1.my, after 6 years of waiting
February 16th, 2008
It was all dated back to 19 March 2002 when we had registered our first domain name, 1.com.my. Along with this acquisition, we had also registered 1.net.my and 1.edu.my (silly enough to believe that MyNIC may consider awarding 1.my to us if we have all the extentions).
At that moment, there is no other way to register 1.my as MyNIC decided to stop offering just .my registration after 1996! Only few lucky one got theirs, including sirim.my, utm.my, and gov.my (special case, registered after 1996).
“one.com.my or 1.com.my?” asked by our customers. Again, we registered one.com.my during year 2003 to have less confusion.
It was a long way after MyNIC re-opened the .my registration by the end of year 2007. We are lucky enough to secure 1.my finally and in conjunction with the new launch of our website.
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February 12th, 2008
Pronunciation, spelling conventions and grammatical patterns are important for website targeting at specific regional markets.
Arguably, we have seen many website using flags to represent a language - in this case, most probably the national language of that specific country.
Let’s look at Jetstar’s website. I was directed to Bahasa Malaysia (Malay language) version automatically when I first landed in their website. Interesting enough, Bahasa Malaysia is the official language of Malaysia, but conversion wise, I doubt!
Google, directing you to Malaysia version, but offering Malaysia Version in English language by default. You can easily find a link ‘Google.com.my offered in: Bahasa Malaysia’, which make more sense!
Cambodia e-Visa, allows you to choose your preferred language by clicking on the name of language. An alternative to using flags too!
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February 8th, 2008
It amazed me when knowing Barbara’s husband was trained to be one of the computer programmer in the USA in year 1952. Barbara and her husband Glenn Halliday, was so kind to spend some time with us in an interview on their recent trip to Cambodia and the experience of using the online Cambodia Visa service.
“I can’t think of any improvements, but I wish more websites in the USA were as good–especially those of our governmental agencies…” Read full interview
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February 5th, 2008
It was whole-year-round action-packed, but 2007 proved to be another successful and productive year for the 1.com.my team. The WDA project conceived in early 2007 proved to be an important step in bringing together the many talents around Malaysia. With every member in the team focused on bringing their best performance to the stage, we felt that we are getting closer to achieving our next goal!
The hard work and effort put in by the team is clearly evident through the significant growth rate of our online business and also from the positive feedbacks of our customers. Other than the advancement of our skill set, we are also seeing ourselves improving in terms of our ability to deliver customer’s expectations.
The recent acquisition of Kumomo.com, with its donation to build two schools in Cambodia meant a lot to everyone.
2008 will see another action-packed year as we shall accelerate the pace of change, with even better focus and efficiency!
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