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Google Adwords in Emerging Markets

March 31, 2006 by John Yunker

Adwords is Google’s revenue engine. Advertisers pay to be included on Google’s search engine results page as well as on targeted Web sites that host Google ads, ranging from personal …

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Categories Google, India, Web Globalization

Predicting 2006: From eBay to .EU

December 26, 2005 by John Yunker

2006 is a few days away and I can’t resist looking into my crystal ball to see what the year holds for all of us in the Web globalization industry. …

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Categories Apple, Web Globalization

They’re Building A New DNS Mousetrap (But It’s Not Better)

November 28, 2005 by John Yunker

The domain name system (DNS) was built by geeks for geeks. It was never intended to be all that user friendly — and, for many people, it’s not. That’s one …

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Categories Arabic, China, Google, Russia, Web Globalization

Google News Adds Brazil and Portugal

November 18, 2005 by John Yunker

Google has added Google News Web sites for Brazil and Portugal. This brings the total of language and country specific News sites to 23, assuming I counted correctly… Today Google …

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Categories Brazil, Google, Web Globalization

Google and the Global Traveler

November 11, 2005 by John Yunker

Whenever I travel outside the US I get a kick out of entering “google.com” and seeing what happens. That’s because Google makes use of two behind-the-scenes technologies known as “geolocation” …

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Categories Google, Web Globalization

iTunes Oz Goes Live

October 24, 2005 by John Yunker

The Apple iTunes Australia store is now live. That brings Apple to a total of 21 iTunes stores. Anyone care to guess how long before a New Zealand iTunes store …

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Categories Apple, Web Globalization

The New iTunes Demotes its Global Gateway

September 12, 2005 by John Yunker

I just upgraded from iTunes 4 to iTunes 5 and, wouldn’t you know it, Apple changed the global navigation system. Instead of placing the link to the “global gaeway” in …

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Categories Apple, Web Globalization

Baidu Beating Google in China

September 2, 2005 by John Yunker

The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) just published a survey of the Chinese search engine market. Baidu comes out on top in market share. But Google is more popular …

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Categories China, Google, Web Globalization

Apple iTunes Sells 50M Songs in Europe

June 24, 2005 by John Yunker

Apple’s globalization of iTunes appears to be moving right along. According to the press release: “iTunes Music Stores were launched in the UK, France and Germany in June 2004, and …

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Categories Apple, Business globalization, Web Globalization

Apple iTunes Japan Planned for August

June 7, 2005 by John Yunker

According to Engadget, the iTunes Music Store will indeed open in 2005 in Japan. That would make it a total of 20 iTunes country stores, with still plenty of room …

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Categories Apple, Web Globalization

Will Google Kill the Translation Industry?

May 28, 2005 by John Yunker

Last week I received a “Factory Tour” invite from Google but didn’t give it much thought. I wish I had because I missed a preview of the company’s ambitious machine …

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Categories Business globalization, Google, Translation, Vendors, Web Globalization

iTunes: 19 Countries and Counting

May 10, 2005 by John Yunker

While I’ve been waiting for the iTunes Australia site to launch (it was held up recently) I realize that I missed the launch of Denmark, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden. There …

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Categories Apple, Web Globalization

iTunes Oz on Hold

May 5, 2005 by John Yunker

The much-anticipated launch of iTunes Australia is on hold due to, who else, a record company. Or, more specifically, a record company’s lawyers. According to the Courier-Mail: A source said …

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Categories Apple, Business globalization, Web Globalization

Austrailian iTunes a Month Away

March 29, 2005 by John Yunker

It looks like the much-awaited Australian site will be live by the end of April. And unlike the UK, this time Apple owns the Australian domain name: itunes.com.au. I even …

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Categories Apple, Web Globalization

iTunes.co.uk: The Saga Continues

March 28, 2005 by John Yunker

As predicted, the person who lost control over his itunes.co.uk domain to the folks at Apple, is appealing the decision. This is where itunes.co.uk takes you now… According to this …

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Categories Apple, Web Globalization
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