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The top 25 global websites from the 2015 Web Globalization Report Card

August 8, 2017February 10, 2015 by John Yunker

UPDATE: The 2017 Web Globalization Report Card is now available. I’m pleased to announce the publication of The 2015 Web Globalization Report Card. Here are the top-scoring websites from the …

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Categories Global By Design, Global navigation, Travel, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Most popular posts of 2014

January 2, 2015January 1, 2015 by John Yunker

Looking over traffic logs, here are some of the most-visited blog posts of 2014: Wikipedia and the Internet language chasm The top 25 global websites from the 2014 Web Globalization …

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Categories Global By Design, Languages, Web Globalization

The Four Seasons improves its global gateway

November 14, 2014November 13, 2014 by John Yunker

I was pleased to see the Four Seasons embrace the globe icon for its global gateway. It is well positioned in the upper right-hand corner. The Four Seasons website ranked 145th …

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Categories Global navigation, Reports, Travel, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Is your global gateway stuck in the basement?

October 30, 2014October 29, 2014 by John Yunker

When you welcome visitors into your home, you probably don’t usher them directly to the basement. Yet when it comes to websites, this is exactly how many companies treat visitors from around the …

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Categories Apple, Global By Design, Global navigation, Microsoft, Web Globalization

What’s the ROI of web globalization?

September 10, 2014 by John Yunker

I’ve been meaning to write about this for awhile. A few months ago, Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly said this at an investor meeting: “When we work on making our devices …

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Categories Apple, Software Localization, Web Globalization

GoDaddy’s expanding global gateway

August 23, 2014 by John Yunker

You can tell a lot about a company simply by keeping an eye on its global gateway. Here is the GoDaddy global gateway menu in March, 2014: And here it …

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Categories GoDaddy, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Q&A with Kathleen Bostick of SDL

July 18, 2014 by John Yunker

I was happy to chat (virtually) with Kathleen recently about web globalization. Here’s the interview.

Categories Languages, Vendors, Web Globalization

Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report: A web globalization persepective

June 4, 2014 by John Yunker

It has become an annual ritual, Mary Meeker, a Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner, releases a data dump of key Internet stats and trends. Last year, I wrote a …

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Categories Business globalization, Mobile, Web Globalization

Speaking at SDL Innovate in San Francisco

June 2, 2014 by John Yunker

I’m pleased to be speaking at the SDL Innovate conference in San Francisco on June 11th. I’ll be presenting on secrets of the best global websites. If you’re in the …

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Categories Events, Web Globalization

The best global travel websites (and why)

February 28, 2017May 1, 2014 by John Yunker

There are now more than one billion international travelers, making the travel industry a benchmark for web globalization innovation and excellence. So I’m pleased to be presenting a free webinar …

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Categories Booking.com, Hotels.com, Languages, Translation, Travel, Travel companies, Uncategorized, Vendors, Web Globalization

Xiaomi’s global expansion plans include Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand

April 14, 2014 by John Yunker

In January, I wrote about Xiaomi’s success in crowdsourced translation of its operating system — and how this bodes well for global expansion. Xiaomi, for those who’ve never heard of …

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Categories Business globalization, Web Globalization, Xiaomi

Wikipedia and the Internet language chasm

April 7, 2014 by John Yunker

When talking about language diversity across the Internet, I like to include a visual that illustrates the language leaders of the Internet: This chart is based on data from the …

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Categories Business globalization, Crowdsourcing, Global By Design, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

GoDaddy’s new global gateway sets the stage for global growth

March 26, 2014 by John Yunker

It’s nice to see GoDaddy improving its global gateway. Note the use of the globe icon below to indicate the global gateway menu: Click on the globe or locale name …

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Categories Global navigation, GoDaddy, Web Globalization

The worst global websites of the 2014 Web Globalization Report Card

March 10, 2014 by John Yunker

You can be a wildly successful global company and still have a poorly localized website. A number of factors determine global success and the website is only one of these …

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Categories Global By Design, Global navigation, Retail globalization, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Google launches its first Japanese IDN

March 6, 2014 by John Yunker

I’ve long talked about the importance of non-Latin domain names, or IDNs (Internationalized Domain Names). Google has gone live with one if its many IDNs: みんな. I want to emphasize here …

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Categories Country Codes, Google, IDN (Intl. Domain Name), Japan, Web Globalization
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