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