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Re: [ME ICANN] idn.com and idn
by Ajay DATA Oct. 16, 2020

Oct. 16, 2020

Hello Wael,Universal Acceptance is the concept that all domain names should be treated equally. Domain names and e-mail addresses should be Accepted, Stored, Processed and Displayed in a consistent and effective manner. You may see www.uasg.tech for details. I was only referring to aproach of UA for having equal treatment to all domain names. Obviously, you will agree that no one would like to buy a domain name with limitations. Offcourse Google issue is to be deal seprately, first we should agree what we want from them. Thanks. Ajay From: Wael Nasr MailId : [107387005]To: Ajay DATA Cc: bashar al-abdulhadi ,middle east icann Subject: Re: [ME ICANN] idn.com and idnDate: 16 Oct 2020 11:31:55 AM Hello Ajay can you clarify what you mean by UA will address all this ? how will googe be forced to treat idn.com equally to ascii.com ? would they ? the main thing is international search engines that are powerful in asia. if they start treating IDN more favourably . I think they do now but not sure - Google wil be forced to do the same as companies with IDN would move away from Google. iwael On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 7:11 AM Ajay DATA ajay(a)xgenplus.com> wrote: Hello Wael, Thanks Bashar for sharing. Wael, Should there any different treatment for IDN or any other TLD. I believe Universal Acceptance approch must be followed and treat them accordingly in search engines too. Would be great to hear views. ThanksAjay From: Wael Nasr wael(a)comdots.co> MailId : [107375710]To: Bashar Al-Abdulhadi bashar(a)kuwaitnet.com>Cc: Middle East ICANN middle-east(a)icann.org>Subject: Re: [ME ICANN] idn.com and idnDate: 16 Oct 2020 05:55:04 AM Dear Bashar Thank you very much for the useful information. how about international search engines like Bauidu which covers 80% of searches in china. does baidu or yandex give any special treatment to IDN.com or IDN ? wael On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 1:36 AM Bashar Al-Abdulhadi bashar(a)kuwaitnet.com> wrote: Salaam Alaikom Wael, Search engines (Google at least) doesn`t care about the domain or TLD when it comes to page ranks because it looks to other factors such as back links that improves Page Ranks which improves listing. And this is a nice article retweeted once about the topic https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2015/07/googles-handling-of-new-top-level… by John Mueller, Webmaster Trends Analyst at Google. Yet it`s unfortunate we don`t see any Arabic IDN ranked well but if you Google ".شبكة" you will find اسماء.شبكة https://xn--ggbla1c4e.xn--ngbc5azd/ indexed successfully and ranked among the first few results. Best Regards, -- Bashar Al-Abdulhadi On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 3:45 PM Wael Nasr wael(a)comdots.co> wrote: Dear All does an one know how a search engine would treat an IDN.com domain and IDN.IDN domains is it an advantage or a disadvantage to launch IDN in terms of search engine optimization ? -- --------------------------- Wael Nasr Managing Partner- TLDVIilla LLC http://icannwiki.com/Wael_Nasr http://www.linkedin.com/in/nasrwael US Office : +1 209 682 5144. Bahrain mobile :+973 393 16891 _______________________________________________ Middle-East mailing list Middle-East(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/middle-east _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on. -- Best Regards,-- Bashar Al-Abdulhadi -- --------------------------- Wael Nasr Managing Partner- TLDVIilla LLC http://icannwiki.com/Wael_Nasr http://www.linkedin.com/in/nasrwael US Office : +1 209 682 5144. Bahrain mobile :+973 393 16891 _______________________________________________Middle-East mailing listMiddle-East@icann.orghttps://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/middle-east_______________________________________________By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.Do not Remove:[HID]20201016055501853[-HID] -- --------------------------- Wael Nasr Managing Partner- TLDVIilla LLC http://icannwiki.com/Wael_Nasr http://www.linkedin.com/in/nasrwael US Office : +1 209 682 5144. 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Re: [ME ICANN] idn.com and idn
by Wael Nasr Oct. 16, 2020

