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Month: May 2013

Five tips for successful, global web surveys

May 31, 2013 by John Yunker

It seems like everyone is running a web survey these days. While I appreciate the importance of asking your website visitors what they think, too many of these surveys are poorly implemented. So here are five tips to consider before …

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Categories Global navigation, Microsoft, Twitter, US Hispanic Market, Usability, Web Globalization

GoDaddy going global

May 29, 2013 by John Yunker

In this interview with Blake Irving, CEO of GoDaddy, he mentions the company’s focus on expanding global reach: We’re localizing, globalizing and marketizing our code base which means we’re building software for specific languages and markets. Take Spanish, for example. …

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Categories Country Codes, GoDaddy, IDN (Intl. Domain Name)

Microsoft Outlook now supports 32 country codes

May 21, 2013 by John Yunker

Speaking of country codes, I’ve been meaning to mention this. Outlook.com (formerly Hotmail) now offers users an impressive range of country code domains. Here’s the full list of supported country codes. It appears that Microsoft is using geolocation to enforce …

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Categories Country Codes, Microsoft

When country codes go generic

May 13, 2013 by John Yunker

The .co domain is the country code of Colombia. But a few years back Colombia sold its soul (I mean, licensed its country code). So now .co can be registered pretty much by anyone, similar to generic top-level domains such …

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Categories Country Codes, Google

Cisco Systems: The Best Global Enterprise Technology Website

May 9, 2013 by John Yunker
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We studied 12 enterprise technology websites for the 2013 Web Globalization Report Card. The Web Globalization Report Card is an annual benchmark of how effectively companies internationalize and localize their websites and applications for the world. Out of those 12 companies, …

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Categories Business globalization, Cisco Systems, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

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