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Month: December 2013

Most popular posts of 2013

December 30, 2013 by John Yunker

Last post of 2013 and here are the most-popular posts published this year: How many languages should your website support? The next Internet revolution will not be in English The top 25 global websites of 2013 Transcreation is here to …

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Categories Global By Design, Web Globalization

World Peace

December 24, 2013December 24, 2013 by John Yunker

See you in 2014!

Categories Languages

Is Your Website World Ready? Five tips to keep in mind…

December 17, 2013 by John Yunker

Here’s my latest post for client Pitney Bowes: An excerpt: Avoid visual pitfalls. By editing the text to be world-ready, you’re halfway towards avoiding any “international incidents.” But you also need to take a close at your visuals. All cultures have their …

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Categories Business globalization, Global By Design, Retail globalization, Web Globalization

Web globalization predictions for 2014

December 9, 2013 by John Yunker

I’m optimistic about the year ahead. I base this optimism in part on discussions I’ve had this year with dozens of marketing and web teams across about ten countries. While every company has its own unique worldview and challenges, a …

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Categories Apple, Languages, Machine Translation, Web Globalization

E*TRADE’s unfortunate global gateway

December 6, 2013 by John Yunker

Normally I like to talk about companies that have been steadily improving their global gateways. Occasionally though I encounter a company that appears to be heading in reverse. E*TRADE is heading in reverse. About two years ago, here was the E*TRADE global …

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Categories Global navigation

The world’s unluckiest number

December 1, 2013 by John Yunker

I came across an interesting story in the WSJ about how 2013 has been a slower year for weddings because of the number 13. Here’s an excerpt from the CEO of Men’s Wearhouse: Historically, we’ve seen numeric anomalies in the …

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Categories China, Web Globalization

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