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May 01, 2008
dotMobi Invites Proposals for find.mobi
By Divya Narain TMCnet Contributing Editor
dotMobi (News - Alert), the .mobi Internet domain name for mobile phones and the dev.mobi developer forum, will now accept offers for find.mobi which is a consumer facing mobile search tool.
Find.mobi has been designed to cater to the needs of mobile customers and showcases an operational mobile search engine that fully utilizes mobile web, according to the company.
One thing that separates find.mobi from other search engines is that while running a search it only displays sites that can be accessed via the mobile phone. This exclusivity is provided only by find.mobi, said James Pearce, dotMobi vice president of Technology.
"find.mobi was an exciting project for us. Although we have not -- until now -- formally announced its availability, find.mobi is already receiving significant traffic. And it has been implemented as a private-labeled mobile search engine for one European operator with additional customers 'in the pipeline,' so we feel confident we've created a useful, valuable tool," said James Pearce, dotMobi Vice President of Technology.
The find.mobi index displays "mobile friendly" sites from all the main domains. find.mobi can be accessed using any mobile phone or up-to-date PC Web browser.
DotMobi has invited bids for the find.mobi assets including the mobile web site (find.mobi), web crawler algorithm and code, mobile site detection algorithm and code, parking / landing page detection algorithm and code, adult content classifier learning algorithm and code, and the find.mobi name / site address.
Paul Nerger, dotMobi Vice President of Advanced Services and Applications, said: "find.mobi was originally created by dotMobi to illustrate and communicate to mobile search vendors how we thought that search should be done to make the mobile Web more compelling. When we looked at early mobile search sites, we were disappointed. We simply did not think that it made sense to return non-mobile content as part of a mobile query. find.mobi was built to serve as an example to the search industry to change the way that it should think about search when applied to mobile. But find.mobi has outgrown the lab, and now it's time for find.mobi to get a better home where it can continue to grow."
Dublin, Ireland based dotMobi or mTLD Top Level Domain Ltd. is promoting the use of the Internet through mobile devices. The services and sites based on .mobi domain name can be used only through mobile phones. The domain name has been tailored for itinerant customers.
Divya Narain is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To see more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.
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Find.mobi has been designed to cater to the needs of mobile customers and showcases an operational mobile search engine that fully utilizes mobile web, according to the company.
One thing that separates find.mobi from other search engines is that while running a search it only displays sites that can be accessed via the mobile phone. This exclusivity is provided only by find.mobi, said James Pearce, dotMobi vice president of Technology.
"find.mobi was an exciting project for us. Although we have not -- until now -- formally announced its availability, find.mobi is already receiving significant traffic. And it has been implemented as a private-labeled mobile search engine for one European operator with additional customers 'in the pipeline,' so we feel confident we've created a useful, valuable tool," said James Pearce, dotMobi Vice President of Technology.
The find.mobi index displays "mobile friendly" sites from all the main domains. find.mobi can be accessed using any mobile phone or up-to-date PC Web browser.
DotMobi has invited bids for the find.mobi assets including the mobile web site (find.mobi), web crawler algorithm and code, mobile site detection algorithm and code, parking / landing page detection algorithm and code, adult content classifier learning algorithm and code, and the find.mobi name / site address.
Paul Nerger, dotMobi Vice President of Advanced Services and Applications, said: "find.mobi was originally created by dotMobi to illustrate and communicate to mobile search vendors how we thought that search should be done to make the mobile Web more compelling. When we looked at early mobile search sites, we were disappointed. We simply did not think that it made sense to return non-mobile content as part of a mobile query. find.mobi was built to serve as an example to the search industry to change the way that it should think about search when applied to mobile. But find.mobi has outgrown the lab, and now it's time for find.mobi to get a better home where it can continue to grow."
Dublin, Ireland based dotMobi or mTLD Top Level Domain Ltd. is promoting the use of the Internet through mobile devices. The services and sites based on .mobi domain name can be used only through mobile phones. The domain name has been tailored for itinerant customers.
Divya Narain is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To see more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.
Don’t forget to check out TMCnet’s White Paper Library, which provides a selection of in-depth information on relevant topics affecting the IP
Communications industry. The library offers white papers, case studies and other documents which are free to registered users. Today’s featured white paper is Best Practices for Implementing a First Contact Resolution Program in the Contact Center brought to you by Enkata.
