Poll: m., wap., .mobi or .com?

And the point of this is?

This is like asking do I prefer:

Fox.mobi
MSNBC.com
NPR.org
ESPN.mobi
BBC.com

or GoMoNews.com to get a true feel of that is going on in the world.

The point here, is none of the options you present state clearly that a site is mobile or mobile compliant other than .mobi.

Plus, you will NEVER get all the mainstream and foo-foo web desigers and webmasters to agree on m., wap., tinyurl., etc. They are too wrapped up in themselves and their own egos to be the cutesy creative types. It is, like, all of a sudden it has become the “designer” web…

Wooo, we can create our own URL. Isn’t that just simply totally awesomely incredible?

.com - standard for PC sites; no guarantee that a mobile site was considered…

m.site.com - why not i. or e.? ambiguous at best

wap.site.com - what did you call me?

.mobi - oh, right dot mobile site…got it!

m.domain.cc for mobile versions of existing web sites

domain.mobi for web sited developed dedicated for access by mobile devices

all domains: try to implement browser detection and delivery of a mobile optimised version, e.g. no huge tables, avoiding videos, avoiding navigation by flash only; just apply the best practise recommended by W3C and MMA.

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It makes no sense in blurring the boundaries between the internet & the mobilenet which is evolving; the use of a dotmobi extension is targetted, easily memorized & very brandable; it gives the end-user business a 2nd bite at the marketing cherry…. offering a bespoke mobile experience which would be difficult to market if it was a redirect (i.e. dotcom) & dotmobi is so much cleaner / crisper & self explanatory than m.website etc..
I’m personally looking forward to seeing dotmobi and the mobilenet rolled out as I believe it will become a new medium in its own right.

.com is of course the most recognisable domain extension on the planet. I don’t think that will change. However i see the biggest gain for top cctlds AND .mobi
.mobi fulfills certain criteria. It saves time AND money, which are 2 of the most important things to everyone, particularly on the move. It also offers a unique branding ability and a chance to give a separate mobile site. Yes! a separate site. If you own a top site, why not grow and nurture another? Give your customers what they really want & more often than not they want different featurs and not a heavy slow loading site. Big sites can take ages to load on a powerful pc with broadband. Do you really think people on the move will have the ‘patience’ people don’t even have on a pc when things don’t load? Think again. Prepare for lift off. I would like to add i love .com AND .mobi .mobi has a very bright future imho