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Month: November 2014

WordPress now at 70 languages, and counting

November 26, 2014November 26, 2014 by John Yunker

This blog has been hosted on WordPress since 2002. Since then, WordPress has grown into one of the dominant publishing platforms on the Internet. And one of the most multilingual …

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Categories Crowdsourcing, Languages, Software Localization, Translation

The Four Seasons improves its global gateway

November 14, 2014November 13, 2014 by John Yunker

I was pleased to see the Four Seasons embrace the globe icon for its global gateway. It is well positioned in the upper right-hand corner. The Four Seasons website ranked 145th …

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Categories Global navigation, Reports, Travel, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Amazon pluralizes Singles Day

November 10, 2014 by John Yunker

Leave it to Amazon to turn Single Day plural. And why not. If we can extend Black Friday to Cyber Monday, why not extend Singles day an extra day? Here’s a screen …

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Categories Nike

The biggest ecommerce day in November? It’s not Black Friday.

November 14, 2014November 6, 2014 by John Yunker

In China, November 11th is known as Singles Day and it has quickly become the world’s biggest day for ecommerce. Tmall, the massive ecommerce website owned by Alibaba is already …

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Categories Apple, China, Retail globalization, Xiaomi

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