We've fielded many, many inquiries about the availability of Arabic domain names over the past several years. Don't underestimate the backlash against everything being in English for so long ... there are hordes (sorry) of folks who want to be able to use their native charactersets.
James Butler rich...@buzzhost.co.uk wrote: > On Fri, 2009-10-30 at 15:10 -0400, Charles Gregory wrote: > >> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009, Terry Carmen wrote: >> >>>> approval to a plan to permit Web addresses in characters other than the >>>> Latin alphabet, including Arabic, Chinese, Hindi and Korean. >>>> >>> I'd be *really* surprised if these became popular. The last thing any >>> business wants to do is create a domain name that some of it's customers >>> can't read or type. >>> >> Uh, good logic, but not an obstacle. It's the *reason* for this. >> >> Right now many customers in (for example) China cannot read the latin >> alphabet. While I'm sure that most internet users can 'type what they >> see' - currently being the only way to get to *any* domains - business >> relies on *memorable* website names, and that can really only happen if >> the majority of customers understand the language of the domain name. >> >> And for the emerging 'market' of internet users who are now getting >> systems that are completely Chinese characters, this step is the removal >> of the last barrier to their smooth experience of the web, at least within >> their own country..... >> >> :) >> >> - Charles >> > It brings us to a whole new era in Cybersqatting. I'm lining up the > Chinese versions of McDonalds, Pepsi, Coke........ > > Im going to be *so* rich..... > >
