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\n Google, Bing, Yahoo, all move aside. In a first for the South Caucasus, Azerbaijan is working on its own web-search service. Officials in the tightly controlled energy-exporter say that both national security and commercial considerations prompted the idea.\n<\/p>\n

\n Under the guidance of the Ministry of Communications, the government body that oversaw the launch of
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\n A government-run technology developer, Dilmanc, said that the national search engine will bring more information security to Azerbaijan. The ministry has not elaborated about perceived threats, but some rights activists likely would surmise that government critics are among the ministry\u2019s main concerns.\n<\/p>\n

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\n On the other hand, Dilmanc\u2019s director, Abulfat Fatulayev, claims the national search engine offers attractive money-making opportunities — always a consideration amidst low oil prices and an economy heavily dependent on hydrocarbons.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cNo less importantly [than security concerns], [online] advertisement revenues will stay in Azerbaijan instead of flowing beyond the country\u2019s borders as is the case now, thanks to Google and Facebook,\u201d Fatulayev elaborated to Trend.\n<\/p>\n

\n For now, the South Caucasus trio \u2014 Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia \u2014 rely primarily on engines like Google and Russia\u2019s Yandex. Earlier this year, neighboring Iran unveiled a national search engine
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