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> <channel><title>Global by Design &#187; Wikipedia</title> <atom:link href="http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/category/wikipedia/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com</link> <description>Adventures in web and mobile globalization</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:56:34 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>The Top 25 Global Web Sites of 2011</title><link>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/01/17/top-25-global-websites-2011/</link> <comments>http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2011/01/17/top-25-global-websites-2011/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:00:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Yunker</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arabic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Business globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Global navigation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google]]></category> <category><![CDATA[India]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reports]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Translation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Globalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web Globalization Report Card]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wikipedia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WGRC11]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=4344</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetI&#8217;m pleased to announce the publication of the 2011 Web Globalization Report Card. This year, we reviewed 250 web sites across 25 industries. The web sites represent nearly half of the Fortune 100 and nearly all of the Interbrand Global &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2007/09/24/losing-our-languages/</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetI often point to Web sites like Google and Wikipedia as great examples of multilingual Web sites. Google supports more than 120 languages and Wikipedia supports more than 150. Few other companies come close to supporting that many languages. And &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2007/06/19/the-best-global-web-sites-and-why/</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetWhat separates good global Web sites from great global Web sites? Is it just the number of languages a Web site supports? Certainly languages are essential. Although every Web site is global by nature, few Web sites support enough languages &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2007/01/10/most-popular-posts-of-2007-belated-edition/</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetOkay, so I finally got around to reviewing 2006 stats for Global by Design. My goal is to install a real-time &#8220;most popular&#8221; sidebar; until then, here are the most popular entries: Baidu vs. Google: Round Two The World According &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://globalbydesign.com/2006/06/22/how-wikipedia-manages-multilingual-content-expectations/</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetWikipedia 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 &#8230; <a
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