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Adobe, Airbnb, Amazon, Apple, Automotive web localization, BMW, Chevrolet, Cisco Systems, Companies, Disney, Domain names, Facebook, FedEx, Flags, Global By Design, Global Marketing, Global navigation, GoDaddy, Google, Honda, Languages, Machine Translation, Mercedes, Microsoft, Mobile, Netflix, Nike, Porsche, Professional Services, Retail globalization, Subaru, Tesla, Translation, Travel, Travel companies, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

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 focus on the next report. I’m in the middle of…

John Yunker
January 27, 2024

Accenture, Adobe, Airbnb, Amazon, American Airlines, Apple, BMW, Booking.com, British Airways, Business globalization, Canon, Capgemini, Chevrolet, Cisco Systems, Country Codes, Deloitte, Delta Airlines, Disney, Domain names, Emirates, Enterprise, Ernst & Young, Expedia, Facebook, FedEx, Ford, Four Seasons, Global By Design, Global Marketing, Global navigation, GoDaddy, Google, Hilton, Honda, Hotels.com, Hyatt, IBM, Intel, Intercontinental Hotels, KPMG, Languages, Lexus, LinkedIn, Marriott, Mercedes, Microsoft, Netflix, Nike, Nissan, Pitney Bowes, Porsche, Professional Services, PWC, Reports, Retail globalization, Samsung, Social, Starbucks, Subaru, Tesla, Toyota, Translation, Travel companies, TripAdvisor, Uber, Usability, VW, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card, Web performance, Wikipedia, Wordpress, Xiaomi, Zoom

The best 25 global websites from the 2023 Web Globalization Report Card

Cover of 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 of very familiar faces in this list, there are some…

John Yunker
February 25, 2023

Accenture, Adobe, Airbnb, Amazon, American Airlines, Apple, BMW, Booking.com, Brand TLDs, Brazil, British Airways, Business globalization, Canada, Canon, Capgemini, Carnival, Chevrolet, China, Cisco Systems, Country Codes, Culture, Deloitte, Delta Airlines, Disney, Domain names, Emirates, Enterprise, Ernst & Young, Expedia, Facebook, FedEx, Flags, Ford, Four Seasons, Global By Design, Global Customer Experience (GCX), Global gateway fail, Global Marketing, Global navigation, GoDaddy, Google, Hertz, Hilton, Holidays, Honda, Hotels.com, Hyatt, IBM, India, Indonesia, Intel, Intercontinental Hotels, Iran, Israel, Japan, KPMG, Languages, Lexus, LinkedIn, Lithuania, Machine Translation, Malaysia, Maps, Marriott, Mercedes, Microsoft, Multilingual search, Netflix, Nike, Nissan, Norway, Pitney Bowes, Porsche, Professional Services, PWC, Reports, Retail globalization, Royal Caribbean, Russia, Samsung, Saudi Arabia, Software Localization, South Korea, Starbucks, Subaru, Sweden, Tesla, Thailand, Toyota, Transcreation, Translation, Travel, Travel companies, TripAdvisor, Twitter, Uber, United States, US Hispanic Market, Usability, Verisign, VW, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card, Web performance, Wikipedia, WordPress, Wordpress, Xiaomi, Yandex, Zoom

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 there is much to be optimistic about as we look…

John Yunker
March 8, 2022

Business globalization, Facebook, Multilingual search, Web Globalization

Long live the website

If yesterday’s epic #facebookfail has taught us anything, it should be to not rely too heavily on any one platform that you do not control. Sadly, a number of global websites still rely on Facebook as their de facto local…

John Yunker
October 5, 2021

Facebook, Global By Design, Global Marketing, Global navigation, Google, Social, Usability, Video, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Think Socially; Act Globally

Earlier this year I was asked about how best to align global social media content with global websites. My answer ultimately resulted in this article in Multilingual. When asked by a reporter why he robbed banks, the stick-up man Willie…