Oct. 16, 2020

Hello Ajay can you clarify what you mean by UA will address all this ? how will googe be forced to treat idn.com equally to ascii.com ? would they ? the main thing is international search engines that are powerful in asia. if they start treating IDN more favourably . I think they do now but not sure - Google wil be forced to do the same as companies with IDN would move away from Google. iwael On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 7:11 AM Ajay DATA <ajay(a)xgenplus.com> wrote: > Hello Wael, > > Thanks Bashar for sharing. > > Wael, Should there any different treatment for IDN or any other TLD. I > believe Universal Acceptance approch must be followed and treat them > accordingly in search engines too. > > Would be great to hear views. > > Thanks > > Ajay > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Wael Nasr <wael(a)comdots.co> MailId : [107375710] > *To:* Bashar Al-Abdulhadi <bashar(a)kuwaitnet.com> > *Cc:* Middle East ICANN <middle-east(a)icann.org> > *Subject: *Re: [ME ICANN] idn.com and idn > *Date:* 16 Oct 2020 05:55:04 AM > > Dear Bashar > Thank you very much for the useful information. > how about international search engines like Bauidu which covers 80% of > searches in china. > does baidu or yandex give any special treatment to IDN.com or IDN ? > > wael > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 1:36 AM Bashar Al-Abdulhadi <bashar(a)kuwaitnet.com> > wrote: > >> Salaam Alaikom Wael, >> Search engines (Google at least) doesn`t care about the domain or TLD >> when it comes to page ranks because it looks to other factors such as back >> links that improves Page Ranks which improves listing. >> >> And this is a nice article retweeted once about the topic >> https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2015/07/googles-handling-of-new-top-level… >> by John Mueller, Webmaster Trends Analyst at Google. >> >> Yet it`s unfortunate we don`t see any Arabic IDN ranked well but if you >> Google ".شبكة" you will find اسماء.شبكة >> https://xn--ggbla1c4e.xn--ngbc5azd/ indexed successfully and ranked >> among the first few results. >> >> >> Best Regards, >> -- >> Bashar Al-Abdulhadi >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 3:45 PM Wael Nasr <wael(a)comdots.co> wrote: >> >>> Dear All >>> does an one know how a search engine would treat an IDN.com domain and >>> IDN.IDN domains >>> is it an advantage or a disadvantage to launch IDN in terms of search >>> engine optimization ? >>> >>> -- >>> --------------------------- >>> Wael Nasr >>> Managing Partner- TLDVIilla LLC >>> http://icannwiki.com/Wael_Nasr >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/nasrwael >>> US Office : +1 209 682 5144. >>> Bahrain mobile :+973 393 16891 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Middle-East mailing list >>> Middle-East(a)icann.org >>> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/middle-east >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your >>> personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance >>> with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) >>> and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) >>> You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or >>> configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or >>> disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on. >> >> -- >> Best Regards, >> -- >> Bashar Al-Abdulhadi >> > > > -- > --------------------------- > Wael Nasr > Managing Partner- TLDVIilla LLC > http://icannwiki.com/Wael_Nasr > http://www.linkedin.com/in/nasrwael > US Office : +1 209 682 5144. > Bahrain mobile :+973 393 16891 > _______________________________________________ > Middle-East mailing list > Middle-East(a)icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/middle-east > > _______________________________________________ > By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your > personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance > with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and > the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) You can > visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or > configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or > disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on. > > Do not Remove: > [HID]20201016055501853[-HID] -- --------------------------- Wael Nasr Managing Partner- TLDVIilla LLC http://icannwiki.com/Wael_Nasr http://www.linkedin.com/in/nasrwael US Office : +1 209 682 5144. Bahrain mobile :+973 393 16891

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Re: [ME ICANN] idn.com and idn
by Ajay DATA Oct. 16, 2020

