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What do You do on the Mobile Web?

Posted by Zach Epstein on May 22, 2008 10:55 am 14 comments
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As more and more devices become equipped with capable web browsers, it becomes increasingly interesting to learn where mobile mobile web users are spending their time. Companies spend massive amounts of time and money mobilizing websites and ensuring that their content is accessible from any device. So who’s getting a solid return? According to a recent study conducted by M:Metrics, smartphone web browsers spend the majority of time each month browsing through the pages of cragslist.org. You dirty, dirty heathens. We’d like to think that the jobs, community and other such sections are well traveled but we know better. Of the 4 hours and 38 minutes smartphone users spend each month browsing the web on average, craigslist.org sees an average of 1 hour and 39 minutes. The second most popular mobile web destination is eBay.com with an average of 1 hour and 29 minutes. Basically, smartphone users like looking at old junk - in more ways than one. Behind the two leaders are popular social networks MySpace and Facebook with 1:25 and 1:24 respectively. What all this says to us: Smartphone owners use the mobile web to check out local transvestites, buy tattered old couches and hand-sewn tea cozies, and then tell all of their friends on MySpace and Facebook about it. Are we oversimplifying?

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  1. On May 22, 2008 @ 11:24 am, Chris Said:

    in order of most used by me:
    1.google
    2.Craigslist
    3.google notebook

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  2. On May 22, 2008 @ 11:25 am, simonfn Said:

    I often start out at phonefavs.com and go from there.

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  3. On May 22, 2008 @ 11:41 am, shadymanny Said:

    When your friend who’s full of shit keeps spewing out BS, I like to whip out the Blackberry and go to wikipedia and put him in his place.

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  4. On May 22, 2008 @ 11:42 am, Kyle Said:

    Just wanna point out that I was trolling through craigslist on my Blackjack II here at work (NSFW!) and I see this article on my computer screen.

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  5. On May 22, 2008 @ 12:05 pm, ChrisNYC Said:

    I’m hitting eBay, 400+ 100% positive rating. :)

    I’m getting news off Drudge and Bloomberg, and a Wall Street scrooling live service called StreetAccount.

    YouTube, Amazon, BGR, GoogleMaps, Hotmail.

    Hopefully the Apple 3G will bring push email, live navigation, better everything.

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  6. On May 22, 2008 @ 1:07 pm, Jawsnj Said:

    I used to go to BGR about 50 times a day, but recently I get a full version of the site on my BB 8330 and it takes too long to load and then the screen is long on the left side. I used to get a moble version, any reason that has stopped.

    I thought it the settings on the Curve, but went back and checked against my old Pearl and the settings are the same…

    Any info BGR???

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  7. On May 22, 2008 @ 1:35 pm, SB Said:

    i used to goto BGR 5-10 times a day, but since past 5 days the site doesn’t load up at all.
    any reason why?

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  8. On May 22, 2008 @ 2:03 pm, Hinano Said:

    LOL what about the few of us who mostly use google maps and weather underground 90% of the time? XD

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  9. On May 22, 2008 @ 2:22 pm, rrrebo Said:

    Google, CrackBerry.com, mobile banking, Fark, and a few other sites.

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  10. On May 22, 2008 @ 2:50 pm, henro Said:

    1. Google (its my homepage and lists all the top news/sports/weather)
    2. Wachovia (Gotta keep track of that money)
    3. MySpace

    Everything else can wait until I’m at my desk.

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  11. On May 22, 2008 @ 10:47 pm, The Undude Said:

    mostly surfing the web, listening to live radio streams, watching internet tv streams. i’ve listed many many links on mobilegadgetnews a while back - go to forums, general discussions, and look for the pinned posting at the top of the page.

    happy surfing!

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  12. On May 23, 2008 @ 9:31 am, TxdoHawk Said:

    Nothing just yet. I’ve been waiting for more reasonable data prices and a phone worth surfing on…up until Safari (and the upcoming Opera Mobile 9.5), mobile browsing was the pits, but now I am holding out for the 3G iPhone since it is seemingly close.

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  13. On May 23, 2008 @ 11:38 am, sakurarocket Said:

    My most visited mobile site is Fark, and that’s follwed by Wikipedia.

    I spend way more than 4 hours a month browsing the web from my sidekick though, more like a couple of hours a day. It has pretty much repaced my computer as far as basic web browsing goes.

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  14. On May 24, 2008 @ 5:39 am, Nickel Said:

    1. Gmail
    2. Yahoo News
    3. Digg
    4. Amazon (need to do some comparison shopping at best buy or Borders)
    5 Mobile Fatwallet
    6. WM Live Search (love the voice reconition) to searchn for local merchants and their operating hours.
    7 Egress for my RSS feeds and Downloading Cnet Buzz out Load Podcasts

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