John Yunker
September 30, 2021

Accenture, Adobe, Air France, Airbnb, Amazon, American Airlines, Apple, Australia, Automotive web localization, Avis, BMW, Brand TLDs, Brazil, Business globalization, Canon, Capgemini, Carnival, Chevrolet, China, Chinese New Year, Cisco Systems, Companies, Countries, Country Codes, Crowdsourcing, Culture, Deloitte, Delta Airlines, Disney, Domain names, Emirates, Enterprise, Ernst & Young, Expedia, Facebook, FedEx, Flags, Ford, Four Seasons, Global By Design, Global gateway fail, Global Marketing, Global navigation, GoDaddy, Google, Hertz, Hilton, Holidays, Honda, Hotels.com, Hyatt, IBM, IDN (Intl. Domain Name), India, Indonesia, Intel, Intercontinental Hotels, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kayak, KLM, Kosovo, KPMG, Languages, Lexus, LinkedIn, Lithuania, Machine Translation, Malaysia, Marriott, Mercedes, Microsoft, Mobile, Multilingual search, Nike, Nissan, Norway, Pitney Bowes, Porsche, Professional Services, PWC, Reports, Retail globalization, Royal Caribbean, Russia, Samsung, Saudi Arabia, Social, South Korea, Starbucks, Subaru, Sweden, Tesla, Thailand, Toyota, Transcreation, Translation, Travel, Travel companies, TripAdvisor, Twitter, Uber, United States, US Hispanic Market, Usability, Vendors, Verisign, Voice, VW, Web fonts, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card, Web performance, Wikipedia, WordPress, Wordpress, Xiaomi

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 since then. For the first time in all those years,…

John Yunker
March 25, 2021

Accenture, Adobe, Airbnb, Alibaba, Amazon, American Airlines, Apple, Automotive web localization, Avis, BMW, Booking.com, Brand TLDs, Brazil, British Airways, Business globalization, Canon, Capgemini, Carnival, Chevrolet, China, Chinese New Year, Cisco Systems, Companies, Countries, Country Codes, Culture, Deloitte, Delta Airlines, Disney, Domain names, Emirates, Enterprise, Ernst & Young, Expedia, Facebook, FedEx, Ford, Four Seasons, Global By Design, Global gateway fail, Global Marketing, Global navigation, GoDaddy, Google, Hertz, Hilton, Holidays, Honda, Hotels.com, Hyatt, IBM, India, Indonesia, Intel, Intercontinental Hotels, Iran, Israel, Japan, KLM, KPMG, Languages, Lexus, Lithuania, Machine Translation, Malaysia, Marriott, Mercedes, Microsoft, Mobile, Multilingual search, Nike, Nissan, Norway, Pitney Bowes, Porsche, Professional Services, PWC, Reports, Retail globalization, Royal Caribbean, Russia, Samsung, Saudi Arabia, Social, Software Localization, South Korea, Starbucks, Subaru, Sweden, Tesla, Thailand, Toyota, Transcreation, Translation, Travel, Travel, Travel companies, TripAdvisor, Twitter, Uber, United States, US Hispanic Market, Usability, Vendors, Video, Voice, VW, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card, Web performance, Wikipedia, WordPress, Wordpress, Xiaomi

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 is much to be optimistic about as we look ahead.…

John Yunker
March 10, 2021

Adobe, Airbnb, Apple, Automotive web localization, Booking.com, Chevrolet, Cisco Systems, Emirates, Expedia, Facebook, Global By Design, Global Marketing, Global navigation, Google, Hotels.com, Intel, KPMG, Languages, Microsoft, Nike, Nissan, Retail globalization, Samsung, Translation, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

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 myself to posting the top 25 companies, but I’m thinking…

John Yunker
July 6, 2020

Adobe, Airbnb, Booking.com, Brazil, Business globalization, China, Cisco Systems, Country Codes, Facebook, Global By Design, Global Marketing, Global navigation, Google, Japan, Microsoft, Retail globalization, Russia, Toyota, Translation, Travel, Uber, United States, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card, Web performance, Wikipedia

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 a number of new entrants to the list: Airbnb: As…

John Yunker
April 10, 2020

Accenture, Adobe, Air France, Airbnb, Alibaba, Amazon, American Airlines, Apple, Arabic, Australia, Automotive web localization, Avis, BMW, Booking.com, Brand TLDs, Brazil, British Airways, Business globalization, Capgemini, Carnival, Chevrolet, China, Chinese New Year, Cisco Systems, Companies, Countries, Country Codes, Culture, Deloitte, Delta Airlines, Domain names, Emirates, Enterprise, Ernst & Young, Expedia, Facebook, FedEx, Flags, Ford, Four Seasons, Global By Design, Global gateway fail, Global Marketing, Global navigation, GoDaddy, Google, gTLDs, Hertz, Hilton, Holidays, Honda, Hotels.com, Hyatt, IBM, India, India Festival Season, Indonesia, Intel, Intercontinental Hotels, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kayak, KLM, KPMG, Languages, Lexus, LinkedIn, Lithuania, Machine Translation, Malaysia, Maps, Marriott, Mercedes, Microsoft, Mobile, Multilingual search, Nike, Nissan, Norway, Pitney Bowes, Professional Services, PWC, Reports, Retail globalization, Royal Caribbean, Russia, Samsung, Saudi Arabia, Singles Day, Social, South Korea, Starbucks, Subaru, Tesla, Thailand, Toyota, Transcreation, Translation, Travel, Travel, Travel companies, TripAdvisor, Twitter, Uber, United States, US Hispanic Market, Usability, VW, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card, Web performance, Wikipedia, Wordpress, WordPress, Xiaomi

