I propose to discuss the use of Cyrillic in the domain name. What do you think about it?
There are still some problems with the use of Cyrillic. It is known that even Russified Firefox doesn’t like to use Cyrillic in the browser bar and always tries to translate Cyrillic characters either into Latin, or into some non-measured size codes.
For example,
such .
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Two recent news on the Cyrillic theme in the domain name:
1. The
European Union allowed to register sites with Russian addresses on the European .eu domain (06.26.2009):
EU allowed to register Internet sites with Russian addresses on the pan-European domain .eu
The European Commission spokesman Martin Zelmayer notes that starting next week, Cyrillic and Greek alphabets can be used to register sites on the .eu domain. Technical support has also been created on the European domain for using letters of European languages ​​in the names of sites that are not in the basic Latin alphabet. Previously, only Latin letters and numbers from 0 to 9 could be used to register sites on the .eu domain.
Over 3 million sites have already been registered on the European domain, which is one of the highest rates in the world. The .eu domain was created in 2006 as a supplement to the national domains of EU member states.
2.
Russia is taking practical steps to introduce a first-level Cyrillic domain “RF” (06.26.2009):
The plan for the implementation of the Cyrillic top-level domain "RF" presented Russia Internet Corporation for the Management of Domain Names and Numeric Addresses (ICANN).
The presentation took place at the 35th ICANN International Conference in Sydney.
According to the Deputy Minister of Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation, Alexey Soldatov, the domain of the “RF” will be the national domain of the Russian Federation and will allow for Internet addressing in Russian. He stressed: "Russia is organizationally and technically ready to receive the Cyrillic root domain."
With the presentation of its plan, Russia made the first concrete step in the implementation of root domains using symbols of national alphabets among the countries participating in the Fast Track project.
In April 2009, ICANN leadership proposed to the Russian side a preliminary plan for the implementation of the Fast Track project, which will allow Russia to save time on the introduction of the Russian-language domain, after its approval by the ICANN board.
As an official designation of the Russian Cyrillic top-level domain, the combination of characters "RF" was proposed in November 2008. It directly indicates the ownership of the domain of the Russian Federation and also contains the letter "F", which can not be confused with any Latin letter.
PS: The “ru” zone already exists: its domains are sold on
www.webnames.ru - 280 rubles per share. However, it is not supported by official root DNS, but only alternative ones.
Read more:
“Multilingual Internet Domain Names” :
“From now on, the name of your company does not have to be translated into English for presentation on the Web. With the advent of Russian domains, the Internet has become more adapted to your needs. The names of the websites in Russian are easy to memorize and advertise ... "