found yet I imagine for some reason. .mobi sites should definitely be appearing on mobile search. I have reason to believe we’ll get many more .mobi sites soon as we’ve been taking steps to make sure we’re finding some sites that we may have been missing in the past. It is sometimes surprisingly difficult to locate all of the mobile web pages out there due to the nature of the mobile web.

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