Free Webinar: The Best Global Travel Websites – and Why
I hope you’ll join me in a week for a free one-hour webinar (sponsored by Lionbridge). I will talk about my research on the travel industry, focusing on how companies …
Web Globalization
The top 25 global websites from the 2013 Web Globalization Report Card
UPDATE: The 2017 Web Globalization Report Card is now available. I’m pleased to announce the top-scoring websites from the 2013 Web Globalization Report Card. This is the ninth annual edition …
The best global travel websites
I’m pleased to announce a new (and free) report focused on the globalization of travel websites. From American Airlines to Kayak to Wyndham, this report highlights those websites that have …
Walt Whitman: I Sing of Myself in Nine Languages
I came across a great resource on Walt Whitman’s epic poem Song of Myself. This website intends to present Whitman’s poem in its entirety, along with commentary, in an impressive nine languages. It …
WhatsApp gets global navigation right
I’ll admit I knew nothing about WhatsApp before I read that Facebook was about to buy the company (or not). So I went to its website and was pleasantly surprised …
Don’t blame phishing on IDNs
I received a friendly email from Twitter awhile back. It was fake. I (stupidly) clicked on the link and was greeted with a login page that looked very much like …
Give me a .uk and hold the .co
Ever wonder why the UK home page for Amazon is located at amazon.co.uk and not simply amazon.uk? It’s one of those quirks of the domain name system. Countries have control over …
How Nike localizes “football”
In the US, football season has officially begun (there goes my weekends). But outside of the US, football season means something entirely different. So how does a global sporting goods …
Entering the Nike “language tunnel”
Nike has a brand new website and they’ve made a few navigational changes along the way. For starters, it appears that Nike is now using geolocation to detect the location …
Twitter’s multilingual error page
I’m not sure if Twitter has officially retired the “Fail Whale” landing page that we all grew accustomed to over the years. But I recently came across a Twitter error …
Money talks (in many languages)
It’s no secret that the US has been on a borrowing binge for quite some time. So when the US launched its redesigned $100 bill last year, the Fed went …
Taking Mobile Global: Tips for Aligning Mobile and Global Web Strategies
Here’s a new article I’ve written for UX Magazine on the importance of aligning global and mobile strategies. Too often, companies develop mobile apps and mobile websites without considering localization requirements. Here …
Philips improves its global gateway
I was happy to see that Philips launched a new (and improved) global gateway recently. Below is a screen grab of the old gateway, as seen on the home page: …
Web Professionals interview on web globalization
I recently participated in a 11-minute phone interview with Bill Cullifer, Executive Director of the World Organization of Webmasters. We talked about web globalization and the 2012 Report Card. Here’s the …
Windows 8 primed to win tablet war — at least in languages
When it comes to tablets, Apple is far and away the leader. But later this year Microsoft is expected to unveil its Windows 8 tablet and, in doing so, will …