Will .mobi be a damp squid? - Page 2 - Irish SEO, Marketing & Webmaster Discussion

jmcc · #11 (**permalink**) 26-09-2006, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by blacknight

And what about .tel ?

And the whole enum thing? Actually the .tel thing could be the old telcos getting worried about the shift from fixed line telephony to mobile telephony. The whole domain extension thing is becoming a bit strange. Much of it stems from the fact that many domains (in .com at least) are never used and as such there is an artificial rarity.

Regards...jmcc

blacknight · #12 (**permalink**) 26-09-2006, 12:44 AM

Enum's a bit different... I wouldn't lump it into the same category

I'd agree with you about the false rarity thing alright... A lot of potentially useful domains aren't ever going to be available...

RedCardinal · #13 (**permalink**) 26-09-2006, 02:57 PM

No Irish registrars applied for .mobi?

dotmobi - Find A Registrar

Land rush began today. I would imagine with minimum 2 years and ~$30 p.a. we could expect a little less spam than the .eu?

blacknight · #14 (**permalink**) 26-09-2006, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by RedCardinal

No Irish registrars applied for .mobi?

.mobi's based in Dublin, but there's only one Irish company that is ICANN accredited at present

blacknight · #15 (**permalink**) 27-09-2006, 01:20 PM

Grabbed 4 of them today for clients

RedCardinal · #16 (**permalink**) 27-09-2006, 02:47 PM

So a few people are taking a nibbe then?

Have to admit I put in an order for two myself yesterday

Is it first come first served at the moment? Just when I registered them I thought I saw that there was no guarantees (and I'm a bit of a domain dummy).

Obvious single word generics seemed to be gone.

blacknight · #17 (**permalink**) 27-09-2006, 02:55 PM

Single word generics weren't ever available:
.mobi restricts generic domains - I Squatted Your .EU

RedCardinal · #18 (**permalink**) 27-09-2006, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by blacknight

Single word generics weren't ever available:
.mobi restricts generic domains - I Squatted Your .EU

Aha... so thats why I couldnt regiter taxis.mobi

Funny taxi, taxis isn't on the list - they would seem like very obvious ones to me? They restricted web, webmaster but not webdesign??

But they do have some really obscure ones on there, I mean beachvolleyball.mobi, halloweencostumes.mobi, gonorrhea.mobi

blacknight · #19 (**permalink**) 27-09-2006, 08:48 PM

I think they may have taken a leaf out of .fm's book and restricted domains that they saw as being "marketable"
Some of their choices were a bit odd though ....

RedCardinal · #20 (**permalink**) 28-10-2006, 11:52 AM

I see that .mobi's are going for $14.99 over on godaddy now. Originally priced at $29.99.

I wonder are we going to see a load of spam and MFA appearing on .mobi?

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