Rubber Duck
26th November 2005, 01:20 PM
It is confirmed that Yahoo are ranking the local characters in the URL.
If you do advanced search and put in popular local characters into the Search request it throws up sites with IDN URLs.
Try 大阪 Osaka or 東京 Tokyo
Situation is less clear with Google as that throws up hundreds of results, due to the fact that it is not just checking domains but whole URL. It would seem common practice in Japan to name subdirectories in Local Characters.
This is highly significant, as because over 90% of search terms in the Far East are in local characters, the imperative to register and at least redirect an IDN domain is now obvious to anyone with half a brain.
Best Regards
Dave Wrixon
If you do advanced search and put in popular local characters into the Search request it throws up sites with IDN URLs.
Try 大阪 Osaka or 東京 Tokyo
Situation is less clear with Google as that throws up hundreds of results, due to the fact that it is not just checking domains but whole URL. It would seem common practice in Japan to name subdirectories in Local Characters.
This is highly significant, as because over 90% of search terms in the Far East are in local characters, the imperative to register and at least redirect an IDN domain is now obvious to anyone with half a brain.
Best Regards
Dave Wrixon