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A little example of just how wide open the IDN market is...
This morning, I registered the .com Thai language equivalents of: drink, forum, chat, diary, law, message board, politics, card, photography, education, download, horoscope, radio, science, religion, architecture, girl, environment, ecard, hardware
Some of the above have US Overture counts in the thousands, meaning they're likely to be HUGELY popular terms (it's not an exact science when there's no local Overture tool).
I can't read, speak or write a single letter of Thai. But I worked from Dmoz's Thai language directory and from the site navigation of one of the big portals, Sanook, which I found while checking some of the keywords I'd found in Dmoz.
All in, it took me just over 2 hours to find, confirm the availability of and register the above list...
Now according to Clickz's stats, there are 7.5 million Thais online out of a total population of 65 million.
Nobody can say with 100% certainty how IDNs will pan out, but for a total investment of $159.80 I've got a pretty good foothold in the Thai market if they do take off.
And it's opportunities like this which explain why I've become an IDN believer.
This morning, I registered the .com Thai language equivalents of: drink, forum, chat, diary, law, message board, politics, card, photography, education, download, horoscope, radio, science, religion, architecture, girl, environment, ecard, hardware
Some of the above have US Overture counts in the thousands, meaning they're likely to be HUGELY popular terms (it's not an exact science when there's no local Overture tool).
I can't read, speak or write a single letter of Thai. But I worked from Dmoz's Thai language directory and from the site navigation of one of the big portals, Sanook, which I found while checking some of the keywords I'd found in Dmoz.
All in, it took me just over 2 hours to find, confirm the availability of and register the above list...
Now according to Clickz's stats, there are 7.5 million Thais online out of a total population of 65 million.
Nobody can say with 100% certainty how IDNs will pan out, but for a total investment of $159.80 I've got a pretty good foothold in the Thai market if they do take off.
And it's opportunities like this which explain why I've become an IDN believer.