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<DIV>Hi Tom,</DIV>
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<DIV>Country code TLDs have been available since 2010 for 4 Arab countries at
least. Unfortunately its not on most peoples priority list for implementing, and
I have not noticed any advertising for an Arabic URL over the past couple of
years (I live in the MENOG region).</DIV>
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<DIV>As for CloudFlares IDNs, it would be good to filter out which are using the
Arabic alphabet and know how many Arabic IDNs are actually out there. That would
require a good understanding of Punycode used to translate an IDN into Latin
characters.</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>-Ahmed</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tom+menog@cloudflare.com
href="mailto:tom+menog@cloudflare.com">Tom Paseka</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 27, 2013 7:20 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=ahmed@tamkien.com href="mailto:ahmed@tamkien.com">Ahmed
Abu-Abed</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=menog@menog.net
href="mailto:menog@menog.net">mailto:menog@menog.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [menog] New Arabic TLD and idea's
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<DIV dir=ltr>Hi Ahmed,
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<DIV>Cheers,</DIV>
<DIV>Tom</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 1:54 AM, Ahmed Abu-Abed <SPAN
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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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