Global by Design

I’ve had Google Analytics installed on this site for some time now, which makes it a great resource for tracking the most popular posts of the year.
So here are the top 10 posts of 2007 based on traffic:

The Best Global Web Sites of 2007
Starbucks CEO on Globalization: Don’t Go Changing This quote from the Starbucks [...]

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As we come to the end of 2007, it is safe to say that Web globalization has evolved from an ancillary activity to a core piece of the marketing puzzle at many companies.
So now it’s time to take a deep breath and take a shot at predicting the future of Web globalization. The following predictions [...]

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I recently finished reading Redefining Global Strategies: Crossing Borders in a World Where Differences Still Matter by Pankaj Ghemawat.

This book provides a strong counterpoint to Tom Friedman’s The World is Flat.
While The World is Flat may leave an executive thinking We have to be in Brazil and Russia and China and India yesterday! Pankaj emphasizes [...]

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I recently saw a movie that opened my eyes to the horror of shark finning.
The movie is Sharkwater (www.sharkwater.com).
Shark finning is the process of catching a shark, slicing off its fins, and dumping it back in the water. Often the shark is returned to the water still alive, left to drown at the bottom of [...]

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That’s right. According to the latest stats from China’s registry, roughly one million .cn domains were registered between September 1 and October 1.
That brings the grand total to 7.1 million .cn domains that have been registered thus far, and counting.
As country code (ccTLD) registrations go, Germany is number one, with 11.1 million .de registrations. China [...]

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The fine folks at Multlingual Search have published a report on the state of the search engine markets in more than a dozen countries.
This report is a quick read and, best of all, it’s free. You can download it here.
The most interesting takeaway is something I’ve been writing about on this blog — that while [...]

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A flat world cuts both ways.
A flat world is a great thing when you can get a brand new high-def TV for less than $700 because it was made in China.
But it’s not such a great thing when you wake up one morning to find antifreeze in your toothpaste or lead paint on your children’s [...]

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Earlier this year I developed the Map of the World Wide Web, shown here:

This map was designed to fit on a cubicle wall and include the major country code top level domains (ccTLDs) that a global Webmaster may encounter.
And although the map includes a whopping 180 ccTLDs, that is not all of them. To include [...]

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SDL today released its “World Language League Table” which lists the languages that SDL has been most frequently translating.
The company says it translates more than a billion words each year into more than 150 languages.
Here are then 10 most-popular languages this year:
1. Canadian French
2. Spanish
3. French
4. German
5. Italian
6. Chinese
7. Japanese
8. Dutch
9. English
10. Russian
“We have observed [...]

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So I gave in to my inner geek and purchased an iPhone.
One of the things I first noticed (and love) about the Web browser is the .com button on the keypad, shown here.

Of course, this little shortcut isn’t so handy if I want to visit a .org or .edu Web site.
It’s also not much use [...]

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