| is an IDN? | | | | Brazilian Portugueseseguro |
| IDN stands for Internationalized Domain Name, also | | | | Bretonasurañs |
| known as multilingual domain names. It allows you the | | | | Catalanassegurança |
| possibility to use more characters in domains names, | | | | Danishforsikring |
| besides letters and numbers. It uses characters | | | | Dutchverzekering |
| available in other alphabets, like accents. | | | | Esperantocertigo |
| Example of IDN domains: | | | | Finnishvakuutus |
| Chinese IDN – which means cancer | | | | Flemishverzekering |
| If you go to you will see the domain is targeted | | | | Furlansigurance |
| towards cancer but in English. | | | | Galicianseguro |
| Romanian IDN – you will see the domain is | | | | Gujarati |
| targeted towards divorce but in English. | | | | વીમો |
| Polish IDN – you will see the domain is | | | | Hebrew |
| targeted towards money/currency but in English. | | | | ביטוח |
| Greek IDN – you will see the domain is | | | | Hindi |
| targeted bible/books but in English. | | | | बीमा |
| .cn with Chinese results: 例子.cn you | | | | Hungarianbiztosítás |
| will see the domain is samples but in Chinese. | | | | Indonesianasuransi |
| Al these are targeted through and take 5 days to | | | | Irish |
| target once a keyword is given. | | | | árachas |
| What browsers support IDN names today? | | | | Japanese |
| Only the latest version of Internet Explorer 7 and | | | | 保険 |
| Firefox 2 support IDN Names directly entered into | | | | Marathi |
| the browser. | | | | विमा |
| IE6 and earlier versions will not support IDN’s. | | | | Norwegianforsikring |
| What TLD’s or ccTLD’s support IDN? | | | | Piemonteseassicurassion |
| First of all what I am saying with that question is | | | | Polishubezpieczenie |
| what extensions can be registered like and IDN. Can I | | | | Portugueseseguro |
| 毒瘤.net? 毒瘤.org? | | | | Punjabi |
| 毒瘤.cn? 毒瘤.jp? and | | | | ਬੀਮਾ |
| what others can I register. | | | | Romagnoloassicuraziòun |
| Here is a list of the ones that I have registered: | | | | Romanianasigurare |
| .com | | | | Sanskrit |
| .net | | | | 2352;णं |
| .tv | | | | Serbian |
| .cc | | | | 1072;ње |
| .jp = Japan | | | | Slovakpoistenie |
| .cn = China | | | | Swedishförsäkring |
| .de = Germany | | | | Turkishsigorta ; sigortalama |
| .gr = Greece | | | | Ukrainian |
| .tw = Taiwan | | | | 1074;ання |
| Do all Registrars support IDN registrations? | | | | Valenciansegur |
| No, as of writing this Enom does and so does | | | | Venetianassicurassion |
| Domainsite. There are others that do but mot d not. | | | | Welshyswiriant |
| Please check with your registrar BEFORE you register | | | | I have found that just like domains, the one I think |
| any or you will get stuck with a long name that has | | | | will get the most traffic, surprisingly won’t, but |
| no value whosoever. | | | | the languages I have never heard of get some |
| What IDN’s should you register? | | | | traffic. |
| You should use the same principles that you have | | | | Now let’s see how you go about registering |
| learnt while registering English domain names. Go after | | | | IDN names: |
| the higher paying ppc terms first. Make sure if there | | | | Let’s go to logos.it and look up the Russian |
| are more than one way to say a word in any | | | | word for weasel as an example which is |
| language that you get them all as you never know | | | | ласка, so now I |
| which ones will have the most traffic. I have | | | | go download the IDN Domain Conversion Tool then |
| registered quite a few dual meaning words and | | | | open it up and paste |
| it’s never the one I think that has the most | | | | ласка into the |
| traffic. | | | | space unde the heading IDN Domains and hit the ok |
| 女孩儿 ; 姑娘 ; | | | | button. You will get a code called a PUNY code which |
| 女孩子 all mean girl with slight | | | | is: xn--80aa3ac5a , then take that and add a .com on |
| variations in Chinese. In this case and such a major | | | | it and you will end up with this Now check a whois or |
| term, unless you speak the language, grab them all. | | | | try to register and see if you get it. To keep it |
