Germans and Arabs establish a search engine that competes with Google
{{date|April 26, 2006}}

In the city of [[w:Riyadh|Riyadh]], [[w:Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabia]], [[w:Seekport|Seekport]], a German and Saudi founded technological company, began to start on a web-search engine dedicated to the Arabic language called [[w:Sawafi|Sawafi]]. According to Arabic marketing officials, it is predicted to compete with the popular web-search engines, such as [[w:Google|Google]] or [[w:Yahoo!|Yahoo]]. [[w:Sawafi|Sawafi's]] goal is to be as successful as the Chinese web-search engine, [[w:Budai|Budai]], which in [[w:China|China]], which has made a great improvement to its marketing businesses. Although internet access is low in the [[w:Middle East|Middle East]], Sawafi wishes to reach the other Arab communities in [[w:North America|North America]] or [[w:Europe|Europe]].

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/04/26/arabic.search.reut/index.html
|title=New Arab search engine to challenge Google
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|pub=Reuters
|date=April 27, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200604/s1624108.htm
|title=Search engine to target Arabic speakers
|author=
|pub=Reuters
|date=April 26, 2006}}

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[[category:Middle East]]
[[category:Saudi Arabia]]
[[Category:Riyadh]]
In the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Seekport, a German and Saudi founded technological company, began to start on a web-search engine dedicated to the Arabic language called Sawafi. According to Arabic marketing officials, it is predicted to compete with the popular web-search engines, such as Google or Yahoo. Sawafi's goal is to be as successful as the Chinese web-search engine, Budai, which in China, which has made a great improvement to its marketing businesses. Although internet access is low in the Middle East, Sawafi wishes to reach the other Arab communities in North America or Europe.
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