I will make no apologies for being a supporter of .mobi and the mobile internet.

Last night I found a new online publication thanks to someone I am following on Twitter.

MobiHealthNews.com is not intended for .mobi and not intended for domainers.

Its audience is the healthcare sector s to bring to the forefront new technological advances and tools available to the Healthcare Industry.

An App Store for mHealth? sheds light on how the iPhone (and iPod Touch) are fast becoming tools in medicine. If you have had the opportunity to use either the iPhone or Touch, you know that you can enlarge images to pretty much any size you want. An xray in a 3×5 screen becomes an xray or diagnostic reader in the palm of the hand. Doctors can manipulate the images to focus in on a suspected tumor or questionable mass from a CT or MRIscan.

As the writer of this piece points out, there is a need “to develop new mobile services for individual sectors like health care, agriculture and education: sectors that have yet to fully embrace mobile technology.”

There are several apps already available to the healthcare professionals but it is the apps that have not been created that everyone should be focusing on.

And there is no domain pointing the consumer or user to that product or procedure.

Regging a domain name in any advancing or new technology is a crap shoot within itself.

We know hi-tech and new technoligies are produced and released at a dizzying pace.

On the other hand, based on your research – if the domain name you hand regged suddenly becomes associated with mainstream technology and verbiage used by the masses then there is cause for celebration.

A generic term that you created is now in big demand not only in the PPC arena but also the offers to purchase.

Heaven forbid NO I am not suggesting taking a TM as part of the name. I am merely talking about a procedure or new technology that you had the foresight (or simply guessed right) becoming mainstream.

We all know how it works in regard to new regs. I get a big kick when I read all the great names are taken. Not so. Many just have not been created yet.

A couple of things to consider when thinking about entering into this market. It is purely speculative and no guarantee of success. Think of it as penny stock. The mere mentioning of a procedure or device does not guarantee its success. Mass media, press releases, and actual usage increases your chances.

And you have to be prepared for the down side as well. Planning ahead is going to be so crucial. Get those dreams of striking gold out of your head and come back to reality.

If it is a name you truly believe in having a change then factor in renewal fee and be prepared to sit on a domain for a year or two.

Apply those same lines of thinking to developing an app for these markets.

You can start out in broad terms such as an xray reader or tagging cattle for tracking. Chances are someone has already beat you to it. Sure, you can produce a better app that is already out there being used. The competition thing – these people don’t like to change much once they have gotten used to doing something a certain way. Trust me, I know. There is a great deal of resistance in the health sector to have to stop and learn a new procedure or a new way  of doing things. Not only does it slow the process of the routine during the start up and familiarization but it is costly to train, teach and implement.

So if you go that route, be prepared to create an app that is simpler and more intuitive to what is currently in use. You have competition just from the fact that the competitors product has had a head start on branding itself into the conscious and daily routine of the user.

I will be the first to admit that sticking with an area you know decreases your risk factor and keeps you in your safe zone. Getting into markets you are not part of can be tricky, time consuming, and costly.

Nevertheless, it can be rewarding.

You can make apps or reg domains to sell to domainers, a relatively small market. Or you can study emerging markets and trends. The best example I can think of in terms of a word is Nanotechnolgy. A decade ago this was an emerging market. Now I would venture to say that every one has heard it. They may not know exactly what it entails but there is name recognition.

A better route may be to study those sectors and try to identify a void. You almost have to retrain you line of thinking to learn to see what is not present.

Find a void and fill it.

• apps for mobile devices
• apps for mobile devices used in agriculture
• apps for mobile devices used in agriculture for dairy farmers
• apps for mobile devices used in agriculture for dairy farmers to identify milk volumes per cow

Suddenly you are trying to define a market and a niche within a niche.

Essentially, instead of looking for what is there (being used) you have to look for what is missing – not being used.

If you are a hot shot developer then perhaps the client will come to you. Or you can build the app, market it, promote it, get it listed as a downloadable app or added to the Apple App Store and cnet and be on your way.

Better yet, broaden your scope and better your chances of success by building an app to use across all platforms. In other words, an app not just for the iPhone but all mobile devices.

