Project Hello

MK · #1 (**permalink**) 05-11-2007, 02:29 AM

Project Hello is an exciting new initiative involving you, our valued global customers. What project hello does is simply to greet customers with "Hello", in the correct language, based on the customer's location. For example, if a French customer visits iStyles, he will be greeted with "Bonjour" at the store front.

Project Hello is based on one of several enhancements made under the hood of iStyles recently, which was in turn based on a new country detection algorithm that we've implemented.

We've compiled a list of "Hellos" in various languages and linked them accordingly to the respective countries.

Ahn nyeong ha se yo, Bonjour, Buna, Dobriy deyn, Dobrý den, God dag, Guten Tag, Halloisen, Hoi, Hola, Hola, Hyvää päivää, Jo napot, Konnichi wa, Labdien, Mabuhay, Mambo, Marhabah, Merhaba, Mingalarbar, Nei Ho, Ni hao, Oi, Sain baina uu, Salve, Sawa dee-ka, Vanakkam, Xin Chào, yia sas, Zdravstvuyte

Our list is far from exhaustive - if you visit iStyles and see "Hello" in English instead of your language, just reply to this thread with the name of your country and what "Hello" should be, and we'll gladly add the information such that your fellow countrymen will be greeted properly.

honeyspy · #2 (**permalink**) 06-11-2007, 09:32 AM

I need a "Guten Tag", but get a "Hello" in Germany. Outrageous!

MK · #3 (**permalink**) 06-11-2007, 12:24 PM

I checked and it appears that the site did not recognize your IP address, which was why it showed the default "Hello". German IP blocks were already tagged with "Guten Tag". How can we miss out Germany?

It'll probably show up correctly the next time you come back. If not, it's because your ISP is using a new block of IP addresses that has not been updated yet in the IP range to country database that we're using. This should be fixed in future updates of the database.

actasci · #4 (**permalink**) 05-06-2008, 02:49 PM

that's "merhaba" in turkish

MK · #5 (**permalink**) 05-06-2008, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by actasci

that's "merhaba" in turkish

Thanks, we already have "Merhaba" in the database and this will be displayed to all visitors with IP addresses that are recognized as Turkish. Of course, there may be new IP address ranges that have not been mapped yet and Turkish visitors using these IP addresses will get the default "Hello".

kanan005 · #6 (**permalink**) 24-06-2008, 10:05 AM

THAT's "SALAM" in AZERBAIJANIAN

MK · #7 (**permalink**) 27-06-2008, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by kanan005

THAT's "SALAM" in AZERBAIJANIAN

Thank you, we have added "Salam" for Azerbaijan.