There are still a few days left before I teach a two-hour class devoted to best practices in global navigation. July 27th9am to 11am PSTClass link You’ll learn: The four core elements of a successful global gateway strategy Country codes…
I always perk up when I see data that supports web localization. According to this article, Apple launching a dedicated ecommerce website for India last year led to a significant increase in sales. Launched in September 2020, Apple’s Indian online store…
Apple may have been late to the machine translation game but they’re working to make up for lost time. They announced today that the Apple Translate app is coming to the iPad, seen here: But what’s more interesting is the…
Join me on June 10th for a virtual LocWorldWide44 presentation on future best practices in website globalization. Drawing on findings from the 2021 Web Globalization Report Card, I will share what I’ve learned and where I think we’re headed. The…
What was for many years a threat has now become a reality — a Russian law requiring mobile phone manufacturers to ship with preinstalled Russian-made apps (or allow them to be easily installed). It appears that Apple updated its onboarding…
After posting my Web Globalization Report Card video I was asked to comment on the global evolution of a few websites. So I thought I’d put together a brief presentation on Apple.com, a website most everyone is familiar with, and…
I began the Web Globalization Report Card back in 2003. It became the first report of it kind to benchmark global websites and I’ve been publishing this report annually ever since then. For the first time in all those years,…
I’m pleased to announce the publication of the 2021 Web Globalization Report Card. This is the 17th annual edition of the Report Card, and it reflects a challenging year. Yet there is much to be optimistic about as we look ahead.…
This has become a bit of an annual tradition for me, taking a virtual tour of a number of global brands, seeing how they celebrate Lunar New Year (牛年), particularly to customers in China. As in years past, the color…
Just before we wave good riddance to this year I wanted to share a list of those articles that were the most visited. I started this blog back in 2002, so I’m always surprised when I see something I wrote…
I noted in September that Apple had given up using flags as icons for navigation (know as the global gateway). This was a positive step — not because I dislike flags, but because flags often cause more problems then they…
With all events going virtual, I find I have so much less time these days. Previously, I would just pick a small number of events to travel to and ignore the rest. But not now. Which is actually a good…
As readers of this blog know, I’ve long advocated for Apple to abandon its use of flags on its global gateway. I first began saying so publicly in 2004. In 2010 I thought Apple was getting close to giving up…
As we pass the mid-point of a very strange year, I wanted to share the top 50 websites from the 2020 Web Globalization Report Card. In years past I’ve limited myself to posting the top 25 companies, but I’m thinking…
Very cool (and overdue) announcement this morning from the Apple WWDC. The Apple Translate is on its way and is all about voice (and privacy). Here are the supported languages. This will be very interesting!