<s>
Yamli.com	B-Application
(	O
,	O
"[he]	O
dictates	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
Internet	O
start-up	O
focused	O
on	O
addressing	O
the	O
problems	O
specific	O
to	O
the	O
Arabic	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yamli	B-Application
currently	O
offers	O
two	O
main	O
products	O
:	O
the	O
smart	O
Arabic	O
keyboard	O
,	O
and	O
Yamli	B-Application
Arabic	O
Search	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yamli	B-Application
Arabic	O
search	O
is	O
a	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
focused	O
on	O
providing	O
more	O
relevant	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
for	O
an	O
Arabic	O
query	O
by	O
expanding	B-Algorithm
it	O
to	O
its	O
most	O
frequently	O
used	O
Latin	O
representations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yamli	B-Application
's	O
Smart	O
Arabic	O
Keyboard	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
November	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
possible	O
for	O
other	O
websites	O
and	O
blogs	O
to	O
use	O
Yamli	B-Application
's	O
typing	O
technology	O
through	O
a	O
free	O
JavaScript	B-Language
API	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Arabic	O
Keyboard	O
API	B-General_Concept
allows	O
a	O
website	O
publisher	O
to	O
easily	O
convert	O
text	O
input	O
fields	O
to	O
accept	O
Arabic	O
input	O
in	O
Latin	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arabic	O
and	O
Arabic	O
dialects	O
content	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
exists	O
in	O
two	O
forms	O
:	O
in	O
Arabic	O
Script	O
and	O
in	O
ad	O
hoc	O
Latin	O
phonetic	O
representations	O
(	O
Arabic	B-Protocol
Chat	I-Protocol
Alphabet	I-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finding	O
relevant	O
content	O
for	O
an	O
Arabic	O
query	O
on	O
a	O
traditional	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
can	O
be	O
difficult	O
because	O
it	O
requires	O
trying	O
many	O
Latin	O
variations	O
of	O
that	O
query	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yamli	B-Application
Search	O
seeks	O
to	O
address	O
this	O
problem	O
by	O
expanding	B-Algorithm
an	O
Arabic	O
search	O
query	O
to	O
its	O
most	O
frequently	O
used	O
Latin	O
spellings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
search	O
query	O
is	O
forwarded	O
to	O
a	O
traditional	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
returning	O
a	O
larger	O
number	O
of	O
relevant	O
results	O
than	O
the	O
original	O
query	O
would	O
have	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
are	O
examples	O
of	O
Latin	O
query	B-Algorithm
expansions	I-Algorithm
automatically	O
performed	O
by	O
Yamli	B-Application
Search	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Yamli	B-Application
Search	O
queries	O
are	O
forwarded	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
for	O
web	O
and	O
news	O
,	O
Wikipedia	O
for	O
encyclopedic	O
searches	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
for	O
image	O
searches	O
and	O
YouTube	O
for	O
movie	O
and	O
video	O
searches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yamli	B-Application
's	O
typing	O
technology	O
originated	O
during	O
the	O
July	O
2006	O
war	O
in	O
Lebanon	O
,	O
when	O
co-founder	O
Habib	B-Application
Haddad	I-Application
was	O
looking	O
for	O
news	O
about	O
the	O
war	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2007	O
,	O
Language	O
Analytics	O
launched	O
Yamli.com,	O
featuring	O
the	O
Smart	O
Arabic	O
Keyboard	O
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
type	O
Arabic	O
without	O
an	O
Arabic	O
keyboard	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
basic	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
front	O
end	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
This	O
first	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
did	O
not	O
include	O
the	O
expanded	O
query	O
capabilities	O
of	O
Yamli	B-Application
Arabic	O
Search	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
typing	O
technology	O
was	O
made	O
to	O
third-party	O
websites	O
in	O
March	O
2008	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
free	O
API	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
was	O
updated	O
to	O
include	O
the	O
query	B-Algorithm
expansion	I-Algorithm
capabilities	O
in	O
December	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arabic	O
keyboard	O
API	B-General_Concept
officially	O
launched	O
on	O
October	O
8	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yamli	B-Application
has	O
won	O
the	O
"	O
Best	O
Web	O
Technology	O
Award	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
"	O
Pan	O
Arab	O
Web	O
Awards	O
2008	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
audience	O
choice	O
award	O
at	O
the	O
WebInnovatorsGroup	O
17	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yamli	B-Application
founder	O
Habib	B-Application
Haddad	I-Application
was	O
featured	O
on	O
the	O
World	O
Economic	O
Forum	O
's	O
2009	O
Young	O
Global	O
Leader	O
List	O
.	O
</s>
