Content publishers get free mobile site with Mippin Maker
I had a note in from Scott Beaumont at Mippin to let me know that their Mippin Maker tool is now available. Essentially, if you’d like to create a perfectly tailored rendition of your site for every mobile handset, Mippin Maker is for you. It’s free, too. (You do actually need to have a site with an RSS/ATOM newsfeed in order to take advantage of Mippin Maker.)
I’ve got one already, thanks to the team there. You can see it at mippin.com/smstextnews. Here’s how it looks rendered on my desktop browser:
I decided to try out the Mippin Maker process with my brother’s Bladewatch blog. All I did was type in www.bladewatch.com into the Mippin Maker URL box and *immediately*, I mean IMMEIDATELY, this page appeared:
Smart! That was it created. It’s got a temporary URL — mippin.com/mippin4030 — I imagine if my brother ‘claims’ the site, he’ll be able to change that to something a little more relevant.
It really is that fast. Give it a go with your blog.
It is nice, BUT external links are not shown as links. Keep that in mind. I wrote a comparison post between this and two other free mobilization services here: http://www.ssixty.info/2008/04/mobilize-your-site-for-free-with-mowser.html.
A Mippin employee commented on that piece letting me know that external link support is something that they’re working on, and it’s coming in the next few weeks.
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Posted by Vlad on April 4th, 2008 at 4:25 pm.Very good! great on my E90.
Would be nice if they had a “UK only sites” option
Posted by NTS Paul on April 7th, 2008 at 9:06 am.