The number of mobile websites increased sevenfold over the past year according to mobile web domain registry dotMobi. There are now roughly 1.1 million mobile site addresses worldwide based on a scan of the largest Top Level Domains (.mobi, .com, .net, .uk and .de) in use; when dotMobi performed the same study a year ago, its search revealed only 150,000 mobile websites. dotMobi adds that approximately 0.8 percent of all domains are likely to feature mobile-optimized content.
While the "/wap" identifier, used primarily by legacy sites from the initial WAP era, still represents 22 percent of all mobile-friendly Internet addresses, dotMobi forecasts its market share will taper off in the year ahead. Other mobile content identifiers include "/m" (13 percent), "/wap." (10 percent), "mobile." (5 percent), "m." (5 percent) and "/pda" (3 percent).
For more on the dotMobi study:
- read this release [1]
Related articles:
dotMobi [2] acquires Mowser
dotMobi [3] to auction adult content domains
dotMobi [4] launches mobile web task force
Links:
[1] http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/new-study-mobile-web-trends-demonstrates-strong-growth-mobile-content-availability
[2] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/dotmobi-acquires-mowser/2008-05-09
[3] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/dotmobi-auction-adult-content-domains/2008-02-04
[4] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/dotmobi-launches-mobile-web-task-force/2007-10-03