Google vs. Baidu: A User Experience Analysis
There are tons of articles about Google vs. Baidu, but few of these articles take an in-depth look at how Google compares to Baidu from a Chinese user’s perspective. In …
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eBay also has international revenues to thank
eBay recently announced Q1 results and, like Google, shows a significant rise in international revenues vs. domestic revenues. Domestic revenues actually decreased by 1%. Here’s a visual I cranked out …
Localization in China
I am pleased to have been invited by John Yunker to contribute thoughts on the localization industry in China. I welcome your comments and suggestions for future articles. Here’s my …
.CN: From 2 million to 10 million in 12 months
China is on pace to surpass Germany as the world’s most popular country code top-level domain (ccTLD) — in about two or three months. Germany currently leads with roughly 11.5 …
The year of Google vs. Baidu
Now that Google is getting into the music downloading business in China, 2008 promises to be a very interesting year in the battle between Google China and the leading Chinese …
China to overtake US in Web users … next month
According to the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), China is poised to overtake the US in Web users very, very shortly. Here is a news article. CNNIC says that …
.FR reaches one million registrations
France became a member of the million domain club with its one-millionth .fr registration on January 11th. Here are the top six country codes based on registrations: Germany: 11,120,000 China: …
Starwood Hotels broadens Chinese Web support
Starwood Hotels has announced that it has launched Chinese-language Web sites for all of its hotel brands — from Westin to Sheraton to St. Regis. The hotel chain had previously …
Baidu Japan: Coming January 23rd
Motoko Hunt over at Multilingual Search writes about Baidu, China’s leading search portal, and its official entry into Japan As I mentioned in last month, Baidu has long had its …
Most popular posts of 2007
I’ve had Google Analytics installed on this site for some time now, which makes it a great resource for tracking the most popular posts of the year. So here are …
Web globalization predictions: 2008 and beyond
As we come to the end of 2007, it is safe to say that Web globalization has evolved from an ancillary activity to a core piece of the marketing puzzle …
It’s a round world after all
I recently finished reading Redefining Global Strategies: Crossing Borders in a World Where Differences Still Matter by Pankaj Ghemawat. This book provides a strong counterpoint to Tom Friedman’s The World …
Of Yahoo and shark finning
I recently saw a movie that opened my eyes to the horror of shark finning. The movie is Sharkwater (www.sharkwater.com). Shark finning is the process of catching a shark, slicing …
One million .CN registrations in just one month
That’s right. According to the latest stats from China’s registry, roughly one million .cn domains were registered between September 1 and October 1. That brings the grand total to 7.1 …
Understanding the global search market
The fine folks at Multlingual Search have published a report on the state of the search engine markets in more than a dozen countries. This report is a quick read …