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According to Dulcinea Media, Spanish speakers are not being served by the Internet. So, they are launching EncontrandoDulcinea, a new Spanish language web site that offers topic-specific guides to reliable sites and information on the Web.

Dulcinea Media says that language is an added obstacle to finding credible web sites and reliable information on the Internet. A good Web site is hard to find: Surveys consistently show that most Internet users have difficulty finding and evaluating credible sources of information. This holds especially true for non-English speakers. Though the Internet is a global phenomenon, U.S.-based, English-only Web sites remain the most popular destinations for Internet users from all over the world. Users whose native tongue is not English have a particularly hard time evaluating the credibility of these Web sites.

In the United States, language barriers contribute to a troubling digital divide. Surveys report that approximately half of native Spanish-speaking Americans use the Web, versus as much as 80% of other ethnic groups.

For some Spanish speakers, the lack of explanatory information in Spanish is a mere inconvenience. But for most, the adverse effects are more profound.

EncontrandoDulcinea appeals to Spanish-speaking Internet users who read online content in both English and Spanish. The site has more than 20 Spanish-language guides to the best Web sites-either in English or Spanish-about a particular topic. New guides will be added to the site every week.

EncontrandoDulcinea is an offspring of findingDulcinea, a widely acclaimed, human-powered search alternative that is the best place to start Internet research on any subject. FindingDulcinea’s 500 Web Guides offer narrated, topic-specific tours of hand-selected, credible Web sites, with insights and research strategies to help readers find just what they’re searching for. EncontrandoDulcinea is the first in a series of foreign-language Web sites that findingDulcinea will publish.

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