I read via MobHappy that .mobi Gets Sold Off.
.mobi has been a topic that stirred a lot of discussions, especially when it was introduced 4 or 5 years ago. Many, as I, believed (and still believe) that the new top level domain was not really necessary since top level domains shouldn’t determine how or what content is to be served, but rather the connecting device class, as determined by the content-server, should be used to determine what or how to best serve the content. Because of this I was skeptical and kind of defensive when dotMobi was introduced, and I was not the only one.
But I believe that a lot of good things came out from dotMobi as it definitely created a lot of awareness about mobile and the mobile web both commercial and for developers. I give a lot of credit to James Pearce, then VP of Technology at dotMobi, who had the vision and the passion. I believe he was sincere when he was pushing for .mobi and in the end it made a real impact; today people know mobile and that dotMobi means mobile. James is no longer at dotMobi, the company is now getting sold, and let’s see what is next for dotMobi.
I have the feeling .mobi is here to stay, but perhaps it should not be about “mobile content” (its original purpose), but about “mobile companies or institutions”, similarly to how .com is about commercial, and .net about network such as network provider, and .edu about educational institutions.
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