Google is Microsoft
This comes via my brother via Blogoscoped — Google has made interesting use of the Iceland country code to create a URL that packs a narrative: Check out out here: …
Upcoming Web globalization Webinar
I’m going to be presenting a series of Webinars on Web globalization. The Webinars are sponsored by Lionbridge. Mark your calendar for May 7th at 1 pm (EST), when I …
Localization in China
I am pleased to have been invited by John Yunker to contribute thoughts on the localization industry in China. I welcome your comments and suggestions for future articles. Here’s my …
GoDaddy launching the summer of .ME
GoDaddy is building up to a major promotion of the new .ME domain. According to its Web site, the domain should be available for registration over the summer, with an …
Vodafone CEO on global leadership
An excerpt from an interview with Arun Sarin, CEO of UK-based Vodafone Group — the world’s largest cellular operator — conducted by Chief Executive magazine: How much of your business …
What took you so long? Craigslist begins translating its site
Craig Newmark announced that Craigslist has begun adding support for additional languages. There are five languages so far: Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), and French (Canada or France or both; …
.CN: From 2 million to 10 million in 12 months
China is on pace to surpass Germany as the world’s most popular country code top-level domain (ccTLD) — in about two or three months. Germany currently leads with roughly 11.5 …
The creative side of global navigation
Just because the splash global gateway is becoming ubiquitous, doesn’t mean that it has to be boring. For those who are unfamiliar with the term, the splash global gateway is …
Isn’t Andorra in Africa?
The Onion has an entertaining video clip that highlights the never-ending challenge of keeping track of all those countries in the world. In this case, the video pokes fun at …
Japan joins the million domain club
Japan recently surpassed one million country code (.jp) registrations. In doing so, it joins the following countries who also have more than a million country code registrations: Argentina (.ar) Australia …
More on the best global Web sites
Just a quick note to say that I wrote a guest article for Content Wrangler on the 2008 Report Card. You can check it out here.
Facebook and MySpace going multilingual: But XING is well ahead
Techcrunch reports that Facebook is a day away from launching a German-language interface, translated in part by 2,000 volunteers. Spanish was launched a few weeks ago. And French is also …
Country Codes of the World in Communication Arts
Just a quick note to announce that our Country Codes of the World poster was featured this week in the exhibits section of Communication Arts magazine — one of the …
The best global Web sites of 2008
In 2002, I began benchmarking Web sites specifically by how they were localized for other countries and cultures. This work evolved into The Web Globalization Report Card. Flash-forward to now …
Speaking Engagements: Sonoma, St. Louis, and Indy
I wanted to post three exciting events that I’ll be speaking at in the months ahead. If you’re in the neighborhood or planning to attend, please let me know. New …