Google Digital Kosovo – Integrating Kosovo into digital world

Help us identify the most influential insititutions for each country. If you are adding Internet properties (websites) please make sure they are highly ranked in Alexa and are influential. If you are not sure please feel free to contact us. We are happy to provide advice - info@digitalkosovo.org

Your Report Matters

You might be in the process of helping with integration of Kosovo, and all you need now is the community to help or guide if any similar experience occurred.

Country:

Category:

Name of the Institution/Company or Website: Example: Vienna International Airport
For internet properties please use domain name: i.e Facebook.com

Contact details of the Institution/Company: Please include Address, Telephone, Fax, Email, Website.
(Optional) Contact person.

Required Action:
Please indicate what is the problem and what should be fixed.

Reference: Please insert the URL where Kosovo is or not displayed.
An example of reference link: http://wetter.orf.at/suedosteuropa

Your Example Email

You can submit here your version of email to the institution, for other member of the website to use it. To get help you can seeexample of email sent.

Subject:
Example: Request for placing Pristina on official Brussels Airport website

Your Letter: Please find example of email sent.

Status (Optional)
If you have already contacted or received any email back from the institution, please add here the correspondence so we can track the progress. Status messages are emails received directly from responsible people inside the institution. Please include the date of correspondence. Please try to write up to 400 characters. Example.

Your Name and Your Email where we can reach you:
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Upon receiving your inquiry we will add the institution on the drop down menu where others can contribute with pushing forward the agenda for this particular institution. You will also be contacted by us to verify the record.

DigitalWe aim to place and advance Kosovo’s position in digital world.
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Take Action

Send a request for online recognition to: Select Institution

Name: Google

Google provides search and advertising services, which together aim to organize and monetize the world’s information. In addition to its dominant search engine, it offers a plethora of online tools and platforms including: Gmail, Maps, YouTube, and Google+, the company’s extension into the social space. Most of its Web-based products are free, funded by Google’s highly integrated online advertising platforms AdWords and AdSense. Google promotes the idea that advertising should be highly targeted and relevant to users thus providing them with a rich source of information.

Required Action

- Complete Integration of Kosovo on Google.
- Recognition of Kosovo in Google Maps services.

We suggest changing the email subject above according to your preference.

Dear Madam / Sir, I am a citizen of Kosovo and regular user of Google.com. I am extremely disappointed to find that I am unable to select Kosovo on the drop-down menu, locate in a map as a country and shipping address while ordering from Google As you might be aware, Kosovo has declared independence and so far has been recognised as a country by 100+ UN member states, including United States, UK and the vast majority of EU countries. In attempt to clarify further the Kosovo’s declaration of independence, in response to Serbia’s question on legality of this act, the International Court of Justice on 22 of July 2010 concluded on its decision “that the adoption of the declaration of independence of 17 February 2008 did not violate general international law, Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) or the Constitutional Framework. Consequently the adoption of that declaration did not violate any applicable rule of international law.” (see para. 122 of the Court’s decision: http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/141/15987.pdf). This unambiguous wording of the World Court, a principle organ of the United Nations, should be seen as a primary reference when considering any issue with regard to Kosovo’s statehood and its place in international relations. Kosovo has one of the youngest population in whole Europe. We are keen internet users. Please do not deny us our rightful place as part of the global online generation, we simply want to be able to choose the option which best defines where we are from, while using Google Services. Your supportive response would be of invaluable help to overcome a technological barrier that affects online users from Kosovo attempting to utilize web experience as they seek to gain their information and services from Google. On behalf of myself and Digital Kosovo initiative, I would like to thank you in advance for taking this issue into consideration. Yours Sincerely,

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Status:In Progress

Emails sent: 573

Points: 1

Status

July 07, 2013
A direct communication with Google representatives in San Francisco and Washington DC started. Therefore we were asked from Google to wait for the official response.

May 27, 2013
Google recognises Kosovo as a location on Google services.
https://accounts.google.com/SignUp

March 07, 2012
Communication started with Google representatives. Guides on enriching Google Maps using http://www.google.com/mapmaker with Kosovo content were provided.

You can also use the social network plugins to publicly request Kosovo inclusion in particular institution’s website.

Contact Details

Google Headquarters
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA
USA
Website: www.google.com
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Last Updates: 17 November 2013

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