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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

Brazil, China, Countries, Culture, Flags, Global gateway fail, Global Marketing, Global navigation, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kosovo, Lithuania, Malaysia, Maps, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand, United States, Usability, Web Globalization

Five reasons to avoid using maps on your website

Robert Frost wrote that good fences make good neighbors. Yet when it comes to virtual fences, visualized as maps, I’m not sure there is any way to create “good fences.” So many regions around the world are under dispute. And…

John Yunker
November 15, 2021

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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

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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

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

Australia, Brazil, Business globalization, China, Countries, Culture, Events, Global Marketing, Google, Holidays, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kosovo, Languages, Lithuania, Malaysia, Multilingual search, Norway, Retail globalization, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Thailand, Translation, United States, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Google’s global trends 2019

For anyone interested in a truly global (and local) view of the world’s Internet users, I recommend spending a few minutes here. At a global level, it’s revealing to see that the leading search phrase was “India vs. South Africa,”…

John Yunker
December 13, 2019

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Airbnb doubles (yes, doubles) its linguistic reach

As I’ve documented in many editions of the Web Globalization Report Card, companies tend to add languages in fits and starts. The overall average is about one additional language per year. But some companies expand their global reach in sprints.…

John Yunker
November 11, 2019

Arabic, Brazil, China, Countries, Crowdsourcing, Global By Design, Global navigation, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kosovo, Languages, Lithuania, Machine Translation, Malaysia, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Thailand, Translation, Unicode, United States, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card, Wikipedia

1,000 languages: The world’s most multilingual website

The Jehovah’s Witnesses announced today that its website reached 1,000 languages, an impressive achievement. The release notes: On November 4, 2019, jw.org, the official website of Jehovah’s Witnesses, reached an unprecedented translation milestone—it now includes articles, videos, and audio content available…

John Yunker
November 4, 2019

Languages, Lithuania, Translation

A (free) font to celebrate Lithuanian independence

As a font geek, I loved this promotion courtesy of the Republic of Lithuania to develop a font that draws on the signatures from the Act of Independence of Lithuania. You can even add your signature to mark the centenary…

John Yunker
March 27, 2018