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.mobi: The Mobile TLD Tim Berners-Lee Warned About — 964K Peak, Identity Digital, and a Namespace Responsive Design Killed
ICANN's 2005 mobile-only gTLD peaked at 964,115 (Sep 2008), sits near ~322K resolving (Jul 2026), and lost its sponsored mobile standards in 2017. mTLD → Afilias → Identity Digital; Tim Berners-Lee called it harmful; responsive design made it redundant. Verified roofs: ferrari.mobi, amazon.mobi redirects. Delete the old guide's unverified Fortune-500 list, "mobile-first TLD" pitch, and AIO boilerplate.
.biz: The Business gTLD Nobody Picked — 2M Peak, GoDaddy Registry, and a Zone Still Shrinking
ICANN's 2001 "business-only" gTLD peaked above 2M (June 2008), sits near ~1.2–1.5M in 2026, and Harvard's six-month audit found 74%+ empty and ~25% defensive. NeuLevel → Neustar → GoDaddy Registry (not Identity Digital—that's .info). Verified roofs: gamesindustry.biz. Delete the old guide's unverified $35k sales, AlexMakeup.biz filler, and AIO boilerplate.