GoDaddy.com Launches .mobi for HelloMetro
Jeffersonville, Indiana – (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) – May 10, 2007 – Domain registrar and web hosting firm, GoDaddy.com, has been selected to power the HelloMetro launch of what it deems, is the largest network of .mobi web sites.
Over 600 HelloMetro web sites will provide mobile phone users with valuable local search information, specially designed and formatted for a mobile phone’s screen and bandwidth, enabling users to access HelloMetro local internet sites on the go without having to wait until they have access to a computer.
Warren Adelman, President and Chief Operating Officer of Go Daddy remarked, ”All of HelloMetro.mobi web sites are registered through the world’s leading domain name registrar, GoDaddy.com. We’re pleased to play a key role in bringing these sites and other practical local information to people around the world in an easy way, through their mobile phones.”
HelloNewYork.mobi, HelloSeattle.mobi, HelloAtlanta.mobi and HelloToyko.mobi are among the more than 600 HelloMetro.mobi sites, which each provide mobile phone users with the valuable local information they need. Local users and travelers can easily and quickly access personal and business phone directories, local news and sports results, restaurants, weather and attractions information for their city from their mobile phone. HelloMetro also has plans to make available to mobile phone users the more than 30,000 local art images and 10,000 local songs that bands have uploaded to the sites. Images will be able to be downloaded to mobile phones as background screens and music may be downloaded and added to a phone’s ringtone options.
Clark Scott, President and CEO of HelloMetro remarked, ”We want to be a constant resource to our users, regardless of where they are and what technology they’re using. Now users can access our more than 600 local search sites from their mobile phone, giving them more flexibility and convenience, along with fewer headaches from trying to access sites that aren’t compatible with a mobile device.”
Neil Edwards, CEO of dotMobi added, ”The .mobi internet address allows businesses of all sizes to have a strong mobile internet presence. The HelloMetro network of .mobi sites is sure to be an ideal mobile application for both locals and visitors by giving them the local information they need, whenever they need it.”
The use of mobile phones to access the Internet is on the rise, with an estimated four mobile phones purchased for every personal computer, and more digital mobile phones in use than TVs and PCs combined. In fact, according to the latest study by Arbitron and Edison Media Research, The Infinite Dial 2007: Radio’s Digital Platforms, consumers ranked mobile phones as being the audio platform/device that has the biggest impact on their lives. The .mobi address the first and only domain designed for users to easily access the internet through their mobile phones ensures that sites are compatible with mobile phones.
HelloMetro is a collection of more than 600 city-based, locally focused websites that share more than 2.2 million unique visitors a month. HelloMetro offers each city’s residents and visitors a local platform to learn about what’s new, attractions, restaurants, special events, movie show times, lottery results, real estate, jobs, phone directories, specific to the city and interests. The company currently operates more than 600 locally oriented city information websites worldwide including www.helloseattle.com, www.hellomiami.com, www.helloluisville.com, www.hellotokyo.com and www.helloparis.com.
dotMobi (the informal name of mTLD Top Level Domain, Ltd.), a consortium based in Dublin, Ireland with offices in Washington, DC and Beijing, is leading the growth of Internet use from mobile phones with the .mobi domain name. Unique among domain name providers, dotMobi ensures that services and sites developed around .mobi are optimized for use by mobile devices. On-the-go consumers can have confidence that an Internet site or service will work on their mobile phones when using a .mobi address. dotMobi is backed by mobile operators, network and device manufacturers, and internet content providers, including Ericsson, GSM Association, Hutchison (3), Microsoft, Nokia, Orascom Telecom, Samsung Electronics, Syniverse, T-Mobile, Telefonica Moviles, TIM, Visa and Vodafone. dotMobi is also a sponsor of W3C’s Mobile Web Initiative.
Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy provides a variety of domain name registration and web site hosting services, as well as a broad array of on-demand and other services. The Go Daddy Group, Inc. has more than 19 million domain names under management. Go Daddy registers, renews or transfers a domain name every 2 seconds. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world’s largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2006, The Go Daddy Group registered approximately one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info.
For more information about Go Daddy, please visit: www.godaddy.com.
To learn more about the listing of all HelloMetro websites, please visit: www.hellometro.com.
