Halo 3 Puts Age Before Language
The final installment of Microsoft’s best-selling game franchise Halo is now in stores everywhere. I took a moment to check out the Web site — which is probably about as close as I will get to owning the game. First …
Month: September 2007
Happy European Day of Languages!
Do you know what day it is today? Today is the official European Day of Languages. This year’s theme is “talk to me.” Here’s the official Web site. The Web site offers some nifty downloads, such as this visual that …
Losing our languages
I often point to Web sites like Google and Wikipedia as great examples of multilingual Web sites. Google supports more than 120 languages and Wikipedia supports more than 150. Few other companies come close to supporting that many languages. And …
Say Goodbye to .YU
Although the country code .SU (Soviet Union) refuses to die, .YU (Yugoslavia) is now history. As the ICANN blog notes: With the transition of Serbia and Montenegro to using .RS and .ME comes the task of migrating users from the …
.SU: The domain that refuses to die
The .su country code domain stands for Soviet Union. It was established in 1990, just before the Soviet Union ceased to exist. And although the Soviet Union is but a memory, .su is alive and well, despite the best efforts …
Global by Design: The Guide to Global Navigation
The September/October issue of Global by Design is now out. Our feature article is on established and emerging best practices in global navigation. We note improvements made recently by companies such as eBay and GE. And we include a checklist …
Bienvenido a AOL España
Last week, AOL launched its Italian Web portal. This week, AOL launches AOL España. Said AOL President and COO Ron Grant in a recent interview: “We are going to be expanding internationally. We’re going to have a relentless focus on …
The Globalization of Beer Pong
In my day, our drinking game was quarters. All you needed was a glass and a quarter — and beer, of course. Today, drinking games have gotten a bit more complicated. As The Wall Street Journal reports (sub required), beer …
The New York Times Tears Down Its Wall
Tomorrow the New York Times will no longer charge for on-line access to articles. That’s good news for people like me who post the occasional blog that links to a NYT article. There are also rumors brewing about The Wall …
The Hottest Translated Languages, According to SDL
SDL today released its “World Language League Table” which lists the languages that SDL has been most frequently translating. The company says it translates more than a billion words each year into more than 150 languages. Here are then 10 …
Help Your Company Think Outside the Country
Earlier this year I trademarked the slogan “Think Outside the Country” and slapped it on a t-shirt, shown here: The shirt has proven so popular that we’re now offering customized versions of the shirt. Let’s say you want to get …
Web Globalization Conference in San Diego
I’m pleased to be co-chairing the IQPC Web Globalization Conference here in San Diego on October 22-24. I’ll also be speaking on Web globalization navigation on October 24th. The conference is taking place at the Crowne Plaza San Diego, which …
AOL Italia Goes Live
In May, I wrote about AOL’s ambitious plan to launch sites in 14 markets in just 18 months. Today, AOL launched its portal for Italy at www.aol.it. Now one might argue that AOL is too late to the game. Yahoo …
The Top 100 Global Web Sites
A month or so ago I wrote about the best global Web sites (and why). I noted the top 10 Web sites from The 2007 Web Globalization Report Card and I’ve since gotten a lot of emails from people who …