Oct. 16, 2020

Hello Wael, Thanks Bashar for sharing. Wael, Should there any different treatment for IDN or any other TLD. I believe Universal Acceptance approch must be followed and treat them accordingly in search engines too. Would be great to hear views. ThanksAjay From: Wael Nasr MailId : [107375710]To: Bashar Al-Abdulhadi Cc: Middle East ICANN Subject: Re: [ME ICANN] idn.com and idnDate: 16 Oct 2020 05:55:04 AM Dear Bashar Thank you very much for the useful information. how about international search engines like Bauidu which covers 80% of searches in china. does baidu or yandex give any special treatment to IDN.com or IDN ? wael On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 1:36 AM Bashar Al-Abdulhadi bashar(a)kuwaitnet.com> wrote: Salaam Alaikom Wael, Search engines (Google at least) doesn`t care about the domain or TLD when it comes to page ranks because it looks to other factors such as back links that improves Page Ranks which improves listing. And this is a nice article retweeted once about the topic https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2015/07/googles-handling-of-new-top-level… by John Mueller, Webmaster Trends Analyst at Google. Yet it`s unfortunate we don`t see any Arabic IDN ranked well but if you Google ".شبكة" you will find اسماء.شبكة https://xn--ggbla1c4e.xn--ngbc5azd/ indexed successfully and ranked among the first few results. Best Regards, -- Bashar Al-Abdulhadi On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 3:45 PM Wael Nasr wael(a)comdots.co> wrote: Dear All does an one know how a search engine would treat an IDN.com domain and IDN.IDN domains is it an advantage or a disadvantage to launch IDN in terms of search engine optimization ? -- --------------------------- Wael Nasr Managing Partner- TLDVIilla LLC http://icannwiki.com/Wael_Nasr http://www.linkedin.com/in/nasrwael US Office : +1 209 682 5144. Bahrain mobile :+973 393 16891 _______________________________________________ Middle-East mailing list Middle-East(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/middle-east _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on. -- Best Regards,-- Bashar Al-Abdulhadi -- --------------------------- Wael Nasr Managing Partner- TLDVIilla LLC http://icannwiki.com/Wael_Nasr http://www.linkedin.com/in/nasrwael US Office : +1 209 682 5144. Bahrain mobile :+973 393 16891 _______________________________________________Middle-East mailing listMiddle-East@icann.orghttps://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/middle-east_______________________________________________By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.Do not Remove:[HID]20201016055501853[-HID]

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[Webinar] Impact of COVID-19 on ISPs, DNS, and Connectivity Providers
by Fahd Batayneh Oct. 15, 2020

Oct. 15, 2020

Friends and Colleagues, You are cordially invited to attend a webinar entitled “Impact of COVID-19 on ISPs, DNS, and Connectivity Providers”. When: Thursday 15 October 2020 at 10.00 – 11.30 AM UTC [TODAY} Where: https://icann.zoom.us/j/92476485187?pwd=Y0Y3cEdQWUxDUEl6QlZJb1Q0dXA1Zz09 Zoom ID: 924 7648 5187 Passcode: b8+0@14U&n We look forward to seeing you at the session. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh ICANN

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Call for Proposals: Universal Acceptance (UA) New Published Statements of Work (SOW)
by Fahd Batayneh Oct. 13, 2020

Oct. 13, 2020

Dear All, The Universal Acceptance (UA) Steering Group (UASG) is inviting qualified contractors to apply for the following published Statements of Work (SOW). UA Readiness - Evaluation of Standards and Best Practices Technology Working Group Due Date of Submission: 5 November 2020 EAI Technical education and Awareness to the developers' community via Q&A websites Email Address Internationalization (EAI) Working Group Due Date of Submission: 5 November 2020 UASG.tech Website Redesign Communications Working Group Due Date of Submission: 2 November 2020 The proposals should be submitted to UAProgram(a)icann.org before the submission deadlines as indicated in each SOW document. Each SOW document is attached. Thank you Fahd Batayneh ICANN

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FW: APSIG 2020 Virtual Edition: Fellowship Registration Open
by Fahd Batayneh Oct. 13, 2020

Oct. 13, 2020

The 2020 Edition of the Asia-Pacific School on Internet Governance (APSIG 2020) might be of interest to some. If interested, please read on and apply accordingly. Fahd Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 8:47 AM Subject: [Ext] [APrIGF_Discuss] APSIG 2020 Virtual Edition: Fellowship Registration open Dear all, Fellowship Registration is now open for the 2020 Edition of the Asia-Pacific School on Internet Governance (APSIG 2020), which is being conducted as a Virtual Edition during 26-28 November 2020. Those interested are requested to apply at the following link: Registration Link: https://fellowship.apnic.net/ (Registration is required before an application can be made) Application Deadline: 26 October 2020 23:59 Tentative Agenda and other event details are available on the event website (https://www.apsig2020.org.np) With kind regards satish (for APSIG EC)

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Call for fellowship application Virtual APSIG2020
by Nadira Alaraj Oct. 12, 2020

Oct. 12, 2020

The Asia-Pacific School on Internet Governance is a regional School of Internet Governance working towards raising awareness and capacity building within the Asia-Pacific region. It is an annual event to serve Internet Governance experts and leaders in Asia Pacific region on their professional upgrades. This provides collaboration with national SIGs and IGFs in Asia Pacific on their capacity development through general and advanced courses. Due to the global pandemic, the fifth edition of the event will be a Virtual Edition from 26-28, November,2020. The APSIG Organising Committee invites applications to register and apply for the fellowship to attend the event. You will have to register and apply for the APSIG 2020 fellowship at : https://fellowship.apnic.net/ Application Deadline is 26 October 2020 23:59 Tentative Agenda and other event details are available on the event website. Link: https://www.apsig2020.org.np --

