Are you making web globalization rookie mistakes?
I recently contributed an article to Multilingual Magazine about some of the most common rookies mistakes I’ve seen over the years. These mistakes are easy to avoid — assuming you’re …
Web performance
2025 Web Globalization Report Card is underway
For those of you wondering (and thanks to those who’ve already reached out) the next Report Card is in production. If your company is already included (or you want it …
Speed Kills: Your web globalization investment
Website performance is like the weather — everyone talks about it but nobody seems to do anything about it. I read a great article recently on website performance — do …
Industry leaders from the 2023 Web Globalization Report Card: From Adobe to IKEA to Wikipedia
I’ve announced the top 25 global websites from the 2023 Web Globalization Report Card. But that only tells part of the story. To better understand how companies compete against their …
The best 25 global websites from the 2023 Web Globalization Report Card
I’m pleased to announce the publication of the 2023 Web Globalization Report Card. This is the 19th annual edition of the Report Card, yes, 19th. And while there are a number …
The top 25 global websites from the 2022 Web Globalization Report Card
I’m pleased to announce the publication of the 2022 Web Globalization Report Card. This is the 18th annual edition of the Report Card, and it reflects another difficult year. And yet …
Website performance is like the weather
Everyone talks about it but nobody does anything about it. Consider the following chart representing the “weight” of mobile home pages from the 2021 Web Globalization Report Card. This year, …
COVID flattened the language curve, and that’s actually good news
I began the Web Globalization Report Card back in 2003. It became the first report of it kind to benchmark global websites and I’ve been publishing this report annually ever …
The top 25 best global websites from the 2021 Web Globalization Report Card
I’m pleased to announce the publication of the 2021 Web Globalization Report Card. This is the 17th annual edition of the Report Card, and it reflects a challenging year. Yet there …
The Art of the Global Gateway at LocWorld 43
Join me this Thursday for a virtual presentation on The Art of the Global Gateway: Best Practices in Global Navigation for Websites. The global gateway is the initial point of …
Announcing the State of Localization survey
LILT, a Global by Design sponsor, is asking for those of us in the localization industry to give our thoughts on localization trends, best practices and our priorities for the …
The Worldly Marketer Podcast: Top 10 List
I participated in Kathrin Busman’s prolific podcast back in 2020 and am in very good company in this list she’s curated: Here are shortcuts to each of the podcasts: #TWM169 with Melanie …
The Worldly Marketer: What you need to know about web globalization best practices
I recently spent an hour with Kathrin Bussman as part of her wonderful podcast The Worldly Marketer. I talked about the most recent Web Globalization Report Card as well as …
Volvo: The best global automotive website of 2020
For the 2020 Web Globalization Report Card, we benchmarked the following 16 automotive websites: Audi BMW Chevrolet Ford Honda Hyundai Land Rover Lexus Mercedes Nissan Porsche Subaru Tesla Toyota Volkswagen …
The best 25 global websites of 2020
In keeping with past years, I’m pleased to announce the top 25 websites from the 2020 Web Globalization Report Card. When compared with last year’s top 25 list, there are …
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