/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Adventures in Web globalization and all that it entails en-us jyunker@bytelevel.com 2006-11-24T10:32:41-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/11/24/why_is_web_globalization_so_popular_just_look_at_the_numbers.php I was happy to see a press release from comScore Networks illustrating in raw numbers what many Webmasters have been telling me privately over the years -- that more than half of their Web traffic is coming from outside of... 69635@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Web Globalization 2006-11-24T10:32:41-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/11/14/authors_thinking_globally.php While J.K. Rowling may have the most global of author Web sites, you don't have to be a billionaire author to develop one these days. Here's an excerpt from theMiami Herald on one author's adventures in Web globalization: Publicity departments... 69122@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Web Globalization 2006-11-14T09:02:53-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/11/07/successful_ecommerce_in_four_seconds_or_less.php Jupiter Research and Akamai have published a free report that reminds retailers that a fast-loading Web site still matters. Says the Tekrati article, "Four seconds is the maximum length of time an average online shopper will wait for a Web... 68787@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Web Globalization 2006-11-07T14:49:33-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/09/13/beyonce_beyond_borders.php Global superstars, like global companies, are realizing that it's not enough to launch an English-only Web site. If you want to truly speak to the world you need a multilingual Web site. Take Beyoncé. Even though her songs are in... 65406@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Web Globalization 2006-09-13T09:02:38-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/08/29/disney_to_redesign_web_site_next_year.php So said Disney president Bob Iger in his earnings call last month. Here’s the text… “In fiscal 2007, we will launch a wholly redesigned Disney.com that will capitalize on the unique strength of the Disney brand and content. This is... 64549@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Web Globalization 2006-08-29T08:14:04-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/08/28/the_last_days_of_yahoo_10.php Perhaps I'm a curmudgeon, but I don't want to give up my old Yahoo! Web site for the "new and improved" Yahoo! that is coming -- whether I like it or not -- on September 1st. Every day they remind... 64500@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Web Globalization 2006-08-28T11:19:23-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/07/25/ebay_tries_to_expand_globally_without_offending_locally.php eBay, despite doing business in more than 20 countries, still earns the bulk of its revenues from US sellers, folks who have been increasingly unhappy about steadily increasing listing fees. When eBay North America president Bill Cobb confirmed recently that... 62437@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Web Globalization 2006-07-25T15:23:47-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/06/29/googles_middle_east_expansion.php According to The Wall Street Journal, Google has chosen "Egypt as its first outpost in the Arab world because it is the most populous country in the region, with 78 million people and 5.2 million Internet users. Google estimates 50... 60978@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Web Globalization 2006-06-29T08:14:35-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/06/22/how_wikipedia_manages_multilingual_content_expectations.php Wikipedia came in second in our 2006 Web Globalization Report Card for a number of reasons. Not only does it offer content in more than 100 languages, it does a good job of managing content expectations. It does not hide... 60658@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Web Globalization 2006-06-22T16:03:00-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/06/21/global_gateway_tip_dont_play_favorites.php A pull-down menu is not the ideal solution for global gateways. For starters, it doesn't scale well. If you offer ten or fewer country Web sites, a pull-down menu might work okay, but anything beyond that and you're asking a... 60619@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Web Globalization 2006-06-21T08:57:40-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/06/21/myspace_china_germany_and_france_this_summer.php According to TechCrunch, MySpace could launch a half-dozen non-English Web sites as early as this summer. Says the blog, "MySpace co-founder and chief executive Chris DeWolfe was quoted by the Financial Times yesterday and said that the first localized, non-English... 60618@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Web Globalization 2006-06-21T08:32:28-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/06/15/google_news_adds_arabic.php Google News has added Arabic to its portfolio of 35 localized sites. This site takes a language-specific approach to the news rather than country-specific approach. It's getting a little crowded at the bottom of each News page...... 60277@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Web Globalization 2006-06-15T06:03:39-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/06/03/heading_to_internet_retailer_conference.php I'm off to Chicago shortly to attend/speak at the Internet Retailer Conference. This is a sizable event -- I'm told there are more than 2,100 participants (I think it has officially sold out). And Web globalization in the retail sector... 59342@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Web Globalization 2006-06-03T07:41:53-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/06/03/english_chinese_and_hindi.php According to Silicon India Google CE Eric Schmidt says India will become the world's biggest Internet market in 5 to 10 years. Says the article, "Schmidt's other futurist view is that Hindi, not Hispanic, could become one of the world's... 59341@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Web Globalization 2006-06-03T07:33:00-08:00 http://goingglobal.corante.com/archives/2006/04/21/google_earnings_further_validate_web_globalization.php If you're looking for further evidence that Web globalization drives revenue growth, look at the latest earnings numbers for a company that relies exclusively on the Internet for revenues. Google just announced that Q1 revenues "from outside of the United... 56148@/home/corante/public_html/goingglobal/ Web Globalization 2006-04-21T06:46:13-08:00