<div dir="ltr">Hi Ahmed,<div><br></div><div>I've had a look through CloudFlare's customers and we see thousands of IDN's, but this is nothing compared to what exists in pre-existing romanized domains. </div><div>
<br></div><div>For a pre-existing company to move to a IDN, or any new domain in general, they have to revamp their presence, re-market to everyone to make sure they visit the correct address. I assume this isn't an easy task. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I suspect you'll see new starters coming out from the get-go with an IDN, but it'll take a while for the existing content to start adoption.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Tom</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 1:54 AM, Ahmed Abu-Abed <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ahmed@tamkien.com" target="_blank">ahmed@tamkien.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>ICANN is in the news with the new <font face="Times New Roman">شبكة</font> TLD, see <a title="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24637673" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24637673" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24637673</a></div>
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<div>I am yet to see Arabic TLDs widely implemented, although most browsers are
ready, even on iOS and Android which I tested with an Arabic URL. Any idea on
why is the delay in implementing Arabic URL by content providers (newspapers,
etc.) ? People in the region prefer Arabic websites, so I am wondering what’s
stopping content providers from having Arabic URLs.</div>
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<div>Also, anyone know if major portals, like Google or Yahoo, have implemented
IDNs in any language for their URL ? Something like ياهو.شبكة (which
translates to Yahoo.net , as I cannot find an equivalent to .com as an Arabic
TLD).</div>
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<div>Best Regards,</div>
<div>Ahmed Abu-Abed</div>
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