The top 10 global websites from the 2020 Web Globalization Report Card

I began the Report Card back in 2003 because, at the time, there was nothing out there that focused specifically on the globalization and localization of websites. And, to be honest, most websites were not all that “global” yet; 10…

John Yunker
February 11, 2020

Amazon, Business globalization, Facebook, Global By Design, Google, Hotels.com, Languages, Microsoft, Toyota, Translation, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card, Wikipedia

What’s the world’s most multilingual website? (2019 update)

Last year, I wrote an essay for Multilingual in which I noted that the world’s most multilingual website isn’t Google or Facebook or even Wikipedia. It is the website of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. As I noted in the essay: The JW.org website supports more than 675 written…

John Yunker
April 8, 2019

Amazon, Business globalization, China, Companies, Culture, Facebook, Global By Design, Global Marketing, Google, Guest Articles, Languages, Machine Translation, Mobile, Retail globalization, Social, Translation, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card, Wikipedia

The internet may connect devices, but language connects people.

I had an OpEd published this week in the Los Angeles Times about the importance of languages — and the slow but steady increase in languages supported by the world’s leading brands… America’s biggest brands are increasingly multilingual

John Yunker
March 20, 2019

Facebook, Google, Languages, Machine Translation, Retail globalization, Transcreation, Translation, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card, Wikipedia

Leading with languages: Why 30 languages is below average

According to the 2019 Web Globalization Report Card, 32 languages is the "average" number of languages supported by the leading global brands.

John Yunker
February 20, 2019

Accenture, Adobe, Air France, Airbnb, Alibaba, Amazon, American Airlines, Apple, Arabic, Automotive web localization, Avis, BMW, Booking.com, Brazil, British Airways, Business globalization, Canon, Capgemini, Carnival, Chevrolet, China, Chinese New Year, Cisco Systems, Companies, Country Codes, Culture, Deloitte, Delta Airlines, Domain names, Emirates, Enterprise, Ernst & Young, Expedia, Facebook, FedEx, Flags, Ford, Four Seasons, Global By Design, Global gateway fail, Global Marketing, Global navigation, GoDaddy, Google, Hertz, Hilton, Holidays, Honda, Hotels.com, Hyatt, IBM, IDN (Intl. Domain Name), India, Intel, Intercontinental Hotels, Japan, Kayak, KLM, KPMG, Languages, Lexus, LinkedIn, Machine Translation, Maps, Marriott, Mercedes, Microsoft, Multilingual search, Nike, Nissan, Professional Services, PWC, Reports, Retail globalization, Royal Caribbean, Russia, Samsung, Saudi Arabia, Starbucks, Subaru, Tesla, Toyota, Transcreation, Translation, Travel, Travel, Travel companies, TripAdvisor, Twitter, Uber, United States, Usability, Verisign, VW, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card, Web performance, Wikipedia, Xiaomi

The best global websites from the 2019 Web Globalization Report Card

A little more than 15 years ago, I began benchmarking websites for a new report I had in mind, tentatively titled the Web Globalization Report Card. The number one website in the first Report Card was a startup company by the…

John Yunker
February 15, 2019

American Airlines, Apple, Business globalization, China, Country Codes, Delta Airlines, Domain names, Emirates, Facebook, Flags, Global By Design, Global gateway fail, Global Marketing, Global navigation, Hilton, Hyatt, IDN (Intl. Domain Name), KLM, Languages, Maps, Marriott, Microsoft, Nike, Reports, Retail globalization, Software Localization, Travel, Usability, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card, Web performance

It’s time for your website to go flag free

If you are flying the Taiwan flag on your website, consider yourself warned. By China. As I’ve written many times over the past year, China is paying close attention to how multinationals refer to Taiwan on their websites, not just…

John Yunker
August 21, 2018