Comments on: Non–Latin Character Domain Names – Why Should We Care? http://www.searchenginejournal.com/non%e2%80%93latin-character-domain-names/14366/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:43:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Api77 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/non%e2%80%93latin-character-domain-names/14366/comment-page-1/#comment-1271705 Api77 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:11:02 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=14366#comment-1271705 I am very interesting how a domain name Cyrillic or Latin will affect the ranking in google. For example what kind of domain are you going to buy if you would like to make a eshop for echography apparatus - ехограф.бг or echograf.bg. If you use a translitaration tool between Latin and Cyrillic the result will be ехограф.бг=echgraf.bg. Should I buy both of them?<br><br>The situation with the domains have to be similar with the company foundation in the Cyrillic countries. If you have registered company with Latin name you have rights of the transliterated Cyrillic name as well. I am very interesting how a domain name Cyrillic or Latin will affect the ranking in google. For example what kind of domain are you going to buy if you would like to make a eshop for echography apparatus – ехограф.бг or echograf.bg. If you use a translitaration tool between Latin and Cyrillic the result will be ехограф.бг=echgraf.bg. Should I buy both of them?

The situation with the domains have to be similar with the company foundation in the Cyrillic countries. If you have registered company with Latin name you have rights of the transliterated Cyrillic name as well.

]]> By: Api77 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/non%e2%80%93latin-character-domain-names/14366/comment-page-1/#comment-1239749 Api77 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:11:02 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=14366#comment-1239749 I am very interesting how a domain name Cyrillic or Latin will affect the ranking in google. For example what kind of domain are you going to buy if you would like to make a eshop for echography apparatus - ехограф.бг or echograf.bg. If you use a translitaration tool between Latin and Cyrillic the result will be ехограф.бг=echgraf.bg. Should I buy both of them?<br><br>The situation with the domains have to be similar with the company foundation in the Cyrillic countries. If you have registered company with Latin name you have rights of the transliterated Cyrillic name as well. I am very interesting how a domain name Cyrillic or Latin will affect the ranking in google. For example what kind of domain are you going to buy if you would like to make a eshop for echography apparatus – ехограф.бг or echograf.bg. If you use a translitaration tool between Latin and Cyrillic the result will be ехограф.бг=echgraf.bg. Should I buy both of them?

The situation with the domains have to be similar with the company foundation in the Cyrillic countries. If you have registered company with Latin name you have rights of the transliterated Cyrillic name as well.

]]> By: Pixelrage http://www.searchenginejournal.com/non%e2%80%93latin-character-domain-names/14366/comment-page-1/#comment-1142064 Pixelrage Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:06:57 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=14366#comment-1142064 Just a little confusion: weren't IDNs around for a long time? I own 4 of them, all of which I've purchased last year, but I'm pretty sure they have been around way before that (registrars like Godaddy have been offering them for years). Does this article mean that the actual extension will be in non-Latin characters, like the .com part? Just a little confusion: weren’t IDNs around for a long time? I own 4 of them, all of which I’ve purchased last year, but I’m pretty sure they have been around way before that (registrars like Godaddy have been offering them for years). Does this article mean that the actual extension will be in non-Latin characters, like the .com part?

]]> By: Verona http://www.searchenginejournal.com/non%e2%80%93latin-character-domain-names/14366/comment-page-1/#comment-1140150 Verona Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:04:39 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=14366#comment-1140150 Heh =) So you like the Cyrillic doamins? =) I really don't. This is because: 1. The Russian internet will become even spammier that before. The "spoof" sites will be popping up like crazy.. somebody might steal your brand name, and then good luck with trying to get it back in Russia hehe =) 2. It's too much hustle to type the domain in Cyrillic and then switch the keyboard to Latin to type the TLD. I think people will still use latin more. People are lazy! 3. Right now you can create URLs for pages in Cyrillic (like WIkipedia does for example). Try to copy and paste a URL from Wikipedia somewhere.. It will look like http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0 .. although it says "Panama" in Cyrillic in my browser.. Imagine if the domains will look the same way? Annoying huh? Besides, SEO-wise .. from my experience, Yandex (talking about Russia, we are talking Yandex, right?) does not give so much weight to keywords in the URLs, neither Cyrillic or Latin characters in the URLs make any difference for your rankings... I am very curious however what they will say about these Cyrillic domains. No official announcement was made so far. Heh =) So you like the Cyrillic doamins? =) I really don’t. This is because:

1. The Russian internet will become even spammier that before. The “spoof” sites will be popping up like crazy.. somebody might steal your brand name, and then good luck with trying to get it back in Russia hehe =)

2. It’s too much hustle to type the domain in Cyrillic and then switch the keyboard to Latin to type the TLD. I think people will still use latin more. People are lazy!

