IDNs and the future of domaining
Domainstate Forum has carried out a feature story in one of today’s posts about internationalized domain names (IDNs). IDNencyclopedia spoke to one domainer. The article entitled “the founding father” basically describes the fortunes of the domainer who saw the potential in IDNs and dived with headfirst into the Japanese domain industry market. The articled continues, Craig Nine a seo consultant and web developer who is living in Japan, has one of the strongest Japanese IDNs portfolio.
This underpins the underlying potential of IDNs many domainers dont seem to realize. One discouraging factor for domainers from IDNs could be the the mapping system otherwise known as punnycode. I would say that many domainers think that internet users are going to type say Japanese in puny code which is not true. Another challenge to domainers is the low SEO value associated with English domains targeted at the Japanese.
But the outlook of IDNs has remained generally positive ever since Nine began a forum known as IDNForums.com for a better understanding of the IDN market.
However, the article concludes by saying there is no future just for everyone with IDNs. Those domainers who are timid of writing in other language will find it hard to establish themselves within the IDNs market.
After reading this article, I have decided to join IDNForums to gain a better insight into the IDNs market and development.