Google Translate adds languages; Microsoft adds translation widget
Google Translate recently added 11 languages to its impressive portfolio of supported languages. To give you an idea of just how aggressive Google has been in this area, here is …
Web Globalization
The world according to Google
Inspired by our Country Codes of the World map, I developed a smaller version that includes the ccTLDs currently in use by Google for its local search engines. As you …
The “age gateway” comes of age
For years I’ve been preaching the importance of the “global gateway” — the elements that Web sites use to seamlessly direct Web users to their localized Web sites and content, …
Will .cn become the new .com?
I recently came across a chart of the most popular domain extensions, compiled by Stephane Van Gelder. Although I keep track of ccTLD registrations for the Country Codes of the …
Taking Web forms global
Web form usability expert Luke Wroblewski provides a very handy article on the challenges of developing Web input forms that work in various countries. Data input and output is where …
The coming oil crunch (1979)
I’m a pack rat and I’m trying to rid myself of the habit. But it was interesting to come across this copy of Newsweek magazine from 1979:
Olympics Web site adds two languages (at the wire)
A commenter on my post on the stunning lack of languages on the Olympics Web site (particularly when compared with Euro 2008) notes that two more languages were added recently: …
Kosovo requests ccTLD
Can an international crisis be started over a country code? That’s what I can’t help but wonder when I read that Kosovo has requested its own country code domain. Serbia …
Map of the World Wide Web: Get ’em while they last
I’ve got about a hundred copies of this map remaining and I’m offering them for $3 each for orders of 25 or $2 each for orders of 50 (plus postage). …
China now leads in Internet users (and country codes)
The NY Times reports that China has surpassed the US in terms of Internet users. This comes via China’s state-controlled Internet Network Information Center. Here are the key numbers: United …
Has Google hit a language ceiling?
Google announced that they now have 30 products available in 30 languages. And many of these products, such as Gmail and Adwords, now support 40 languages. Here is a graph …
Will Facebook become the world’s largest translation platform?
Techcrunch reports from Facebook’s developer conference today in which company announced that it would open its “crowdsourcing” translation platform to its legion of application developers. Here’s the press release excerpt: …
Web globalization trends: A free Webinar
I will be presenting a Webinar sponsored by Lionbridge this Wednesday and I hope you can join us. Here are the details: Web Globalization Trends to Watch Wednesday, July 9, …
Google perpetuates the American .com myth
Google features a 4th of July logo at Google.com today. This is not all that unusual; Google has been doing this for several years now. But there is an inherent …
The coming gTLD explosion (or not)
ICANN, the folks who manage Internet domains, recently decided to open up the generic top-level domain (gTLD) space to anyone who can afford it and can navigate ICANN’s complex approval …