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Month: May 2008

Web sites go black in China (cont.)

May 21, 2008 by John Yunker

Here are some more localized Chinese Web sites that have gone black: McDonald’s Cisco Intel Oracle TweetShareShare

Categories China, Web Globalization

Web sites go black in China

May 21, 2008 by John Yunker

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 …

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Categories Apple, China, Google, Web Globalization

Google Translate is growing up

May 16, 2008 by John Yunker

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 …

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Categories Google, Languages, Machine Translation, Translation

Poland joins the million domain club

May 15, 2008 by John Yunker

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 …

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Categories Domain names

Web globalization webinar follow-up

May 8, 2008 by John Yunker

The Lionbridge webinar yesterday has been archived for those of you who couldn’t make it.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 …

Read moreWeb globalization webinar follow-up

Categories Domain names, Events, Global navigation, Vendors, Web Globalization

Even the Vatican uses a splash global gateway

May 8, 2008 by John Yunker

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 …

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Categories Domain names

Google vs. Baidu: A User Experience Analysis

May 2, 2008 by John Yunker

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 …

Read moreGoogle vs. Baidu: A User Experience Analysis

Categories China, Culture, Google, Guest Articles, Languages, Multilingual search, Software Localization, Web Globalization

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