Adventures in web globalization, since 2002
Over the past few months I’ve profiled a number the industry leaders from the 2011 Web Globalization Report Card. But I won’t be able to profile them all, so here is the full list: Industry 2011 Leader Airlines Emirates Automotive …
Language negotiation is the process of detecting the language setting of a web browser and responding with the matching language, if available. Companies such as Google and Facebook have used language negotiation with great success over the years. In the …
In 2002, I launched this blog. It was the first blog devoted to web globalization. In fact, I don’t believe there were any blogs devoted to translation either at that point in time. So I really wasn’t sure where this …
I must warn you that if you visit this FedEx microsite you might lose an hour or so viewing the many data maps. Above is a view of Facebook users around the world. If you click on a country you …
I’m pleased to announce the publication of the 2011 Web Globalization Report Card. This year, we reviewed 250 web sites across 25 industries. The web sites represent nearly half of the Fortune 100 and nearly all of the Interbrand Global …
Analysis for The 2011 Web Globalization Report Card is now complete, and Facebook has emerged in first place, narrowly edging out Google. Last year, Google and Facebook tied for first place, so I want to be clear that both sites …
I’ve begun work on the 7th edition of the Report Card. To produce this report I individually review more than 200 global web sites across more than 20 industries. Needless to say, I’ve got a busy month ahead! I’ve already …
Facebook is updating its user profile page (profiled in-depth here) and one of the changes is to ask users to self-select one or more languages. Facebook already looks at the user’s web browser for an indication of what language he/she …
I was hoping to write an in-depth review of each session I attended at LocWorld but I’ve got a crazy few days ahead and am traveling to the Unicode Conference next week. So here are some thoughts from my experience …
Since I’m on the topic of Facebook and its “like” button, I just received an email from Air France that linked to, what else, an Air France Facebook page: www.facebook.com/airfrancemusic And here is why this page is worthy of a …
The WSJ has an article about iPhone developers taking their apps global. It’s very early days, but it’s safe to say that localization vendors are drooling over the possibilities. Although many apps aren’t going to present much in the way …
The nice thing about having your own web site (and perhaps a curse as well) is that you never tire of tinkering with it. So I decided yesterday to insert a few of the new Facebook social plugins into the …
I’m pleased to announce the publication of the 2010 Web Globalization Report Card. Here are the top 25 web sites overall: Google Facebook Cisco Systems Philips Samsung Wikipedia 3M NIVEA Symantec Lenovo Xbox Autodesk Gmail Microsoft Nokia Intel Caterpillar Panasonic …
Facebook, with support for more than 70 languages, promises to do very well in our 2010 Report Card. That said, a week ago Facebook began rolling out a new design that includes what I believe to be a global design …
With a few hours to spare, here are the most popular blog posts of 2009, based on number of visitors: The rise of “international” English — otherwise known as American English Of Kosovo and .ks Bing Beats Google in Insta-translation …