Google Cross Language Search is Live
Google’s new “cross language” search tool that I mentioned last week is now live and ready for testing at translate.google.com. I gave the tool a brief run-through today and it …
Month: May 2007
Blogging in Tongues
The May/June issue of Global by Design is now out and our lead article focuses on companies offering multilingual blogs and RSS feeds. Companies on the forefront of doing so …
AOL: 14 Countries in 18 Months
A few weeks ago I wrote about AOL’s new portal for India. According to Reuters, or, Thomson, AOL is only just getting started. AOL plans to expand into 14 markets …
Taking Customer Service Global (via Charleston)
I’m headed to Charleston next week for the Services Industry Summit an annual event sponsored by Service Strategies. I’ll be speaking on the unique opportunities (and challenges) of localizing your …
Google’s Cross Language Search Coming “Soon”
Google held its Searchology event today and formally launched its “universal” search interface. And, according to Wired, Google will be launching its Cross Language Information Retreival “soon.” Cross language search …
Web Globalization Leaders of Industry
Last week I highlighted the top 10 best global Web sites from our 2007 Web Globalization Report Card. But there are other Web sites that deserve mention. As part of …
Idiom Summit Highlights: Momentum and More Acronyms
Here are some thoughts from the past two days of the Idiom User Summit, in no particular order: – There was a lot of buzz around machine translation (MT). Both …
Idiom Summit: Twice as Big as 2006
I’m at the Idiom user conference, being held this week in the beautiful Hotel Del in San Diego. If you look at attendees as a barometer of idiom’s success, there …