I am sure it has changed, but the last time I saw some figures the iPhone made up 14% of the mobile internet devices. Congrats to iPhone and shame on you.

Why did you just ignore the other 86% of the market?

I am always impressed by those who can do things others can not.

I am not a programmer, developer, or web guru but I am trying to be what I can by making my own sites, learning Joomla, and learning WordPress.

WOW is a common acronym for World of Warcraft.

WOW can also be an exclamation of excitement or awestruck.

In this case it is both.

Have look at www.darkwow.de.

And lets add a third WOW – this was done by a 12 year old kid.

That kid is now 18 and already a successful webtreneur.

This person now wants to build their own social networking site. Who knows, I may be communicating with the next Kevin Ross (Digg founder) or discussing a domain for the next twitter. He made contact with me regarding a domain name. And he offered his assistance with my projects. I may take him up on it  simply because this person can obviously teach me something.

And that is my goal, to learn skills. If I have someone else do it for me than I learn nothing. Struggle as I may, I am learning.

I recall a while back on one of the forums there was talk and chatter about having an age limit (minimum) for joining.

My opinion on this?  – total bunk.

The kid perhaps has more knowledge regarding site building and tweaking stuff than 90% of the members. At 18 he (perhaps she based on the name) is already a seasoned pro and has 6 years of experience in building sites.

My German is spotty and not that good but I understand the elements and the layout of vBulletin.

Benutzer: 18,041, Aktive Benutzer: 3,513 (members/active members).

Can you say WOW?

I thought you could.

I had been watching and waiting to attempt to snipe a domain name that is very relevant to Microblogging and Social Networking.

The name I was after was SocialFeeds.com.

For the past several days, the name had been sitting at $40.00 on TDNAM for almost the entire 10 days. At the time there were 8 bids.

With 2 minutes and 13 seconds remaining I entered my bid. I was on top of the world at 45 bucks for all of perhaps 10 seconds. In the blink of an eye the bid was $165.00. I was still on top but every time I refreshed the page the bids just kept esculating.

Before long, it was over $400.

I had been waiting on a very important phone call – one that would require my full attention – and of course it came during all these bumps.

Do you know how difficult it is to monitor and bid on an auction as it is closing while trying to juggle a phone in one ear and on one shoulder so you can free up both hands? Of course you do. You’ve done the same thing.

The tone of the phone call was serious and I soon found that it indeed require my full intention. A friend, former co-worker, former employer (all the same person) was excited about his eldest son being picked up by a major radio station as a sponsor for boarding (snowboarding and skateboarding). The CEO of the netwoek wanted to meet and discuss promotional material. It was serious enough to turn my attention away and serious in a good way for him and his 17 year old kid who is just an outstanding youngster.

Being kind of in tune with sites and internet stuff, dad (my buddy) was bouncing off the wall with a million and one questions regarding uploading videos, making a website for his son, the domain name game and so on. They wanted me to come with them and sit in on the contract and signing and talk to their people.

Alas, the bidding continued with out me and closed exactly at $500.00. Needless to say, that could be a steal as social networking, social media, and microblogging are all going mainstream, including my journey into this.

There were a total of 8 bidders including me and perhaps somewhere between 30-40 bids entered.

Social networking, in particular Twitter, seem to be coming into its own.

I am a total novice to it but learning as I go along.

It is fascinating and a tremendous marketing tool. Like all tools, your need to learn how to hold it, inspect it, and read the manual before using.

The manual? There are plenty of tips and tipsters out there and books. I have bought a couple, read a couple of sites, and the whole time I was reading I just could not wait to dive in.

Obviously, I am not alone.

DNhopper.com

DNhop’s very own sales site.

CarbonFootstep.com

NCstate.mobi

TravelReporter.com currently $505 with 35 bids.

TDNAM, 7 days 9 hours remain

A while back there was mention of Google not pushing Firefox like it used to.

This may be why.

