Comments on: Mobilize any Website with Mowser http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:50:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Ubik: Create a Mobile Website | MakeUseOf.com http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-342999 Ubik: Create a Mobile Website | MakeUseOf.com Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:57:56 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-342999 [...] service that lets you create a mobile version for your site. Unlike services such as Mowser, Mofuse, Google-mobilisser that create mobile website by  automatically translating  RSS  [...] [...] service that lets you create a mobile version for your site. Unlike services such as Mowser, Mofuse, Google-mobilisser that create mobile website by  automatically translating  RSS  [...]

]]> By: Browsing Web on your Mobile Phone | MakeUseOf.com http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-277199 Browsing Web on your Mobile Phone | MakeUseOf.com Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:46:54 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-277199 [...] Read more at Mobilize any Website with Mowser. [...] [...] Read more at Mobilize any Website with Mowser. [...]

]]> By: Travis Quinnelly http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-239073 Travis Quinnelly Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:14:23 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-239073 better is relative. better is relative.

]]> By: Travis Quinnelly http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-239072 Travis Quinnelly Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:12:23 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-239072 @Mike Thanks for clearing those questions up. I know that mobile advertising is a touchy subject so thanks for informing us of how Mowser works its mojo. @Mike
Thanks for clearing those questions up. I know that mobile advertising is a touchy subject so thanks for informing us of how Mowser works its mojo.

]]> By: Mike Rowehl http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-238880 Mike Rowehl Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:26:15 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-238880 Oh, and at Tellevision Spy, actually we do swap in the publishers ads on the pages themselves, we only put our own ads on interstitials and summary pages. There's a bunch of info about how to control advertising on the mobile version of your site at: http://pub.mowser.com/wiki/Main/AdvertisingFaq We explicitly don't put our ads on other peoples content unless we have a special agreement with them for that very reason, it would be a violation of copyright. - Mike Oh, and at Tellevision Spy, actually we do swap in the publishers ads on the pages themselves, we only put our own ads on interstitials and summary pages. There’s a bunch of info about how to control advertising on the mobile version of your site at:

http://pub.mowser.com/wiki/Main/AdvertisingFaq

We explicitly don’t put our ads on other peoples content unless we have a special agreement with them for that very reason, it would be a violation of copyright.

- Mike

]]> By: Mike Rowehl http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-238877 Mike Rowehl Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:23:47 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-238877 Hey folks, Sorry you had such a bad experience Dave, we fool around with different advertising setups for Mowser, and you happened to hit something that didn't work out so well. We don't throw up a set of ads on every inbound request, and we're trying to figure out configurations for the site that don't include as much that gets in the way of the user. It's a pretty thorny problem though. As far as the Wordpress Plugin, it's actually up on the wordpress.org site: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mowser-wordpress-mobile/ And there's a bunch of info about using Mowser with other publishing systems on the publisher wiki: http://pub.mowser.com - Mike Hey folks,

Sorry you had such a bad experience Dave, we fool around with different advertising setups for Mowser, and you happened to hit something that didn’t work out so well. We don’t throw up a set of ads on every inbound request, and we’re trying to figure out configurations for the site that don’t include as much that gets in the way of the user. It’s a pretty thorny problem though.

As far as the Wordpress Plugin, it’s actually up on the wordpress.org site:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mowser-wordpress-mobile/

And there’s a bunch of info about using Mowser with other publishing systems on the publisher wiki:

http://pub.mowser.com

- Mike

]]> By: Television SPy http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-238664 Television SPy Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:14:31 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-238664 <strong>The odd part about that is that their monetization of the system doesn't lead to any profit for the actual content developer. So they slap their ads on your content, kinda seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen. Personally I don't mind letting users view my content on whatever device they want - but I think some of the bigwig publishers and bloggers may not like that.</strong> The odd part about that is that their monetization of the system doesn’t lead to any profit for the actual content developer. So they slap their ads on your content, kinda seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen. Personally I don’t mind letting users view my content on whatever device they want - but I think some of the bigwig publishers and bloggers may not like that.

]]> By: kaushik http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-238551 kaushik Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:38:30 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-238551 This is better. Replace [your site] with the URL of the site http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%2F[YOUR URL]&hl=en&mrestrict=xhtml This is better. Replace [your site] with the URL of the site

http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%2FYOUR URL]&hl=en&mrestrict=xhtml

]]> By: maestroalberto » Mowser: rendere ogni sito web adatto alla navigazione mobile http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-238457 maestroalberto » Mowser: rendere ogni sito web adatto alla navigazione mobile Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:47:44 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-238457 [...] Via | makeuseof [...] [...] Via | makeuseof [...]

]]> By: Travis Quinnelly http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-238408 Travis Quinnelly Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:57:41 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-238408 @dave I couldn't find the Mowser WP plugin either. You're right on the ads, Mowser does drop an ad or two in there occasionally...or when you click the link for the full article for sites who only display a teaser in their feed, you'll get a full page where you can click the link at the very bottom to go to the site. Mowser's got to make money, but at least its not pushing ads to every single page you visit. @dave
I couldn’t find the Mowser WP plugin either.

You’re right on the ads, Mowser does drop an ad or two in there occasionally…or when you click the link for the full article for sites who only display a teaser in their feed, you’ll get a full page where you can click the link at the very bottom to go to the site.
Mowser’s got to make money, but at least its not pushing ads to every single page you visit.

]]> By: Aibek http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-237950 Aibek Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:12:10 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-237950 I looked for plugin on their website but couldn't find it. Are you sure this plugin is from Mowser ? I looked for plugin on their website but couldn’t find it. Are you sure this plugin is from Mowser ?

]]> By: dave http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-237832 dave Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:56:21 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mobilize-any-website-with-mowser/#comment-237832 well, i tried the mowser wordpress plugin earlier this week and was very upset. what they do not tell you: the standard configuration of the plugin works like this: simple, you just click to enable, it automatically sniffs phones, redirects to mowser. BUT here's what actually happens: instead of your url as landing page, what user actually sees is a big mowser text item with a note about being ad supporte and a full page of ads, at the bottom of the screen is the option to continue to the site - once in the site, the experience is nice BUT if you click a title link in a blog item, you are again brought to the ad screen, all ads, identical display as landing page, at bottom is another link to continue to post...they insert ads at front and in between every item. ***that is an awful user experience** people are not going to click ads on mobile phones, and with limited real estate on the screen, it's a sorry approach to 'generating revenue' the would do better sticking with the "automatically serve your adsense if detected" (which it does) and suggest a revenue share arrangement and NOT touch the flow of content!!! i removed it within about five minues. well, i tried the mowser wordpress plugin earlier this week and was very upset. what they do not tell you: the standard configuration of the plugin works like this: simple, you just click to enable, it automatically sniffs phones, redirects to mowser.

BUT here’s what actually happens: instead of your url as landing page, what user actually sees is a big mowser text item with a note about being ad supporte and a full page of ads, at the bottom of the screen is the option to continue to the site - once in the site, the experience is nice BUT if you click a title link in a blog item, you are again brought to the ad screen, all ads, identical display as landing page, at bottom is another link to continue to post…they insert ads at front and in between every item.

***that is an awful user experience** people are not going to click ads on mobile phones, and with limited real estate on the screen, it’s a sorry approach to ‘generating revenue’

the would do better sticking with the “automatically serve your adsense if detected” (which it does) and suggest a revenue share arrangement and NOT touch the flow of content!!!

i removed it within about five minues.

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