| This first time I saw this it took me a bit | | | | the answer was no, surprisingly. The dot mobi |
| to get my thoughts around what I was seeing. | | | | web page (Internet for cell phones) that I |
| To explain, a good friend has been a member | | | | entered the license plate number is only a |
| of a local Corvette club for years and as I | | | | web page in the most limited sense, basically |
| sat in the passenger seat of this monster | | | | just a blank text box referred to as a |
| fast Z06 vehicle he points out a fellow club | | | | database portal that anyone can use. To |
| members car ahead of us. As we crawled along | | | | access it yourself, enter hardlink.mobi into |
| in freeway traffic he pulls out his cell | | | | your cell phones web browser. |
| phone and hands it to me and asks that I | | | | |
| enter the license plate number of the other | | | | It is from this portal that you have access |
| Corvette. I did just that and I was presented | | | | to all hardlinks, which is basically a |
| with information about that car, including a | | | | hyperlink from the real world. Once there you |
| picture, the club he belonged to, his forum | | | | enter a name or number found on some object |
| user name and vehicle modifications - this | | | | and it searches a database and returns all |
| was cool, but not really rocket science from | | | | links with that identifier. It does not |
| my assumptions. What I learned next allowed | | | | search the Internet - that is a key point |
| me to see the scope of the application I was | | | | here. In fact, Google and this portal never |
| using. | | | | even cross paths and the content is said to |
| | | | not be directly search engine discoverable |
| I asked if this was their club web site and | | | | (referring to Google). |