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    Post Space or no space for Jap IDNs?

    Ok, in registering 2 word Japanese IDNs. Is better to register with the space or without the space? Or is it wise to do both? Which one gets the typein? And which gets indexed better? So far, I've been doing both. But I ask the question because I don't know which one is the accepted way Japanese people type in a browser and which one they would search for in an engine and I don't want to be spending my money. Any advice appreciated.

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    Re: Space or no space for Jap IDNs?

    - You cannot register any IDN with a space
    - Watch out for grammatical particles at beginning/between/end of words which are 'stop' words in SQL. As a result, those are filtered out in the jp overture results.

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    Re: Space or no space for Jap IDNs?

    - You cannot register any IDN with a space
    But in domainsite... when I try to reg this name without a space: Tokyo Gourmet (which is available by the way, good ovt) I get the following

    xn--qck7fy72gx5v.com (東京グル.com): Available

    With a space I get this....

    xn---7eurij24i34z.com (東京 グル.com): Taken

    How come?

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    Re: Space or no space for Jap IDNs?

    Quote Originally Posted by Trentino
    But in domainsite... when I try to reg this name without a space: Tokyo Gourmet (which is available by the way, good ovt) I get the following

    xn--qck7fy72gx5v.com (東京グル.com): Available

    With a space I get this....

    xn---7eurij24i34z.com (東京 グル.com): Taken

    How come?
    "Taken" is a catch-all error message. It's not really taken. It's an error produced by the space between Tokyo and Gourmet. 東京 *** グル.

    If it shows as available without the space, then it's free to be registered.

    xn--qck7fy72gx5v.com (東京グル.com): Available

    Try it.

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    Re: Space or no space for Jap IDNs?

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    Re: Space or no space for Jap IDNs?

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    Last edited by acodn; 04-17-2006 at 10:50 AM.

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    Re: Space or no space for Jap IDNs?

    In Japanese there is a complication in the way that spaces are handled. There is a special character which looks like a dot that is used in lieu of a space in titles etc.

    xn--lckh1a7bzah4vlek.com クレジット・カード.com Credit Card

    These might have a use as domains, but do not appear to be much used as present. However, the use of the AscII hypen is even more improbable, so definitely don't go there!
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