Back in June, 2007 I penned an article in Tech News World extolling the virtues and the profit potential inherent in "The Rise of Numeric Domains".
Now it seems that someone, NOT of English tongue as their primary language - either that or they use a really bad translation service - saw fit to re-purpose/repackage or otherwise reproduce my ditty to suit their particular audience (who dat?, ed).
They say that copying is the finest form of flattery. In that vein, I present their version of my article in its entirety below. My observations are highlighted in BLUE.
EXPERT ADVICE The Rise of Numeric Domains
With higher than 4 billion cell phone inwardly pay out large-scale -- 487 million in China alone -- it's no reason that "mobile" be all the viciousness. (Mad money?)
A recent segment of "American Idol" received nearly 80 million deed revelation vote. (Hmmm, I wonder if that included the "hanging chad" swing vote?). The 2008 U.S. presidential candidate be incorporate animated communications elements into their campaign. (Hey, if George Dubyas's people were part of this, I missed it completely!). Social network such in situate of MySpace and Twitter are starting to deploy mobile-friendly Web site. Most mobile access is achieve via unadventurous method such as wireless possessor "walled garden" deck, to the point code, text messaging and habitually long-winded, circuitous sub-domains. (That's the smartest thing you've said all day.)
It beg the query: Is near a simpler, imaginably more dominant mobile access and brand mechanism that enjoy largely gone in need being seen? (Yep!)
The Internet and the cell phone booth are collide (Cosmic collision of epic proportions!), as the encircling compound evolve to quench our want to socialize and to cut talent. (Ahhh... very clever. Handing out pink slips via You Tube, MySpace and Facebook... very clever indeed). Personalized mobility will become the norm. If family are going to access Web sites via cell phones, why not locate equally it undemanding by bearing of using numbers instead of parcels? (Numbers instead of boxes? I'll buy that).
On billions of cell phones worldwide, the dial wipe (Rotary or qwerty?) numbers 2 through 9 can epitomize letters of the alphabet. (And I thought NO ONE was listening!). The numeral 2 can represent "a," "b" or "c." The "7" knob (First position, third row) can represent "p," "q," "r" or "s," etc.
Therefore, any twine (Sp, ed.) of numbers can represent multiple alpha equivalent. The numbers 3776 can represent 144 alpha combination (3 can represent d, e or f; 7 can represent p, q, r or s; 6 can represent m, n or o). The numbers 3776 could represent "Esso;" it could also represent "ESPN" or 142 other distinctive alpha combinations.
On your cell phone WAP (wireless repute protocol) (I just pray that this isn't a veiled allegation that something is amok at ITU, CTIA or the FCC. A scandal now would send the economy into even more chaos!), the browser, entering a numeric string and adding conscious ".com" create a numeric domain Anarchist Punk Live at Deaf Club 1979. (OK. NOW we gotta start the investigation!).
Until the domain is explicitly purposed, it's a moment ago that -- a string of numbers, no trademark issues and no squat issues. (Hey, Berryhill was right all along).
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