The Internet’s key oversight agency gave a preliminary nod Monday to new domain names targeting mobile services and the jobs market.
Sponsored by leading mobile phone and technology companies, including Nokia Corp., Microsoft Corp. and T-Mobile, the “.mobi” domain would set apart Web sites and other services that are specially designed to work around the limitations of cell phones, including their smaller screen size and data capacity.
“Microsoft.mobi,” for instance, might carry smaller photos or fewer graphics than the main site at Microsoft.com.
The “.jobs” suffix, meanwhile, would go to members of the human resources community.
A company might keep job postings at “Company.jobs,” rather than force visitors to navigate the main site, whose home page tends to have only general information about a company and its products.
Source: eWeek
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