Tag Archives: mobile

Sun 14th February 2016
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.Club Passes 9 Year Old .Mobi In Numbers of Domain Registrations - .Club has just passed .mobi in terms of domain name registrations. According to RegistrarStats.com .club has 691,522 domain registrations while .mobi is at 691,342 .Mobi become available to be registered in 2006. .Club was 1st available for general availability on May 7th 2014 making it less than 2 years old. According to registrarstats.com, .club becomes the 9th most registered TLD, including .com, .net and .org ... read more ...
Sat 6th February 2016
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60% of all Mobile Banner Ad Clicks Are Accidents - Ben Frederick, published a piece on Media post that looked at mobile advertising and how the majority of clicks on an ad are an accident. I know that sometimes when I come across a site on my iPhone when I click an (X) to close, it still goes through and takes me to the advertiser’s website. Mobile location firm Retale conducted the survey that showed among other things: After accidentally clicking an ad, most respondents said they felt annoyed (68%), frustrated (45%), or angry (22%). From a ... read more ...
Thu 11th June 2015
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Mobile Advertising Prospects Take A Hit - Mobile Advertising has been a hot topic for the last couple years, back in April there was an article by Business Insider titled, “Mobile is growing faster than all other ad formats.” From the article: Mobile is growing faster than all other digital advertising formats in the US, as advertisers begin allocating dollars to catch the eyes of a growing class of “mobile-first” users. Historically, there has been a big disparity between the amount of time people actually spend on their smartphones ... read more ...
Mon 18th May 2015
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Google to supplement Buy Buttons to Mobile Search - Google is planning on launching buy buttons in mobile search only, there will not be buttons when someone searches on desktop. One has to wonder how all the advertisers who spend big money on Adwords will feel about this. Engadget stated there are several reasons why this will be mobile only. The biggest reason ? Mobile searches outpacing desktop searches. The Wall Street Journal is responsible for breaking the story. From Engadget: Google’s getting ready to face Amazon and eBay, according to The ... read more ...
Thu 14th May 2015
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Was Google Mobilegeddon overblown? - I’m not seeing a big change in results. Are you? Last month I eagerly looked forward to April 21. This was the day, Google told us, that it would start favoring mobile-friendly content in search results. It would have a “significant impact” on search results. Has this had an effect on your mobile-friendly site? I can’t find much (if any) of a change on Domain Name Wire and in general searches. Google said it might take a few weeks for the results to be seen. It’s been a few weeks, and I ... read more ...
Mon 3rd November 2014
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Facebook Is Becoming A Bigger Rival To Google In The Mobile Ad Space - Jennifer Booton of MarketWatch reported that when it comes to mobile advertising Facebook is unrivaled according to Morgan Stanley analyst Ben Swinburne. Google and Facebook are duking it out in the mobile advertising space and mobile has been an area that has been challenging for Google. Morgan Stanley analyst Ben Swinburne predicted Monday, after initiating coverage of Facebook at overweight. This comes as Facebook continues to nab a larger share of the global display market, with impressions ... read more ...
Fri 8th August 2014
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Interview with Jeffrey Peterson of Mobile Corporation – Company Recently Purchased Mobile.co for $239,000 - Mobile Corporation just completed the purchase of Mobile.co for $239,000. Our readers may recall that there was an interesting story behind this transaction. The start up based out of Cambridge,Massachusetts has raised $5 million in funding. Jeffrey Peterson the CEO of Mobile Corporation was kind enough to get on the phone and give me an interview about the company and their strategy. Interview 1)Please tell us a little about your domain portfolio Jeffrey Peterson: Working together with our partner ... read more ...
Mon 21st April 2014
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Facebook to Launch Mobile Ad Network - Mike Isaac wrote on Recode that Facebook will be launching their own mobile ad network. Lots of people have wanted Facebook to build an ad network for a long time. Here it comes. Facebook will take the wraps off its plans for a mobile ad network at its “F8″ developer conference in San Francisco at the end of the month, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Facebook will pitch the ads to publishers and developers as a way to leverage the social network’s vast database of user ... read more ...
