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Month: May 2014

The United States has a privacy (branding) problem

May 30, 2014 by John Yunker

I first wrote about the negative impact the Snowden NSA revelations would have on the US tech industry  last year. Many people thought (hoped) this issue would have gone away by now. …

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Categories Business globalization

YouTube launches Thai site at YouTube.co.th

May 23, 2014May 21, 2014 by John Yunker

I too am surprised it took Google this long to launch a dedicated Thai website. YouTube has local versions in 61 countries and 61 different languages. Today’s launch in Thailand …

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Categories Google

Go global with .INTERNATIONAL? I don’t think so.

May 12, 2014 by John Yunker

GoDaddy is marketing the new top-level domain INTERNATIONAL. This is one TLD that I can’t imagine recommending to anyone. For starters, you don’t need this domain to go global. Every TLD …

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Categories China, Domain names, GoDaddy

dotConfusing — What you need to know about the next wave of top-level domains

May 7, 2014 by John Yunker

My latest post for client Pitney Bowes on making sense of the hype concerning the new generic TLDs. An excerpt: The first wave is rolling in More than 1,200 gTLDs have …

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Categories China, Country Codes, GoDaddy, Google, IDN (Intl. Domain Name), Pitney Bowes

The best global travel websites (and why)

February 28, 2017May 1, 2014 by John Yunker

There are now more than one billion international travelers, making the travel industry a benchmark for web globalization innovation and excellence. So I’m pleased to be presenting a free webinar …

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Categories Booking.com, Hotels.com, Languages, Translation, Travel, Travel companies, Uncategorized, Vendors, Web Globalization

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