Posts Tagged ‘goMobi’
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Last week we hosted an event loftily titled “The Future of the Mobile Web” at the Dublin Convention Centre.
We had a small but heavy-hitting guest list in the shape of the Riegers from Yiibu @stephanierieger, @ bryanrieger, Jason Grigsby @grigs and Lyza Danger @lyzadanger from Cloud Four, Nokia’s Andrea Trasatti @andreatrasatti, Dave Evans from Amobee, Ernesto Jimenez from Vodafone @ernesto_jimenez and Adobe’s Roger Wood @rogerjwoods.
The genesis of the event was admittedly self-serving – we spend far too much of our time debating the finer points of mobile web in here and felt there was a lot of noise in the debate that we wanted to cut through with the help of a broader, expert forum. But we also had a nobler motive: we wanted to see if we could establish some common ground/consensus on things like HTML 5.0, web versus native apps, responsive design, standards, fragmentation, the long tail of devices that are in use out there and other issues.
We managed to cover this and more in a frenzied day and half at the Dublin Convention Centre last week. I think we made good progress. There was plenty of common ground but there were certainly more nuances than at least I would was expecting. Bottom line? This stuff is not easy. It’s a complex landscape not just for developers but also for those whose job it is to formulate strategy. But we think we made some inroads into sorting out the myths from the realities and have enough to go on to provide some idea of the direction of travel. We are planning to get all these topics down and documented in a whitepaper that we will publish openly soon. So watch out for that. In the meantime, our sincere thanks to all the above who attended (and tweetstreaming on#fomw) the event last week and I look forward to next time.
Tags: device detection, DeviceAtlas, dotMobi, goMobi, mobile web, Twitter
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Now the dust has settled on HostingCon 2011, and the team has recovered from the jetlag a quick post on how it all went. Lots of interest in goMobi both on stand and at the sessions and our unofficial HostingCon mobile site http://hc2011.mobi was a big hit with the attendees covering all the news parties, schedule and more. Some photos here.
People are telling us they need a solution that brings the latest technology developments together in a mobile web solution that is cost effective and easy to use. The new mobile marketing features of the latest goMobi release like QR codes and social media integration are resonating strongly with an increasingly mobile savvy market. The agenda has moved on from “what to do with mobile” to “what can mobile do for me and my business”.
We were of course delighted to announce our partnership with Parallels to make goMobi available as an APS package. So now the 10,000-plus Web services providers and resellers who use the Parallels platform can offer goMobi to their customers. Lots of positive pickup in the Twittersphere, thanks all for picking up the story on Twitter.
Now just as we’re back in the office with our feet under the desk, it’s time to start preparing for our next event. See you at Adtech London 2011 where we are Official Mobile Partner. Check out http://adtechuk.mobi on your phone.
Tags: APS, Events, goMobi, HostingCon, mobile web, Parallels, site builder, Twitter
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Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Today, dotMobi announced the latest “good news” story on goMobi, our award-winning mobile site building and content maintenance platform: dotMobi has taken advantage of the Application Packaging Standard (APS) to make goMobi available to the 10,000-plus Web services providers and resellers who use the Parallels platform.
Just as the .mobi domain has continued to grow as the standard for naming content — more than one million domains registered and growing — goMobi is fast emerging as the standard tool for mobile content creation and maintenance. Finding new ways to make goMobi available is always part of the internal discussions we have at dotMobi, and we’re very excited to bring goMobi to Parallels.
For those of you who are not familiar with it or only know its PC-emulation software for the Macintosh, Parallels is a worldwide leader in software that is used by companies who offer a full range of Web services (like hosting) to their customers. With the APS packaging that dotMobi has done, Web services companies can easily and quickly add goMobi into their product mix– think “plug and play.” This means that their customers can go mobile and give themselves an opportunity to consider using .mobi to identify that mobile content.
As we previously mentioned a few weeks back, goMobi recently graduated to version 1.4 with integration with Facebook, Twitter, and foursquare (among others); QR codes and easy-to-design flyers; custom analytics and a hosted image gallery. So, with growing interest in the mobile Web — and tools like these at your disposal — there’s no better time than now to “goMobi.”
By the way, if you’re planning to attend HostingCon 2011 next week, be sure to bookmark our goMobi “buzz” site for event visitors at http://hc2011.mobi, so you can see goMobi in action. And please come visit us at booth #226.
Tags: Apple, APS, dotMobi, Facebook, foursquare, goMobi, HostingCon, Macintosh, Parallels, Twitter
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Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
As the headline says, it’s all about the numbers: specifically 3.0 and 1.4. Last week, we released version 3.0 of DeviceAtlas and — this past weekend — we released version 1.4 of goMobi. DeviceAtlas v3.0 takes the award-winning device detection database to the “cloud” so that smaller designers, development shops and agencies now have access to state-of-the-art device detection. But what about goMobi 1.4, what’s new with it? Well …
- You can now harness the power of social networks by integrating your goMobi site with sites like Facebook, Twitter, and foursquare.
- You can implement QR codes and print easy-to-design flyers to connect mobile and print marketing campaigns.
- You can access a custom analytics tool for traffic analysis, profiling and data gathering.
