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 …
Russia
Say Goodbye to .YU
Although the country code .SU (Soviet Union) refuses to die, .YU (Yugoslavia) is now history. As the ICANN blog notes: With the transition of Serbia and Montenegro to using .RS …
.SU: The domain that refuses to die
The .su country code domain stands for Soviet Union. It was established in 1990, just before the Soviet Union ceased to exist. And although the Soviet Union is but a …
The Hottest Translated Languages, According to SDL
SDL today released its “World Language League Table” which lists the languages that SDL has been most frequently translating. The company says it translates more than a billion words each …
eBay Going Global: International Revenues Rule
First of all, I must admit that I’m a year off on predicting when eBay’s international revenues would surpass domestic revenues. I had predicted 2006. I underestimated how quickly eBay’s …
Campbell Soup in Russia: Is it “Navaristy” Enough
Speaking of Russia, according to the Wall Street Journal (subscription required), Campbell Soup is making a big push into both Russia and China. The company makes most of its money …
Web Localization for Russia
In April, after publishing a Web localization report for Brazil, we soon began receiving requests for a similar report on Russia. So I’m pleased to announce our Russia Localization Report. …
Of Kosovo and .ks
Last year, Montenegro became independent from Serbia and now Kosovo is making a strong push in that direction. But Serbia does not want to let go of Kosovo and has …
AOL: 14 Countries in 18 Months
A few weeks ago I wrote about AOL’s new portal for India. According to Reuters, or, Thomson, AOL is only just getting started. AOL plans to expand into 14 markets …
Starbucks Coming to Russia
Last year Starbucks successfully defended its brand name in Russia. Now the company is preparing to cash in on its brand name. According to Starbucks Gossip, “Moscow’s second Starbucks (the …
The World According to Wikipedia
Note: This post is excerpted from the September issue of the Global By Design newsletter. Earlier this year, we published the third edition of The Web Globalization Report Card, our …
They’re Building A New DNS Mousetrap (But It’s Not Better)
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 …
Starbucks Wins Back Brand in Russia
According to the Moscow Times, Starbucks “has regained the right to use its brand on coffee houses in Russia after a protracted legal battle with a trademark squatter who was …
Starbucks in Russia
According to the Moscow Times, Starbucks has opened its first retail location in Russia. No Russian Web site yet, but I have no doubt that one is in the works. …
Move over FIGS; Here Comes BRIC
Emerging markets are driving the Web globalization revolution. Investment bankers use an acronym that is going to have a major impact on the future of the globalization industry: BRIC. BRIC …