Is your blog .mobi ready?

I had a long discussion with someone from one of the big telcos on the possibility of adding blogs to their mobile portal. They wanted to check out more local blogs to add to their listing. The only initial requirement is that the blog should be mobile ready (either WAP capable or .mobi ready). At first, I thought it was just for the blogs I own or help run but I broached the idea that we should widen the coverage and include others I know well that have a good following, consistently updated with a specific niche.

So the search is on for active blogs with a great focus on industry niches. I’m not sure how many I can recommend for inclusion but it’s good to make as many recommendations as I possibly can. The bigger question now — is your blog mobile ready? Here’s how you can check your blog’s mobile readiness – ready.mobi.

Yugatech

If you want to check out how your blog would look like in mobile phones, you can use these emulators: Mobi Emulator and Smartphone Emulator Developer.

For WordPress blogs, you can use the Mobile WordPress plugin. For Typepad or Movabletype users, the only app I found was the TypePad Mobile. For Blogger, I couldn’t find one.

P.S.
One other very strict compliance should be some sort of editorial control (blog contents beyond PG13 or with sensitive language).

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

15 Comments

Dexter says:

18 years ago

For Blogger user.. Maybe you may use.. www.winksite.com
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Jaypee says:

18 years ago

I used to have a plugin similar to Mobile WordPress but somehow I decided to uninstall it. Now that you mentioned this, I’ve gone and installed the Mobile WordPress. So now, I can be sure that my blog is .mobi ready. :)
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Karlo.PinoyBlogero says:

18 years ago

Hmm.. it seems that my site isnt mobile ready without the mobile worpress tool. Reading blogs on mobile would probably be a hit in the near future, might as well be ready.
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Ria Jose says:

18 years ago

Two of my blogs already have WAP versions thanks to Mr. Alleba. I guess it’s time to make my other blogs WAP ready also. Thanks for the tips!
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jayvee f. says:

18 years ago

my site has a mobitype version which you can view here.

best viewed from a mobile phone when you tag a TMS logo located on my blog.
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toots ople says:

18 years ago

my blog tested a measly 2! :-(
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animomedia.com says:

18 years ago

My http://www.animohosting.com is now .MOBI ready . :)
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Dexter says:

17 years ago

My blog is now mobile ready.and tested with my own PDA
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Do you want to buy a new phone? says:

17 years ago

Do you want to buy a new phone? Do you want to to know about roaming partners and network? Just go to http://www.gsmprofile.com and view , search and show your phone specification .If you loss your mobile manual you can get it from http://www.gsmprofile.com easily.
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expageaxems says:

12 years ago

Awesome article Great examples
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12 years ago

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