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Entries Tagged as 'Multilingual search'

Decyphering Google Translate on your web logs

August 8th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Whenever I read this site’s web logs, I’m always fascinated by the number of referrals via Google Translate.
Every month there seems to be more of them, which could mean that the quality of Google Translate is improving, or this site is doing better in the rankings, or some combination of the two. Or, it could [...]

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Tags: Google · Languages · Machine Translation · Multilingual search

Google vs. Baidu: A User Experience Analysis

May 2nd, 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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The best way to compare search engine quality [...]

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Tags: China · Culture · Google · Guest Articles · Languages · Multilingual search · Software Localization · Web Globalization

Understanding the global search market

October 17th, 2007 · 2 Comments

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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Tags: China · Google · Multilingual search · Russia