Value WebHosting Service
ICANN, the (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has made a major decision to allow the use of non-Latin characters. Its has been described as the “biggest technical change to the internet” since it was created 40 years ago.
The move means that complete web addresses using scripts such as Hebrew, Sanskrit and Korean, will be permitted, it was confirmed by the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers at a meeting in Seoul, South Korea, yesterday.
More than half the world’s internet users do not use a Latin-based language and the move is expected to see about 100,000 new characters available for use in website addresses.
Chairman of the regulator Peter Dengate Thrush said: “This is only the first step, but it is an incredibly big one and an historic move toward the internationalisation of the Internet.”
The first phase of the Internationalized Domain Names program begins Nov. 16 when countries can apply to ICANN for country codes, such as .us for the United States and .ru for Russia, in their own character sets.
Right now we can only guess what effect it will have on the internet as there are at least 30% of the internet users are not English users.
Top 5 Webhosting Companies
iPage Web Hosting
iPage make it affordable and easy to manage your website and email — and their team cares about your success. Here are a few reasons why iPage is right for you: They make it easy! At iPage, we have...
Read More...HostGator
HostGator is a world leading provider of shared, reseller and dedicated web hosting. Privately held and based in Houston, Texas with a full in-house support team of over 150 industry veterans. Customers...
Read More...Go Daddy
Go Daddy is widely recognized for its success, having been ranked #8 on the 2004 Inc. 500 list of the nation's fastest-growing privately held companies; #20 on the 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast 500...
Read More...Lunarpages
Lunarpages solutions are at the forefront of industry standards, and are powered by Dell PowerEdge servers, the most innovative and secure servers in the industry. Our most popular Basic Web...
Read More...IX Hosting
IX Web Hosting - #1 Rated Host for 2006* FREE 24/7 Support. ($240 Value), FREE DOMAIN ($19.95 Value), Any-Time Money Back Guarantee. $4.95/mo, 200 GB Webspace, 2,000 GB Transfer/mo, Host 2 Domains....
Read More...