How international are German Websites?
John Yunker, the host of “Global by Design”, has invited me to publish some of my articles on this blog. I feel honoured to be here and will try my …
Web Globalization
Web globalization article in Computerworld
Computerworld has published a very good article on Web globalization (and not just because I was quoted in it). It includes insights on recent developments at FedEx and Novartis. Here’s …
A look inside Google globalization
I just came across a great presentation by way of Blogos today. It’s by Dr. Thomas Arend, international product manager at Google. If you’re interested in learning more about how …
58% of Europeans online will buy online this year
Forrester Research has released new research that says that European online spending has grown more than 50% over the past year and that Europeans will spend more than US$70 billion …
Register.Me
As I wrote awhile back, Montenegro has gotten approval for its own top-level country code domain (ccTLD). The code is .me and should be available for registration early in 2008. …
Jupiter jumps in to Web globalization research
One way to measure the size of an industry is by the number of analysts covering it. When I got started covering Web globalization back in 2000, to my knowledge …
Are You Master of Your Domains?
Earlier this year I developed the Map of the World Wide Web, shown here: This map was designed to fit on a cubicle wall and include the major country code …
Halo 3 Puts Age Before Language
The final installment of Microsoft’s best-selling game franchise Halo is now in stores everywhere. I took a moment to check out the Web site — which is probably about as …
Global by Design: The Guide to Global Navigation
The September/October issue of Global by Design is now out. Our feature article is on established and emerging best practices in global navigation. We note improvements made recently by companies …
Bienvenido a AOL España
Last week, AOL launched its Italian Web portal. This week, AOL launches AOL España. Said AOL President and COO Ron Grant in a recent interview: “We are going to be …
The New York Times Tears Down Its Wall
Tomorrow the New York Times will no longer charge for on-line access to articles. That’s good news for people like me who post the occasional blog that links to a …
Web Globalization Conference in San Diego
I’m pleased to be co-chairing the IQPC Web Globalization Conference here in San Diego on October 22-24. I’ll also be speaking on Web globalization navigation on October 24th. The conference …
AOL Italia Goes Live
In May, I wrote about AOL’s ambitious plan to launch sites in 14 markets in just 18 months. Today, AOL launched its portal for Italy at www.aol.it. Now one might …
The Top 100 Global Web Sites
A month or so ago I wrote about the best global Web sites (and why). I noted the top 10 Web sites from The 2007 Web Globalization Report Card and …
The Localization of iPhone
So I gave in to my inner geek and purchased an iPhone. One of the things I first noticed (and love) about the Web browser is the .com button on …