European Domains - Opinions

fredo · 01-03-2006, 08:56 PM

Yes, i noticed that a lot of English keywords are registered in .fr and .es. I own domains like consultancy.fr and content.es.

lesurf · 03-03-2006, 05:28 PM

I stuck to purely Spanish words in my registrations but I think I may have missed a trick here as a) it's surprising how many words are adopted into languages particularly as a result of the net and b) believe it or not foreigners use english words the way we use foreign words to make things sound more impressive and/or sexy

italiandragon · 05-03-2006, 06:57 AM

hello, I`m Italian but I live from a year in Australia.

In Italy the most common foreign language that students "try"

to learn is English.

Worldwide English is the most common language and is the european language number 1 so, I actually register 99 % only English domain names.

philipp · 06-03-2006, 01:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by italiandragon

Worldwide English is the most common language

Sorry, couldn't let that pass. In fact Mandarin is the world's most common language, followed quite a long way behind by Hindi and then English.

Cheers,

P.

rob · 06-03-2006, 01:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by philipp

Sorry, couldn't let that pass. In fact Mandarin is the world's most common language, followed quite a long way behind by Hindi and then English..

and then welsh.

paul · 06-03-2006, 01:58 AM

always thought bull*%!$ was the most common language

Paul

Van Insurance Online Breakdown Cover

texidriver · 06-03-2006, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rob

and then welsh.

Twll dîn pob Sais!

italiandragon · 06-03-2006, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by philipp

Sorry, couldn't let that pass. In fact Mandarin is the world's most common language, followed quite a long way behind by Hindi and then English.

Cheers,

P.

yeah you are right but I meant by internet users.......if people speak a language but do not use Internet I doubt they are going to buy domains.....

Statistics by language at the end of 2005 :

Top Ten Languages Used in the Web
( Number of Internet Users by Language )

TOP TEN LANGUAGES
IN THE INTERNET
Internet Users,
by Language
% of all
Internet Users
World Population
2006 Estimate
for Language
Internet
Penetration
by Language
Internet Growth
for Language
( 2000 - 2005 )

English
311,241,881
30.6 %
1,125,664,397
27.6 %
126.9 %

Chinese
132,301,513
13.0 %
1,340,767,863
9.9 %
309.6 %

Japanese
86,300,000
8.5 %
128,389,000
67.2 %
83.3 %

Spanish
63,971,898
6.3 %
392,053,192
16.3 %
163.8 %

German
56,853,162
5.6 %
95,982,043
59.2 %
106.0 %

French
40,974,005
4.0 %
381,193,149
10.7 %
235.9 %

Korean
33,900,000
3.3 %
73,945,860
45.8 %
78.0 %

Portuguese
32,372,000
3.2 %
230,846,275
14.0 %
327.3 %

Italian
28,870,000
2.8 %
59,115,261
48.8 %
118.7 %

Russian
23,700,000
2.3 %
143,682,757
16.5 %
664.5 %

fredo · 06-03-2006, 09:58 PM

Thanks for the stats! I guess chinese will grow and grow...

aqls · 07-03-2006, 11:47 AM

Blimey Fredo, are you calling all the Chinese short?

-aqls-

01-03-2006, 08:56 PM	#11
fredo Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 104 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (0% / 0)	Yes, i noticed that a lot of English keywords are registered in .fr and .es. I own domains like consultancy.fr and content.es. __________________ EUdomains.org - The latest news about the .eu domain names Mobidomains.co.uk - Click here to pre-register your .MOBI

06-03-2006, 01:58 AM	#16
paul Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Worcester Posts: 1,055 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 16)	always thought bull%!$ was the most common language Paul Van Insurance Online Breakdown Cover Last edited by paul; 23-02-2007 at 12:21 AM.*

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fredo Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 104 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (0% / 0)	Thanks for the stats! I guess chinese will grow and grow... __________________ EUdomains.org - The latest news about the .eu domain names Mobidomains.co.uk - Click here to pre-register your .MOBI

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