In the early days of website globalization, there was no such thing as a “global font.” That’s because there was no such thing as a font that supported the world’s major languages. At the time, you needed to specify individual …
I think I spend more time browsing Netflix for something to watch than actually watching it. Which is why I was intrigued to see a new Browse by Language link in the header: While I love the idea of it, …
Shutterstock recently published a global selection of color predictions. According to their blog, the predictions are based “millions of images downloaded from around the world, wherein each individual pixel shade is tallied—along with recent click-through rate (CTR) performance.” What jumped …
As I mentioned a few days ago, Singles Day arrived well before the official start: 11/11. But now that it has officially arrived, a thought a few screen shots would be in order. First off, Chinese ecommerce giant JD.com reports …
If yesterday’s epic #facebookfail has taught us anything, it should be to not rely too heavily on any one platform that you do not control. Sadly, a number of global websites still rely on Facebook as their de facto local …
A sponsored blog post from Lilt. These days, with more and more customer interactions moving online, a lot of important discussions are happening in the localization industry. As companies are looking to optimize their localization programs and scale their efforts …
LILT, a Global by Design sponsor, is hosting the next edition of its popular Ascend conference on October 6-7. The event is designed to help you reach the 87% of consumers who do not speak English as a first language. …
Starlink, the SpaceX-operated satellite communications service, “is now delivering initial beta service both domestically and internationally, and will continue expansion to near global coverage of the populated world in 2021.” Naturally, I was curious to see if the Starlink website …
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 hope you enjoy it! TweetShareShare
I recently spent an hour virtually with Tucker Johnson of Nimdzi to talk about the 2021 Web Globalization Report Card. I hope you enjoy it! Link TweetShareShare