GOOGLE LAUNCHES LEBANON DOMAIN
ArabianBusiness.com
April 28, 2009 Tuesday
Google has announced on its Google Arabia Blog that they have setup
their latest Google domain for Lebanon,
According to Google Arabia, this brings the total number of Google
domains worldwide to over 170 with eleven domains in the Middle East
and North Africa (MENA) region.
The other Google domains in the region include Egypt
(), Saudi Arabia (), the United
Arab Emirates (), Bahrain (), Kuwait
(), Qatar (), Jordan (),
Morocco (), Algeria () and Libya
().
"For some time we’ve been working to provide Google homepages to as
many of the world’s recognized top-level domains as possible. Domains
are a first step for Google to provide a more relevant and local
experience for our users. When users access Google from their local
domain, we are better able to understand what kind of location related
content users want to see. Users can also restrict the Search to the
local country pages as an option," the Google Arabia team says on
their blog.
"Up until recently, Arabic-speaking users in Lebanon have had
to visit foreign domains (e.g. google.com.eg in Egypt) in order
to search in Arabic. Going forward, Lebanese users will be able to
access google.com.lb for their local Arabic search, with an option
to access their local search in French, English and Armenian. These
are small steps towards fostering a greater local web experience for
our users around the world," the blog post concludes.