Web sites go black in China (cont.)
Here are some more localized Chinese Web sites that have gone black: McDonald’s Cisco Intel Oracle
Month May 2008
Web sites go black in China
If you visit the .com pages of Microsoft, Nokia, Sony, Apple, and Amazon, you’ll see the usual bursts of color and promotional elements — that is, business as usual. But if you visit the Chinese home pages of these five…
Google Translate is growing up
What began as just another “gisting” application — like Babel Fish — is gradually becoming an impressive translation tool. And I’m not referring to the quality of translation, though that is improving as well. I’m referring to the breadth of…
Poland joins the million domain club
Poland (.pl) announced last week that it joined the million domain club by registering its one-millionth ccTLD. The reason for the sudden surge in registrations is Poland’s easing of the registration process by adding partner registries. There are now 95…
Web globalization webinar follow-up
The Lionbridge webinar yesterday has been archived for those of you who couldn’t make it. You can register to listen to the call at the Lionbridge site. And mark your calendars for June 3rd, when I will host a second…
Even the Vatican uses a splash global gateway
I took a moment to visit the Vatican recently at www.vatican.va. And here is what I saw — a splash global gateway: The splash gateway offers six languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and French. And I enjoy the fact…
Google vs. Baidu: A User Experience Analysis
There are tons of articles about Google vs. Baidu, but few of these articles take an in-depth look at how Google compares to Baidu from a Chinese user’s perspective. In this article, I do just that, and I render a…