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Gruber Gives Up On His IDN

• Comment posted Oct 23, 2010 9:38 pm PDT — by John Yunker
  That's a great point, though I don't think we're going to revert back to numbers. But I do see ASCII living for quite a long time — even if it's only behind the scenes. Technically, IDN is really not a…

• Comment posted Oct 22, 2010 10:37 pm PDT — by John Yunker
  Tina, The registries will certainly do their part to promote IDNs. And maybe we'll see a government or two mandate support for IDNs across various sectors. I also think Google and other search engines can do a great deal to…

• Comment posted Oct 22, 2010 4:32 pm PDT — by John Yunker
  Tina, That's a great point and I should have mentioned it. Gruber's IDN is not permitted under IDNA2008. So, going forward some of his issues (eventually all) should become a thing of the past. Now that ICANN is green lighting…

ICANN Approves IDNs for China, Taiwan, Thailand, Sri Lanka...

• Comment posted Apr 07, 2010 12:44 am PDT — by John Yunker
  Thanks Tina.

• Comment posted Apr 06, 2010 3:00 am PDT — by John Yunker
  Hi Jon — Very good point. I was quoting ICANN and my assumption was that they hadn't yet published all of the fast-track applications (or they had their counts wrong). But I'll look into it some more. Thanks.

Google Beats Facebook in Popularity Because it Supports More Languages (For Now)

• Comment posted Mar 04, 2010 3:22 am PST — by John Yunker
  And you're absolutely right that there is a "language curve" that companies progress along as they expand globally. In the early part of that curve, a company may add 3-5 languages per year and then this will taper as they…

• Comment posted Mar 03, 2010 11:30 pm PST — by John Yunker
  I don't disagree that there aren't diminished returns when you get past 22 languages — in both audience and revenues — but there are still plenty of opportunities. And if you manage your translation budget well, there's no reason companies…

The Chinese Domain Name Bubble Bursts

• Comment posted Aug 19, 2009 5:18 am PDT — by John Yunker
  Brett — good point. I didn't mean to call out a people — just the domain (and those who manage it).