Search engine on my mind

A colleague and a friend told me yesterday that he has decided to do me a favor and get me an interview with Google. He thinks that is where I shoud be since I have search on my mind 24/7. I smiled.

Don't get me wrong, Google must be a great company to work for but I am focused on my search technology, in my native tongue, Arabic. I do breathe it, drink it and eat it but am worried I won't be using it for long, or that my children won't remember how to use it on the net. Is Google serious about the Middle East as a market? I don't think so. For starters London is a 5 hour flight from the heart of the Middle East and in London baby, you don't speak Arabic.

Sure you have www.google.ae but it is very much a mutant. And laugh with me as check this out http://www.google.ca/search?as_q=%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD&num=10&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=lang_ar&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&safe=images
I ask Google to find ظ…ظ„ط­ in Arabic and when it does, it also decides that ط­ظ„ظ… should be part of my search! (Check it out for yourself the advanced search link) So is my salt a dream or what?

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