Ayna

Arabic search engine

[GaryK]

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; ayna-crawler [ayna.com)...]
72.5.29.n
No PTR
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NetRange: 72.5.29.0 - 72.5.29.63
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OrgName: Internap Network Services Corporation
OrgID: PNAP
Address: 250 Williams Street
Address: Suite E100
City: Atlanta
StateProv: GA
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CustName: Ayna Corporation
StateProv: NH
PostalCode: 03060
Country: US
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READ ROBOTS.TXT? Yes
OBEYED ROBOTS.TXT? Yes
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From their About Us page:

Ayna, which means “where” in Arabic, is home to the first and most visited Arabic search engine serving the Arabic speaking people of the Middle East and North Africa.

Nashua, 14 September, 2009 --- The Arabic search engine ayna.com is dropping FAST ESP Search engine from its technology repertoire, after three years of use, and relying on alternate solutions to better deliver Arabic search results.

[edited by: incrediBILL at 7:36 pm (utc) on Nov. 9, 2009]
[edit reason] Removed specifics [/edit]

[dstiles]

Presumably American hosting is cheaper than Arabic? :)

Here's a thought: is everyone's security system up to handling the inevitable spate of bots and domains using non-Latin character sets? Has ICANN really thought this one through? :)