Updated Thursday, November 1, 2007 0:00 am TWN, Bloomberg

AOL expands search engine in Taiwan, 7 other nations

NEW YORK -- AOL, Time Warner Inc.’s Internet unit, is introducing Web sites in the Hindi and Tamil languages to target Indian users, part of a push to expand in 30 new countries by the end of 2008. AOL seeks to tap Internet users in India by offering news, movie and astrology sections, the Dulles, Virginia-based company said Tuesday. AOL also is introducing its Truveo video search engine in eight countries. They include Taiwan, France, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Spain and the United Kingdom.

The Internet company is expanding outside the U.S. to lure new viewers and marketers after dropping subscriber fees to focus on advertising.

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