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The Year of the Dragon

February 9, 2024 by John Yunker

As we say farewell to the Year of the Rabbit we greet the Year of the Dragon. And, with it, my whirlwind tour of global and local websites taking advantage …

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Categories Apple, Business globalization, China, Culture, Holidays, Mercedes, Vietnam, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Worldly Marketer Podcast: Learning from the best global websites

July 20, 2021 by John Yunker

I recently joined Kathrin Bussmann, founder of Verbaccino and The Worldly Marketer Podcast, for a chat about web globalization trends and best practices. You can listen to it here. I …

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Categories Business globalization, Languages, Q&A, Translation, Usability, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Lead the World to Your Website on July 27th

June 17, 2021 by John Yunker

A localized website is of little value if local users cannot find it. And yet many global websites continue to make visual and technical mistakes that keep local websites effectively …

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Categories Brand TLDs, Country Codes, Domain names, Education, Events, Global gateway fail, Global Marketing, Global navigation, gTLDs, IDN (Intl. Domain Name), Languages, Usability, Web Globalization

Harley-Davidson: Not-so-easy riding in India

November 24, 2020 by John Yunker

Very interesting New York Times article on Harley-Davidson’s decision to close its Indian factory and effectively cease selling motorcycles in a market where motocycles are hugely popular. But Harleys are …

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Categories Global Marketing, India, Languages, Translation, Web Globalization

.Com turns 150

October 17, 2020 by John Yunker

As in 150 million. According to Verisign, there are now more than 150 million registrations of .com (of which I account for about a dozen): .Com remains the most popular …

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Categories Countries, Country Codes, Domain names, Global Marketing, IDN (Intl. Domain Name), Verisign, Web Globalization

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