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Thursday, 11 September 2008

Goog - al - Jazaer!

Posted on 09:15 by Unknown
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Today we are very pleased to release a localized google.dz for Algeria, making Google the first international search engine with a .dz domain. (And google.com.dz also functions, redirecting to google.dz.)

Some alert bloggers spotted our DNS changes earlier in the month, but a couple of weeks ago we completed the launch with a localized homepage with French as the default language and Arabic as the linked alternative. People who prefer google.com in English, of course, can still find that linked from the new homepage.

In launching google.dz, we had to comply with local rules governing top level domains in Algeria. Working with our friends at the registrar, and coordinating between Algiers, Dublin and Zürich, we were able to come up with a solution that worked for everyone. We were really pleased about this, as Algeria has one of the fastest-growing internet populations in the world, and this launch will really enable us to offer the best Google service to this group. A distributed team in Zürich, London and Mountain View are working to support the growth in Algeria and the rest of North Africa and the Middle East; watch out for more launches to come!

Posted by Steve Crossan, Senior Product Manager, Google

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Goog - al - Jazaer!

Nous sommes très heureux de lancer aujourd'hui google.dz, une version localisée pour l'Algérie, faisant ainsi de Google le premier moteur de recherche international ayant un domaine en .dz (google.com.dz fonctionne également, avec une redirection vers google.dz).

Certains blogueurs alertes auront déjà repéré nos changements de DNS il y a environ un mois, mais nous avons finalisé le lancement il y a une quinzaine de jours, avec une page d'accueil en français par défaut, avec l'arabe comme alternative. Les utilisateurs qui préfèrent google.com en anglais peuvent bien entendu trouver le lien à partir de la nouvelle page d'accueil.

En lançant google.dz, nous avons eu à nous conformer aux règles régissant les domaines de premier niveau en Algérie. En travaillant avec l'autorité gérant les noms de domaines, et coordonnant entre Alger, Dublin et Zürich, nous avons été en mesure de trouver une solution qui fonctionne pour tout le monde. Nous en sommes très heureux car l'Algérie a une des plus fortes croissances mondiales en terme de population connectée à Internet, et ce lancement va vraiment nous permettre d'offrir le meilleur service Google à ces utilisateurs. Une équipe répartie entre Zürich, Londres et Mountain View travaille pour soutenir la croissance en Algérie, dans le reste de l'Afrique du Nord et au Moyen-Orient ; restez attentifs aux autres lancements à venir !

Posté par Steve Crossan, Senior Product Manager, Google
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