Happy Year of the Snake
This week the dragon gives way to the snake. And, with it, a number of global brands eager to make the most of lunar new year celebrations. Let’s begin with …
Automotive web localization
2025 Web Globalization Report Card is underway
For those of you wondering (and thanks to those who’ve already reached out) the next Report Card is in production. If your company is already included (or you want it …
The Year of the Dragon
As we say farewell to the Year of the Rabbit we greet the Year of the Dragon. And, with it, my whirlwind tour of global and local websites taking advantage …
The 2024 Web Globalization Report Card is coming soon…
For those of you keeping count this is number 20. Yes, as in 20 years. I’ll have much more to share about that later this year. But for now let’s …
Industry leaders from the 2023 Web Globalization Report Card: From Adobe to IKEA to Wikipedia
I’ve announced the top 25 global websites from the 2023 Web Globalization Report Card. But that only tells part of the story. To better understand how companies compete against their …
The best 25 global websites from the 2023 Web Globalization Report Card
I’m pleased to announce the publication of the 2023 Web Globalization Report Card. This is the 19th annual edition of the Report Card, yes, 19th. And while there are a number …
The Year of the Rabbit
Lunar New Year is here and, with it, my whirlwind tour of global and local websites taking full advantage of this holiday. Here was my tour last year of the …
The top 25 global websites from the 2022 Web Globalization Report Card
I’m pleased to announce the publication of the 2022 Web Globalization Report Card. This is the 18th annual edition of the Report Card, and it reflects another difficult year. And yet …
The Year of the Tiger: Websites celebrate Lunar New Year
If you were to visit the US home page of BMW you’d see the obligatory photograph of the latest models: But if you were to visit the China home page …
COVID flattened the language curve, and that’s actually good news
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 …
The top 25 best global websites from the 2021 Web Globalization Report Card
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 …
Websites celebrate Chinese New Year: The Year of the Ox
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 …
The top 50 global websites of 2020
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 …
Volvo: The best global automotive website of 2020
For the 2020 Web Globalization Report Card, we benchmarked the following 16 automotive websites: Audi BMW Chevrolet Ford Honda Hyundai Land Rover Lexus Mercedes Nissan Porsche Subaru Tesla Toyota Volkswagen …
The best 25 global websites of 2020
In keeping with past years, I’m pleased to announce the top 25 websites from the 2020 Web Globalization Report Card. When compared with last year’s top 25 list, there are …