Do we still need indivisual mobile site name? The answer is YES! Let’s see why.

Please think and try about the following aspects when you decide your strategy!

>> Does it really work? Try your site and see how augly it is after transcoded by google!

User camplains: Google Scrapes your Content

The scrapped version of my site started with a message at the top of the page reading “this page adapted for your browser comes from www.flights-au.com.au and is not endorsed by Google.”

The base of my webpage shows a Google search box, with links back to Google search results or Google home. There is also a disclaimer that reads “Formatted for mobile viewing by Google”. You can  see the screenshot of it below.

>> Do really all users visit your site by google?

>> Big One goes Mobile by building mobile site!

Even google, provide his Mobiles Site! Facebook, Yahoo, FoxNews, Daimler, Sina… go Mobile with separate mobile site! Why you not!

Yahoo Mobile:  mobile.yahoo.com, m.yahoo.com and yahoo.mobi

Facebook Mobile: m.facebook.mobi, facebook.mobi and www.facebook.com/mobile

FoxNews Mobile: foxnews.mobi and foxnews.com/mobile

Daimler Mobile: Daimler.mobi

It works on all phones, including smartphones and other connected devices like tablets. It even looks good on desktops!

Features:

Find us

Show your customers where you are located, using the reliable Google maps plugin.

Video

Automatically converts and optimizes your video for any device.

Products

Highlight your products and add a shopping cart so customers can purchase from the site.

Reviews

Let customers read business reviews that have been added to Yelp and Foursquare.

Forms

Create forms to suit your business.

Twitter

Allow customers to share with Twitter.

Full website

Add a link from your mobile website to your full website.

Image gallery

Publish high quality images to your goMobi mobile website.

More features, visit Go.Mobi

The number of mobile web users worldwide will more than double from 450 million in 2009 to over a billion by the end of 2013, according to a new forecast issued by market intelligence firm IDC. While mobile Internet use currently mirrors conventional web surfing–search, messaging, multimedia downloads and news/sports information dominate–IDC anticipates that over the next four years, mobile users will increasingly embrace applications like online purchases, social networking and creating blogs. In addition, the forecast contends online business applications and corporate email systems will also surge as businesses empower their mobile workers.

“The number of mobile devices with Internet access has simply exploded over the last several years,” said IDC chief research officer John Gantz in a prepared statement. “With a wealth of information and services available from almost anywhere, Internet-connected mobile devices are reshaping the way we go about our personal and professional lives. With an explosion in applications for mobile devices underway, the next several years will witness another sea change in the way users interact with the Internet and further blur the lines between personal and professional.”

For more on the IDC forecast:
- read this release

We are a small Mobile Web Expert group who dedicates to Mobile Web Consulting. Include consulting for Mobile Site tools, Mobile Site SEO, .mobi Domain Names…

Search engine performance and whitelisting by network transcoders are just two of the top five reasons why you need a .mobi domain.

.mobi is emerging as the de facto standard for mobile internet site naming

The mobile Web is growing exponentially, recording 700% growth in the past year. With this growth, however, comes the need for standardization to allow the mobile Web to continue to develop. We’ve seen this numerous times in the past where competing technology standards have delayed widespread adoption. In the 1970s it was VCR vs. Betamax and in the 1990s it was Digital Audio Tape vs. MiniDisc vs. CD. In both of these cases, it was the format that got in the lead first, and enjoyed the widest industry support, that eventually triumphed. Today .mobi enjoys this same position as the most prevalent mobile domain in use.

.mobi domains are whitelisted by network level transcoders

Designing great mobile sites takes time and effort to get the most out of the limited screen resolution and navigation mechanisms of mobile phones. Having invested money and time in creating your mobile presence, you don’t want a third-party transcoder modifying your site … but this is exactly what happens when you use a non-standard name for your mobile Web site. As a rule, .mobi sites are automatically whitelisted by all network-level transcoders, so you can be sure your site will render as you intended on all mobile devices.

.mobi domains offer better search engine performance

In North America alone, search engine marketing last year was at $12.2 billion and is forecast to grow to $25 billion by 2011. Those numbers show that search engine performance has become crucial to the success of any business. Because every .mobi domain registered gets its own entry in the Internet Zone File — the files that search engines use to start their crawls — your site will automatically perform better than any other naming convention. Additionally, search engines detect when searches are being made from mobile devices and prioritize their results accordingly. Because .mobi sites are high quality and made for mobile, they are automatically brought to the top of the mobile search results.

.mobi names are designed for mobile use

Despite having more than one million names registered, the .mobi domain still has a lot of great names available. Having a  short domain name is essential for mobile applications where entering long URLs is cumbersome. This is great news for companies who did not get their first preference .com address. With the mobile Web experiencing year-on-year, three-digit growth (and forecast to continue doing so), creating a memorable mobile presence now represents a huge opportunity for future growth.

.mobi is actively promoted and industry supported

The primary goal of .mobi and its founders is the widespread growth and use of the mobile Web. For consumers, it’s essential that mobile content be easily found and navigated; it’s this need for standards that prompted ICANN to make .mobi the only authorized top-level domain for finding mobile content. And by having the founding support of industry heavyweights such as Microsoft, Nokia and Google, dotMobi is able to drive this agenda forward to create a single, globally recognized domain naming convention for the mobile Web.