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[Blog] The Middle East Engagement Journey
by Fahd Batayneh Oct. 7, 2020

Oct. 7, 2020

Friends and Colleagues, I would like to share with you a new blog post by my colleague Baher Esmat sharing two things: A glimpse of our engagement efforts under the FY 2017-2020 regional strategy; and Results of our FY20 Engagement Satisfaction Survey report. You can access the blog here >> https://www.icann.org/news/blog/the-middle-east-engagement-journey. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh ICANN

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ME Space session at ICANN 69
by Tijani BEN JEMAA Oct. 6, 2020

Oct. 6, 2020

Dear members of the ME Space community, As you know, we planned a ME Space session at ICANN 69 Virtual meeting to discuss one of the hot topics in ICANN. We set a timeline and sent a call for topics to have the most preferred topic to be addressed and we gave 2 themes proposed by the co-chairs. The GSE staff for ME thankfully secured a slot for our planned session on Tuesday 20 OCTOBER 2020 from 10:30 to 11:45 UTC At the expiration of the deadline, we didn’t receive any proposal or comment (deep silence). We gave 2 other days for the community to comment on the co-chairs proposals but didn’t receive any response. We explained that by the community fatigue because we organized ME Space virtual sessions out of the the regular ICANN meetings that might be the source of the fatigue. But we didn’t exclude the eventuality of a lack of interest from the community about the ME Space future activities. Therefore, we propose to keep the slot booked for our session (Tuesday 20 OCTOBER 2020 from 10:30 to 11:45 UTC) during which we make an overall assessment of the ME Space activities so far and explore the way forward for the space. What do you think? We very much wish to read your feedback. Best regards The ME Space Co-Chairs -- Tijani BENJEMAA Executive Director Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations (FMAI) Telephone: +216 52 385 114

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FW: ICANN69 Prep Week
by Fahd Batayneh Oct. 6, 2020

Oct. 6, 2020

Friends and Colleagues, ICANN69 V prep-week has started today. If interested in learning more about what to expect during ICANN69, please read on and act accordingly. Thank you, Fahd Batayneh ICANN Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 12:40 AM Subject: ICANN News Alert -- ICANN69 Prep Week Schedule Now Available ICANN69 Prep Week Schedule Now Available 15 September 2020 LOS ANGELES – 15 September 2020 – Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the ICANN69 Prep Week schedule. These 12 webinars are intended to help prepare the community for the ICANN69 Virtual Annual General Meeting. To attend any of the webinars, please register for ICANN69 here. Upon registration, you will receive two emails: Registration confirmation An email with login information for the schedule Once you log into the schedule, you will be able to sign up for the Prep Week webinars. Please note that participation links will be posted 24 hours prior to the session start times for security purposes. The session schedule will display in your local time, based on the time set for your device where you view the website. Times on the schedule below are all in Central European Summer Time (CEST). ICANN69 Prep Week Schedule: Date / Time (CEST = UTC+2)Title Monday, 5 October 202013:30-15:00 CESTWhat to Expect at ICANN69: A Guide for Newcomers Monday, 5 October 202015:30-16:30 CESTAt-Large Social Media Webinar Monday, 5 October 202017:00-18:00 CESTNomCom ICANN69 Public Meeting Monday, 5 October 202018:30-19:30 CESTRegistrant Program Update Tuesday, 6 October 202015:30-16:45 CESTUpdate on ICANN's Reviews Tuesday, 6 October 202017:00-18:00 CESTInternationalized Domain Name (IDN) Program Update Tuesday, 6 October 202018:30-20:00 CESTPlanning at ICANN and FY22 Planning Process Wednesday, 7 October 202010:30-11:30 CESTAt-Large ICANN69 Introduction Webinar Wednesday, 7 October 202017:00-18:00 CESTSecond Security, Stability, and Resiliency Review (SSR2) Progress Update Wednesday, 7 October 202018:30-19:30 CESTContractual Compliance Update Thursday, 8 October 202018:30-19:30 CESTPre-ICANN69 Policy Webinar Thursday, 8 October 202020:00-21:00 CESTQ&A with ICANN Org Executive Team ICANN69 Prep Week webinar materials and recordings will be shared on the ICANN69 meeting schedule. Meeting registration is required to access this information. About ICANN ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.

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