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art of the global gateway

The global gateway at 35,000 feet

December 1, 2008 by John Yunker

I flew to Japan recently and discovered that a new entertainment system had been installed on my flight. But what made the system worth mentioning here was what I saw …

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Categories Web Globalization

The “age gateway” comes of age

September 7, 2008 by John Yunker

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, …

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Categories China, Global navigation, Web Globalization

Even the Vatican uses a splash global gateway

May 8, 2008 by John Yunker

I took a moment to visit the Vatican recently at www.vatican.va. And here is what I saw — a splash global gateway: The splash gateway offers six languages: English, German, …

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Categories Domain names

The creative side of global navigation

March 21, 2008 by John Yunker

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 …

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Categories Global navigation, Web Globalization

Flags and languages don’t mix

January 31, 2008 by John Yunker

As a Web globalization geek, I really enjoy visiting Web sites that do not use English as the default language — and then trying to find a link to English …

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