LinkedIn goes mobile; VCist owns dotcom wordnumber

LinkedIn, the business-themed social networking site, has gone mobile. The site's mobile address m.linkedin.com is pretty laughable considering only one of the letters in 'LinkedIn' can be typed out with a single tap; the rest are multiple-tap letters for non-QWERTY cell phone users. LinkedIn takes 18 taps to execute w/o the 'm', the dots and the 'com'. The grand tally: 28 taps in total - phew!

So much for LinkedIn being at the forefront of the convergence of technology with business networking. By the time a user types out LinkedIn's entire mobile URL, he/she will forget the name of the guy - 'Bob Johnson, or was it John Roberts? ' - they just met whom they wanted to view the corresponding LinkedIn profile.

It would behoove LinkedIn to obtain its dotcom wordnumber, 54653346.com, and that brings us to a nice surprise. Finally, Jamptap is pleased to report that a dotcom wordnumber is owned not by any of the half-dozen major wordnumber investors that have more-or-less dominated the market. 54653346.com is owned by this guy, a venture capitalist and private equity investor. So, wouldn't you agree that this is an interesting development, signaling that the VC community may be (quietly) getting in on the wordnumber action? The 54653346.com registrant, owner of just 93 other domains, has forwarded his domain to a parking page. For now.