| Google results for all of them: | | | | organized and try to keep my domains in one place I |
| 女孩儿 - 1,870,000 results in | | | | register most of my IDN’s at Enom. There |
| Google | | | | are other choices if you like. You can take the actual |
| 姑娘 - 4,460,000 results in Google | | | | ID code and go to and type in the IDN and it will tell |
| 女孩子 - 2,840,000 results in | | | | you if it’s available without doing the PUNY |
| Google | | | | conversion but you should know how to do it |
| Most IDN’s with Google over 1 million will have | | | | anyways. |
| some traffic unless you get ridiculous generic terms | | | | When I check now is available. |
| like ‘the’ which have no value | | | | In case you are wondering you cannot register |
| whatsoever. | | | | ласка.ru yet as |
| Also, as with English domains, dig a bit deeper. If | | | | the Russian ccTLD does not support public IDN |
| loans is taken in the language you want go for things | | | | registrations yet. |
| like home loans, car loans, boat loans and so on. | | | | If I find an IDN like |
| How to find and register IDN’s? | | | | ਬਿੰਗੋ |
| There are many ways to find and register IDN | | | | (xn--f9b5b1c6b7k) should I register .com or .cn or |
| domain names. The best way is obviously if you | | | | both? |
| speak the language but even then you must be | | | | This really depends on how strong the term is, if |
| careful. Just like in English some common words will | | | | it’s a great term and you have the $, by all |
| not actually be used and a short form may be used. | | | | mans register them both. If you don’t my |
| In English most people know the word automobile | | | | suggestion is get the .com. You will need to do some |
| but rarely would use it. Most would use the word car. | | | | research here as every country operates differently. |
| This can be illustrated by the two overture scores: | | | | Some countries are big on their ccTLD’s while |
| 1572 | | | | others go for the .com first and only if that’s |
| 18016 | | | | taken will grab their ccTLD after that. |
| Now this does not mean automobile is not a good | | | | Personally, I have been registering the .com’s |
| IDN to register, it just means go after the one that | | | | and if it’s a great term I get the ccTLD for |
| is more likely to be typed in a browser. | | | | that country if its available. |
| Now if you don’t know anyone that speaks a | | | | To learn more about IDN Names visit the Domain |
| language you are going after, your only choice is to | | | | Name Forum where all the domain experts hang out |
| use a good translator software, I suggest you use | | | | and chat. |
| logos.it | | | | Are all the good IDN names taken? |
| When you enter a word it gives you results in | | | | Absolutely not, take your time and do some mining |
| multiple languages at one time and makes it really | | | | and you will find gold in them mountains. |
| easy to get a keyword in multiple languages. | | | | Remember don’t expect miracles from IDN |
| For example when you search for the word | | | | domains now, the miracles will come once most of |
| insurance you get: | | | | the world has a browser that can support it. |
| Englishinsurance | | | | Should you expect to make $ from your |
| Italianassicurazione | | | | IDN’s now? |
| Spanishseguro ; aseguración | | | | No, if you are lucky you will have a few that make |
| Frenchassurance | | | | something., I have registered thousands of these and |
| German | | | | at least half have traffic so that’s good |
| Versicherung | | | | enough for me to know the future will be great for |
| 1074;ание | | | | these. Be patient they will be worth it in the long run. |
| Arabic | | | | Is there anything else I should know about |
| تأمين ; | | | | IDN’s? |
| ضمان ; | | | | Yes, there is lots more, please take the time to learn |
| كفالة | | | | about Domain Names and feel free to ask and post |
| Albaniansigurim | | | | your questions as thre are many IDN experts there |
| Asturianseguru | | | | and they will usually answer you within a few |
| Basqueaseguru | | | | minutes. |
| Bologneseasicuraziån | | | | |