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 …
Web Globalization
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 …
The Next Generation of Google Asia
PC World writes that Google is testing new home page designs for Taiwan and Hong. This comes on the heals of Google’s new Korean home page. The company is focusing …
Of Molecular, Ion Global, and the Mainstreaming of Web Globalization
I’ve been gone for two weeks so I nearly missed the announcement that Web consulting firm Molecular had acquired Ion Global. I was happy to see this as I really …
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 …
If The World Were 100 People…
If the world’s population of 6.3 billion people were represented by just 100 people, where would they live? More than two-thirds of them would live in Asia and Africa. Next …
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 …
Live Earth.org: From English to Zulu
I visited the Live Earth Web site today and was pleased to see that the site supports eight languages, including Chinese, Turkish, and Zulu. It appears that the languages were …
The End of “Cookie Cutter” Globalization
The Wall Street Journal featured an article (subscription required) a few weeks back on Disney’s new and improved approach to going global. The days of slapping subtitles on US films …
Globalize! Globalize! Faster! Faster!
More and more US companies and Web sites are accelerating their pace of global expansion.Consider the following: According to this Reuters article, Starbucks plans to increase the number of international …
The Best Global Web Sites (and why)
What separates good global Web sites from great global Web sites? Is it just the number of languages a Web site supports? Certainly languages are essential. Although every Web site …