[Rubber Duck]

Yes, this is the biggest problem for IDNers at the moment. We need places to park domains that will enable domains to be pointed at PPC adverts in a linguistically relevant context.

It is bound to happen as ideas that work in the US must ultimately be transferrable to ther markets. The problem is, just how long is going to take to get the infrastructure in place? Baidu.com does have a lot of such relevant advertising for Chinese, but at the moment Sedo only appears to be using Google, which whilst in theory it is set up to receive Adwords in Japanese and Chinese. The reality is that very little is happening as yet.

I think it is likely that a some stage Google will integrate Baidu advertising into its Adwords programme, whether this will happen as a result of a full takeover or as collaborate effort.

Sedo is ahead of the pack, but moving incredibly slowly on this. Afternic efforts are even more pathetic, although it does display both Punycode and Unicode forms.

Most mainsteam speculators will not start taking IDN seriously until they can see a revenue stream. The development of such revenue is critical to the development of the market.

Any serious suggestions on where we all go next on this one would be extremely welcome.

Best Regards
Dave Wrixon