3. Right now you can create URLs for pages in Cyrillic (like WIkipedia does for example). Try to copy and paste a URL from Wikipedia somewhere.. It will look like http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0 .. although it says “Panama” in Cyrillic in my browser.. Imagine if the domains will look the same way? Annoying huh?

Besides, SEO-wise .. from my experience, Yandex (talking about Russia, we are talking Yandex, right?) does not give so much weight to keywords in the URLs, neither Cyrillic or Latin characters in the URLs make any difference for your rankings…

I am very curious however what they will say about these Cyrillic domains. No official announcement was made so far.

]]> By: Victoria http://www.searchenginejournal.com/non%e2%80%93latin-character-domain-names/14366/comment-page-1/#comment-1139955 Victoria Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:15:45 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=14366#comment-1139955 Check this out from W3C http://www.w3.org/International/tests/results/results-idn-display Check this out from W3C http://www.w3.org/International/tests/results/results-idn-display

]]> By: Justin http://www.searchenginejournal.com/non%e2%80%93latin-character-domain-names/14366/comment-page-1/#comment-1139928 Justin Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:31:02 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=14366#comment-1139928 Kind of following up with Jason and Victoria's comment here. but tinyarro.ws is very similar to this. It generates URLS which look like: http://➡.ws/ or http://☁.ws/釈 (links to this post) ps. Victoria, your link does not work :) Kind of following up with Jason and Victoria’s comment here. but tinyarro.ws is very similar to this. It generates URLS which look like:

http://➡.ws/
or http://☁.ws/釈 (links to this post)

ps. Victoria, your link does not work :)

]]> By: Jason Tan http://www.searchenginejournal.com/non%e2%80%93latin-character-domain-names/14366/comment-page-1/#comment-1139815 Jason Tan Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:37:24 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=14366#comment-1139815 I might be misunderstanding this article, but non-latin characters are already supported on many TLDs. For example, I have a URL shortener at this domain: http://維.net (Not sure how that will get rendered in your comments) From the ICANN article, I think the new thing is allowing non latin characters in the TLD suffixes. Will browsers still be required to change all IDNs to punycode (the xn-- version) once they are allowed in the TLD? I might be misunderstanding this article, but non-latin characters are already supported on many TLDs. For example, I have a URL shortener at this domain:

http://維.net
(Not sure how that will get rendered in your comments)

From the ICANN article, I think the new thing is allowing non latin characters in the TLD suffixes.

Will browsers still be required to change all IDNs to punycode (the xn-- version) once they are allowed in the TLD?

]]> By: Victoria http://www.searchenginejournal.com/non%e2%80%93latin-character-domain-names/14366/comment-page-1/#comment-1139669 Victoria Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:20:08 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=14366#comment-1139669 Oh side note....for an example, type this into your browser to see what it looks like! Thanks Ian for the thought :) http://www.xn--4gqx73hwke.com/ Oh side note….for an example, type this into your browser to see what it looks like! Thanks Ian for the thought :)
http://www.xn--4gqx73hwke.com/

]]> By: Evgeni Yordanov http://www.searchenginejournal.com/non%e2%80%93latin-character-domain-names/14366/comment-page-1/#comment-1139598 Evgeni Yordanov Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:45:22 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=14366#comment-1139598 I completely agree that there should be domains in Cyrillic at least. Just because as part of EU we have the right to write in languages that are official in EU. This applies to domain names as well. It will be a bit harder for us, SEO professionals, but still we'll have to adapt. I completely agree that there should be domains in Cyrillic at least. Just because as part of EU we have the right to write in languages that are official in EU. This applies to domain names as well. It will be a bit harder for us, SEO professionals, but still we’ll have to adapt.

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