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    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, www.google.com.lb.

    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
    (www.google.com.eg), Saudi Arabia (www.google.com.sa), the United
    Arab Emirates (www.google.ae), Bahrain (www.google.com.bh), Kuwait
    (www.google.com.kw), Qatar (www.google.com.qa), Jordan (www.google.jo),
    Morocco (www.google.com.ma), Algeria (www.google.dz) and Libya
    (www.google.com.ly).

    "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.
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