Mon 14th April 2014
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Neustar – 80 % of Local Searches on Mobile Phones Convert - Neustar put out a study and an infographic on the high conversion rates experienced  in local search by those using mobile phones. Jessica Lee covered this on Search Engine Watch From the article: How Local Searches Convert Four out of five searches via mobile devices lead to a purchase, often within a few hours, the survey said. Compared with other devices, the mobile phone showed the highest conversion rate, with nearly 80 percent of mobile phone searches ending in a purchase. And, nearly three ... read more ...
 
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CTIA kills Amazon.com’s bid for .mobile domain name - International Chamber of Commerce decision eliminates Amazon.com’s plans to run the .mobile top level domain name. CTIA, a trade group representing mobile phone carriers, has successfully objected to Amazon.com’s application to run the .mobile top level domain name domain name. CTIA filed Community Objections against applications filed by Amazon.com and Dish DBS to run .mobile. Both applicants originally planned to operated .mobile as a “Closed Generic”, ... read more ...
Fri 14th March 2014
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Desktop Advertising to Drop $1.4 billion in 2014 as Search becomes some-more mobile - eMarketer released a report today that estimates desktop advertising to drop by $1.4 billion while mobile search will increase over 82 % in 2014. Of course Google has been talking about this in their earnings reports for the last couple years. This is certainly not great news for domain investors who park their domains, as mobile clicks pay less than desktop clicks. It stands to reason that parking earnings will be down across the board as the traffic becomes more mobile centric and a lower cost ... read more ...
Thu 13th March 2014
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King.com Seeks Up to a $7.6 Billion Valuation - King.com the maker of Candy Crush Saga could be looking at as much as a $7.6 billion valuation in their I.P.O. The Wall Street Journal reported today that the valuation would put King in the big leagues with a valuation rivaling the top video game companies on the market. Of course King.com has had some negative publicity lately with their attempts to trademark Candy and Saga. Smaller game makers and gamers alike have expressed their displeasure with the company. From the Wall Street Journal: King ... read more ...
Mon 10th March 2014
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M.Dot Rebranded as Go Daddy Go Mobile - App Advice reported that M.dot has been rebranded to Go Daddy Go Mobile. M.dot has just been updated to version 2.0. At the same time, it has been rebranded as GoDaddy GoMobile. Released in October 2012, M.dot was acquired by GoDaddy in February 2013. And now, over a year later, the app has been renamed to officially carry the GoDaddy brand. Not to be confused with GoDaddy Mobile, GoDaddy’s official iOS app, GoDaddy GoMobile offers quick and easy creation and management of mobile-optimized websites. ... read more ...
Tue 18th February 2014
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Candy Crush Saga Maker King.com Filing for IPO - We have written a couple times about King.com and their intellectual property goals of trademarking the words candy and saga. Today the company announced they are looking to do an IPO. The company will look to trade under the symbol KING. CNET covered the story King Digital Entertainment, a digital-gaming provider perhaps best known for its Candy Crush Saga title, has filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to go public. King’s statement with the SEC is exceedingly short ... read more ...
Mon 4th November 2013
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Afilias loses combined fibre difficulty box opposite .mobile - Amazon, Donuts, and Dish DBS prevail in dispute over .mobile. Afilias, the registry that operates the .mobi top level domain name, has lost a consolidated string confusion objection against applicants for .mobile. This is, I believe, the first objection in which more than one applicant agreed to have the case heard on a consolidated basis. .Mobile applicants in the case included Amazon.com, Donuts, and Dish DBS. Panelist M. Scott Donahey determined (pdf) that .mobi ... read more ...
Thu 28th June 2012
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Some .mobi owners endangered about .mobile domain applications - Competition? Confusion? It remains to be seen. Some owners of .mobi domain names are concerned about confusion and competition if one of the applicants for a .mobile domain name should be approved. Indeed, the strings mobi and mobile are very similar. ICANN’s String Similarity Assessment Tool assigns a similarity score of 72, which is quite high. My take is .mobi owners don’t have to worry much about .mobile. Two of the three applications for .mobile were filed ... read more ...