- You can upload photos through a hosted image gallery and customize your site with more icons and colors than ever before.
You may notice these new goMobi features have a common theme: building customer relationships by giving you additional ways to market your mobile site. After all, what good is spending the energy to build a cool mobile site if no one knows about it?
And while we were at it, we spent some time updating the goMobi website. Now, we have case studies, testimonials and example sites so you can get a better overview of why goMobi is the best choice, and how to use your site to drive customer loyalty and sales.
Tags: device detection, DeviceAtlas, goMobi, mobile web
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Saturday, June 4th, 2011
On June 2, the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) announced the shortlists for its 2011 “Meffy” awards — and we were excited to see dotMobi on the “Best Technical Innovation” list for goMobi.
Rimma Perelmuter, the MEF’s Executive Director, noted, “This year’s shortlist demonstrates the rise in mobile content and commerce services that not only entertain but also enable deeper consumer engagement and monetization directly via the mobile connected device.”
Since goMobi is designed to help businesses of all sorts engage with their current and potential customers and grow their commerce via mobile, it looks like dotMobi fits right in.
For this award, dotMobi is competing with some interesting companies, each one approaching mobile technology in a very different way:
The winners will be announced on the evening of July 7, and we hope to share even better news with you after that night.
Tags: dotMobi, goMobi, innovation, MEF, mobile, tech
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Friday, May 27th, 2011
Earlier this week, RCR Wireless News made a visit to Dublin and interviewed several Irish tech companies, including dotMobi. The following clip features dotMobi’s CEO, Trey Harvin, discussing the .mobi domain, DeviceAtlas and goMobi:
This next clip is a close-up of how goMobi works, using the award-winning snowboards.mobi site, built on the goMobi platform:
Tags: .mobi, DeviceAtlas, domain, goMobi, interview, video
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
Webinar presenter Jason Spero of Google
On February 10, Google hosted a webinar called, “Think Mobile.” Unlike many webinars, this one was packed with information. The first half of the program was a presentation on the phenomenal growth of mobile by Mary Meeker, a partner at the investment firm of Kleiner Perkins.
The second half, presented by Google’s Dennis Woodside and Jason Spero, was a “wake-up call” to businesses about going mobile and what steps they should take to get there. For example, they noted that approximately 15% of all Web traffic now is mobile. That means not having a mobile site is like closing your website one day each week.
They then outlined a five-step program that businesses should follow for going mobile. Those five steps proved to be a strong validation of the philosophy behind — and methodology for building — our award-winning goMobi service. The five steps Google outlined during the webinar are:
- Build a mobile-specific site. (Three statements of importance: “Be prepared to let go of your desktop content.” “Build something and get it out there.” “Don’t spend forever doing it.” Those three statements are at the core of why we designed goMobi to work the way we did.)
- Build local. Your mobile site should have local in mind since one-third of mobile searches have “local intent.”
- Make it personal. Harness the personal aspects of mobile.
- Track independently. Make sure that you track activity on the mobile site separately from your desktop website.
- Iterate. Keep tweaking the site as you learn how people use it.
goMobi follows these same steps in helping small businesses create dynamic, valuable mobile websites. goMobi is a total solution, delivering a complete mobile website in mere minutes using existing Web content while delivering the best user experience possible, just as Google outlined it in their webinar. goMobi lets you:
- Build a mobile-specific site with information for on-the-go users and mobile-friendly features to help book more business.
- Build local with maps, business hours, coupons and reservations to encourage in-person visits.
- Make it personal by maintaining consistent branding for your business as well as stimulating word-of-mouth with links to social media.
- Track activity on the mobile site separately from your desktop website using Google Analytics.
- Iterate — and reiterate — your site content as often as you like while you test what will best drive additional business for you.
If you already use goMobi, you’ll know that it walks you through each of these points as you build your goMobi site.
And if you haven’t yet gone mobile, why not? The Web experts at Google are showing you that you’re missing business by not being mobile. And using goMobi ensures that you’ll follow the best practices for going mobile as laid out by Google.
So get going … and goMobi!
Tags: goMobi, Google, mobile content, mobile web, site builder, websites
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Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
goMobi in action.
On Monday, 7 February, dotMobi released an upgrade to our award-winning goMobi product, bringing it to version 1.3.
While there’s lots to tell you about it, our friends at OpenSRS wrote a very good blog entry explaining everything you need to know about the new version.
So rather than reiterate what they’ve already said so well, let me direct you to their blog for full details.
Tags: dotMobi, goMobi, mobile Internet, mobile web, OpenSRS, sites
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
The goMobi Challenge is on now!
Given that it’s been a very hot summer this year, we decided everyone needed a few days to regroup for the goMobi Challenge.
Since we want to see just how personalized you can make a goMobi site, we’re giving you a little extra time to show us your stuff. We’ve extended the contest through October 17, 2010.
And along with the first-prize package of 100 one-year subscriptions to the goMobi product and highlighting you and your winning entry via an international press release, we’re giving the winner a 16 GB, WiFi-enabled iPad (all the better for looking at mobile websites).
But time is still short, so get going now.
Tags: .mobi, contests, dotMobi, goMobi, iPad, mobile web
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