Comments on: Mobile Users Are Ready - The Web Isn’t http://www.bgtheory.com/blog/mobile-users-ready-the-web-isnt/ Providing Internet marketing training, consulting, and education for your business Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:59:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Brad Geddes aka eWhisper http://www.bgtheory.com/blog/mobile-users-ready-the-web-isnt/#comment-3946 Brad Geddes aka eWhisper Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:45:47 +0000 http://www.bgtheory.com/blog/mobile-users-ready-the-web-isnt/#comment-3946 I'm not sure if .mobi is necessary for growth. I played with mobile this weekend, and managed to make this blog mobile accessible. A simple PHP script determines if the user is mobile based - and if so, shaves certain items from the page to make it mobile compatible. If it's this easy to make a wordpress blog mobile compatible - then I can see the .coms still playing a huge roll in the process. I could be wrong about the .mobi explosion - but so far I've not seen the mobile web live up to the hype. Where I see the challange is spiders trying to determine if a page is mobile compatible and then indexing the mobile content on a .com when there are mulitple versions of the page available. I’m not sure if .mobi is necessary for growth.

I played with mobile this weekend, and managed to make this blog mobile accessible.

A simple PHP script determines if the user is mobile based - and if so, shaves certain items from the page to make it mobile compatible.

If it’s this easy to make a wordpress blog mobile compatible - then I can see the .coms still playing a huge roll in the process.

I could be wrong about the .mobi explosion - but so far I’ve not seen the mobile web live up to the hype.

Where I see the challange is spiders trying to determine if a page is mobile compatible and then indexing the mobile content on a .com when there are mulitple versions of the page available.

]]> By: Martin http://www.bgtheory.com/blog/mobile-users-ready-the-web-isnt/#comment-3927 Martin Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:11:19 +0000 http://www.bgtheory.com/blog/mobile-users-ready-the-web-isnt/#comment-3927 Very true that it is a huge opportunity for marketers out there. As a developer a would say it is hard to develop because of the many formats out ther. Speaking of which,sitting surfing and writting this with my new nokia 770. Your site works perfect for this device btw. Very true that it is a huge opportunity for marketers out there. As a developer a would say it is hard to develop because of the many formats out ther.

Speaking of which,sitting surfing and writting this with my new nokia 770. Your site works perfect for this device btw.

]]> By: Rett http://www.bgtheory.com/blog/mobile-users-ready-the-web-isnt/#comment-3924 Rett Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:38:19 +0000 http://www.bgtheory.com/blog/mobile-users-ready-the-web-isnt/#comment-3924 Do you see ".mobi" playing a roll in this growth? .Mobi was supposedly established to bring some design standards/structure to the world of mobile sites. It seems like it was hyped up in the industry when the extension was originally launched, but most of my friends in the "real world" have never heard of the .mobi extension. .Mobi domains were snapped up pretty quickly (mostly by speculators I'd guess), but I haven't seen anyone actively marketing these sites to consumers (aside from BusinessWeek and BMW). Do you see “.mobi” playing a roll in this growth? .Mobi was supposedly established to bring some design standards/structure to the world of mobile sites. It seems like it was hyped up in the industry when the extension was originally launched, but most of my friends in the “real world” have never heard of the .mobi extension.

.Mobi domains were snapped up pretty quickly (mostly by speculators I’d guess), but I haven’t seen anyone actively marketing these sites to consumers (aside from BusinessWeek and BMW).

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