Duck Duck Go Toolbar 1.1.4

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Blocks 42 Million useless Web sites (with nothing but ads) and lets you more easily use our search engine (duckduckgo.com), which omits blocked domains from search results. If you’re like most people, you’ve been to many of these useless Web sites from either other search engines or by slightly mistyping Web addresses, e.g. yotube.com, facebok.com, turbotx.com, twitterr.com, etc. Fight typosquatting!

Updated March 2, 2009

Is this popular? Well, there has been over 1,500 downloads just in a couple of days.

The add-on appears to block typo sites.

Not one to jump to conclusions, but when reading the long explaination, I came across this statement -

We partnered with the Parked Domains Project to develop this toolbar, which is a project that identifies parked/spam domains. These blocked domains have also been removed from our search results. For the full list of sites blocked, check out their Web site at http://www.ivegotafang.com/

According to IveGotAFang website:

A parked domain is an Internet site without anything real behind it. Often parked domains are just generic Web sites that just have advertisements on them, e.g. arthritis-expert.com

Domainers are a finicky bunch. Secretive, sly, shrewd, and some brazen.

Are all the good names gone? No, of course not. Many are dropping, trading, or simply have not been regged yet when it comes to emerging markets, trends, or technology.

It is not easy balancing all my interests and perhaps you are in the same situation. I am into medicine, domains, arts, certain collectibles, tech industry, wireless industry, and so on. Perhaps, like me, you spend a considerable amount of time on the computer.

So just how do I keep organized and abreast of new developments and news to those areas you are interested in?

You may used a desktop client to help you maintain some sense of normalcy to what can be described as a very un-normal lifestyle or pursuit.

I use one by Google.

Sorry to say I do not remember the name of it but is pretty much is a knock off of NetVibes.

It is customizable and pretty easy to use. Presently I have it broken down to four main parts:

• Home - International, national, local news. Basically a plethora of news outlets I like and pretty much trust on down to local TV and newspaper. For me, it is back to reality when I land on this page and take in what is going on around the world and on the local scene. Not much good to report but at least am informed.
• Tech News – I am far from a techhead but I love gadgets and keeping up with things. Wired.com is one of my favorites. I was subscribing to this in magazine format back when a subscription was free. I looked at the pictures. No, honestly! I was still into the arts and advertising and was more interested in new artforms and renderings than I was in the techy stuff. Man, had I known 15 years ago what I know now you can bet I would have read and absorbed every printed word.
• Domain News – There are perhaps a dozen feeds on this page. To be honest, there are very few blogs I read on regular basis. If what I say happens to sound similar to what someone else is saying then it is not because I am copying them. It is simply information overlap. Perhaps two or more people were struck by the same news source and now have posted commentary.
• Health News – Something I recently added thanks to some members following me or I them as a result of being on Twitter, with a different account of course. This is a combination of News, Technology, Emerging markets, Mobile, Wireless, World Events and so on. Amazing what one segment of society can reveal about society as a whole.

Perusing these daily, usually several times a day, not only keeps me rooted to my seat but also does provide a vehicle for research and even domaining. Domaining has now become a prevelant way of life for me and now plays an important role in my life, just as art, dogs, music, and family do.

It is essentially another way of collecting and turned me into a virtual world pack-rat.

It is really hard to not collect domains.

So, what do you have on your desktop?

What desktop client to you prefer?

What or who do you follow (if ye dare to tell)?

PublicHealthLaw.info

$1,893.00 with 2 days remaining on TDNAM.

For what it is worth, TDNAM has had some strong sales in the .info. The most memorable was SiliconValley.info $2,9o5. I was actually surprised it did not go higher.

Is .info making a resurgence or bid to be accepted by its higher priced brethren?

Time will tell.

But time has been going against it as .info has had its chance to be mainstream. Frankly, I like .info and think it is very relevant for its intended usage – information.

As mentioned, it has had its time and if .info ever wants to be viewed as a serious commodity then .info had better speed things up.

If the proposal to release new TLD’s happens, not only will many of those TLD’s fall into obscurity but it may drag some gTLD’s down with the chaos and confusion from having theoritically hundreds more TLD’s.

RussianKGB.com