Global by Design

Adventures in Web Globalization

Global by Design header image 4

Entries Tagged as 'Global navigation'

Web globalization predictions: 2008 and beyond

December 21st, 2007 · Comments

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 [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Business globalization · China · Domain names · Global By Design · Global navigation · Languages · Machine Translation · Translation · Web Globalization

Global by Design: The Guide to Global Navigation

September 19th, 2007 · Comments

The September/October issue of Global by Design is now out.

Our feature article is on established and emerging best practices in global navigation. We note improvements made recently by companies such as eBay and GE. And we include a checklist that you can use when developing your company’s global gateway strategy.
Here is what else is [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Domain names · Global By Design · Global navigation · Web Globalization

Multilingual Domain Name Redux

January 15th, 2003 · Comments

It has been roughly a year since RealNames imploded, bringing down with it a service that had supported the resolution of multilingual domain names. The implosion was a big blow to Verisign because it was making money off the registration of multilingual domain names, also known as internationalized domain names (IDNs). After all, companies don’t [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Domain names · Global navigation · Web Globalization