Sarcle said:
I have noticed a huge lack of interest in Hebrew names even though many words have outstanding US ovt as well.
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I picked up a few other hot keywords also.
Both are languages that are written in right to left script, so proper implmentation is just about inconceivable without IDN.IDN. Farsi and Urdu are also in this group.
Yes, some of it is almost certainly to do with the number of US residents that speak these languages.
Of course to count the US Jewish community as Hebrew Speakers would mean that you would first have to acknowledge that the World's English Speakers have been overestimated, otherwise you would have to count them all twice.
Personally, I am unable to gauge to what extent the Jewish community in the US and elsewhere would use Hebrew to access the internet. I do know that the population of Israel is actually quite small, so for Hebrew to become a major force for accessing the internet, it would require adoption throughout the Western World.
With Arabic, this is definitely not the case, as there are about two dozen countries in the world where Arabic is the dominant form of communication and the official language.
The Arabic internet has trailed behind in its development, but it now seems to be catching up quite quickly. I have Arabic domains with keywords that do about 9 Million Google, so the level of Arabic content has grown very significantly and it is probably now the fastest growing sector on the internet.
The higher price of crude oil will almost certainly increase the consumption of high-tech goods in many of these countries, which will mean that not only are people going to be accessing the internet in Arabic, but marketing will be increasing focused on this segment of the internet.
Best Regards
Dave Wrixon