The number of digital mobile phones worldwide, enabled with full internet access, outnumbers televisions and PCs combined. Hence, website owners are finding ways to target the mobile users to expand their readership. Recently, .mobi domains have made it possible for website owners to create a user-friendlier mobile content because they have been optimized to work with internet phones.
How to create a mobile version of your blog?
You can either purchase your own .mobi domain (now available on several registrars) or you can take advantage of free services offered online:
1. FeedM8: Mobilizing Your Blog
Features:
– You can customize your mobile page, change the link colors, background, etc.
– You can set how many entries should appear on your homepage.
– A description about the articles is shown and you can set the length of the description.
– You can monetize your website. The Feedm8 team will find advertisers for you, optimize the ads, and handle payments.
– Your mobile URL will look like: http://feedm8.com/yourpreferredname.
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2. WireNode: The Mobile Websites Creator
Features:
– Your mobile portal has a unique URL on their wirenode.mobi domain.
– You can create a free mobile website using their mobile page editor.
– You can upload pictures for your mobile sites.
– They have a rating section for mobile portals in their directory. Portals with best score appears in the Top Three section on the main page.
– You can customize your mobile page with components like a header, a text message, or a widget (message of the day).
– The latest 5 entries from your blog are displayed on your mobile home page with a link to your previous articles.
– They have promotional banners and widgets to promote your website.
3. Andanza.com: Mobilize Your Blog in Minutes
Features:
– Provides 3 easy steps to mobilize your blog quickly.
– Your blog will be accessible from any mobile device, including mobile phones, PDAs and the like, regardless of the channel (WAP, I-mode, Smartphone, etc), the networks (GPRS, UMTS, WIFI) or operators (either national or international).
– Plugins are available for WordPress, MoveableType and Drupal blogs to increase the functionalities of your mobile blog.
– They offer URL redirect.
4. MoFuse: Mobilize your blog in no time!
Features:
– Provides statistics for your blog.
– Edit your blogs with their WYSIWYG editor.
– Design your website at your preference.
– You can use your own domain name or sub domain.
– A SMS widget is available for your blog so your readers can get your mobile link via SMS message.
– You can upload your own image header/logo.
– It enables you to monetize your mobile blog through its revenue sharing program where you can earn 50% of all advertising profits using Google AdSense Mobile and AdMob!
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WordPress Mobile Plugin make your WordPress blog accessible on internet-able mobile phone. You can also create post and send comments by phone. Your WordPress mobile site can also be monetized by AdMob.