Mobile Search was presented by Megan Fox the Web and Electronic Resources Librarian for Simmons College and Gary Price the Director of Resources for Ask.com. Mobile searchers are goal orientated and generally want to view key content. 50% of mobile searchers are 1 word. These searchers come under three different catagoiries:
1. Local search, i.e. location of hotels, ATM's...
2. Ready Ref, i.e. stock quotes, definitions...
3.Rich content, i,e, rintones, pics...
Mobile Web vs. Transcoded Web
There are 2 ways to view web content on mobile phones. One can transcode with such sites like skweezer. This site takes something like the NY Times and literally squeezes it so the mobile user can view it on their phone. The second way to view is actual pages made with mobile search in mind. The domain name for these are .mobi. If you're trying to find sites with this domain name try searching Find Mobi .
Photo Mobile Searching and more...
Semapedia allows you to go around the world and take pictures of barcodes. Once you have taken a picture with you picture phone you send the picture to the site and you will recieve a text back with the wikipedia information about the item that has been barcoded. How about spoken voice? You call 1800 555 Tell and you tell them what you need to know and they text you the answer back!!!! For those of you (like me) who are always lost try Loki ,which uses wifi signals to find your location and get you directions...
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I usually use skweezer, and find that it gets the job done... although it takes the magic out of a lot of pages, and can be a little slow. If only more sites had a nice mobile interface that not only featured a stripped down display, but also took into account the fast, goal-oriented kind of surfing we do "on the road!" It would be nice to see some libraries put out a mobile page with just a few resources their users might like to get to on their phones/pdas!
I have to try that barcode thing - that sounds cool!
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