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Web sites go black in China

By On May 21, 2008 · 6 Comments

If you visit the .com pages of Microsoft, Nokia, Sony, Apple, and Amazon, you’ll see the usual bursts of color and promotional elements — that is, business as usual.

But if you visit the Chinese home pages of these five companies, you’re going to see the following:

Although white more [...]

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Google Translate is growing up

By On May 16, 2008 · 10 Comments

What began as just another “gisting” application — like Babel Fish — is gradually becoming an impressive translation tool. And I’m not referring to the quality of translation, though that is improving as well.

I’m referring to the breadth of languages and breadth of features that Google Translate supports.

Today, Google announced that [...]

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Google vs. Baidu: A User Experience Analysis

By On May 2, 2008 · 12 Comments

There are tons of articles about Google vs. Baidu, but few of these articles take an in-depth look at how Google compares to Baidu from a Chinese user’s perspective.

In this article, I do just that, and I render a verdict as to which Web site is better.

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Google international revenues surpass domestic

By On April 17, 2008 · 1 Comment

Way back in 2006, I predicted that Google’s international revenues would surpass US revenues by the end of 2007.

I was a few months off.

Today, Google announced Q1 results. According to Google, “revenues from outside of the United States totaled $2.65 billion, representing 51% of total revenues in the first quarter of [...]

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