Webbys time again! Show your support for .mobi ...
Has it been a year already? The Webbys Awards are here again.
The Webbys are the Internet world's equivalent of the Oscars and they always attract a high caliber of entries. There are many categories, and many ways to award winners. There is a set of nominees which are voted on by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and that same set is also voted on by "the Public" via the People's Voice Awards.
Then are Honorees; these are runners up of merit who receive a certificate but aren't nominees.
2007 was the first year of awards for mobile web sites; .mobi sites made a small presence that year. But in 2008, there are quite a few .mobis scattered in there.
And now through May 1, 2008, you can show your support for .mobi by voting for:
"Radical Media for iPhone" in the Entertainment category and for ZAGAT.mobi in the Listings & Updates category.
I'd also like to send big congratulations to the following .mobi Honorees:
But there's always a downside ...
The downside on the number of strong entries to the "mobile Webbys" is the vast number of naming conventions that many mobile sites have initially chosen. Many, many copmanies haven't yet gotten the message re: the simplicity of the .mobi domain. You think it's all m.site.com or site.com/mobile? Oh that's only the start. wap.site.com and site.com/wap and sitem.com and msite.com and mobile.site.com. For all the strides we've made over the past year, it's daunting to realize how much work there is still to do in ensuring that end can users easily discover mobile content ... but I will say that the range of nominees and honorees demonstrates that there's been exponential growth in the range of available content. (Now just to find it!)
Remember, show your support for the "main domain" -- .mobi -- and vote now.
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