The numbers of people surfing the web using a mobile phone or other mobile device has risen dramatically over recent months. A recent study conducted in January this year indicated that some 5.7 million people in the UK accessed the internet using a mobile device. This figure accounts for 20 percent of the PC-based internet audience.
Consider these facts:
- Four mobile phones are purchased for every one personal computer.
- There will be approximately 1.3 billion users who will have internet access on their mobile by 2008. Worldwide, that is 36% more mobile internet users than PC-based Internet users.
- In many places, a mobile device is the only access people have to the internet.
Very often, websites are difficult to access using a mobile device as:
- Pages are badly formatted
- Content is designed for PCs and therefore slow to download
- The navigation is hard to use
There is now a solution to this problem namely the “.mobi” domain.
Dot mobi is the first and only top-level domain designed to let consumers know: “this website will work on my phone”. When a site ends with a “.mobi” address (like weather.mobi or webdivine.mobi) mobile users can be sure that they will be accessing a site that works on their phone. The idea behind the dot mobi domain is that it will reassure people that the website they are accessing will not only offer a good mobile user experience, but will have been developed to clear and strict guidelines.
A dot mobi domain will also limit the amount of keystrokes that need to be tapped into a phone. For example, www.webdivine.co.uk requires 35 keystrokes whereas mobile.webdivine.co.uk requires 47. However, webdivine.mobi, requires only 30.
If you would like to offer your customers a unique mobile experience, then please get in touch. If you would like to know what dot mobi domain names are available, please use the form on the dot mobi website page.
Call now for a quote on:
0121 451 2508
Alternatively, send an e-mail to:
info@webdivine.mobi
Or visit Webdivine on your desktop PC at www.webdivine.co.uk