{"id":687,"date":"2011-04-04T11:40:58","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T07:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=687"},"modified":"2011-04-04T11:44:05","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T07:44:05","slug":"how-many-languages-does-it-take-to-stay-competitive-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/how-many-languages-does-it-take-to-stay-competitive-online\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Languages Does It Take To Stay Competitive Online?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A minimum of 16, if you want to be among the best<\/em> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cyber-gear.com\/images\/aprilarticle.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"How Many Languages Does It Take To Stay Competitive Online?\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A ranking of the world&#8217;s 100 best websites for global and  multilingual visitors reveals that you need to possess multilingual capability  in order to succeed internationally.<\/p>\n<p>\n  But language isn&#8217;t the only criterion that determines web  globalization success. Some of the other factors that also count include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The total addressable audience the  site can reach <\/li>\n<li>The spending power of the  linguistic communities it supports<\/li>\n<li>The incremental growth in  demographics of each target segment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to a recent research, out of a maximum &#8216;Global Web  Score of 10&#8217;, Google led the list of top ranked sites with 9.56, followed  closely by Facebook (9.53) and YouTube (9.51). Other companies that merit  attention include Wikipedia (9.43), Samsung (9.11), Blackberry (9.10), and HP  (8.97).<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cyber-gear.com\/images\/aprilarticle2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Top 10 Languages in the internet\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n  Any business pursuing customers online must consider the  linguistic reality of the marketplace. It is imperative to factor in the following  features when planning a global web presence.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n  Geo-lingual visitors, individuals who will be more likely to  complete tasks on a website if content is adapted to his or her country  requirements and\/or linguistic preferences<\/li>\n<li>\n  Customer Experience Levels (CEL), a proscribed set of  experiences common to all websites<\/li>\n<li>\n  Availability Quotient, what percent of world online  population can take advantage of a given CEL on a particular website<\/li>\n<li>\n  World Online Wallet (WOW), the economic buying potential of  online audiences<\/li>\n<li>\n  Meta-navigation, how a visitor moves from one country or  language to another within the global web presence of a single company<\/li>\n<li>\n  Automated Geo-targeting according to IP address detection<\/li>\n<li>\n  Match the localization of content with respective country  domains<\/li>\n<li>\n  Social media and multimedia engagement strategies for global  and multilingual visitors<\/li>\n<li>\n  Make sure brand messages are not lost in translation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n  It is quite apparent that web globalization is now a  mainstream business activity. Companies are learning that if they want to  achieve higher levels of international revenue, their web presence must be  global. It takes a combination of quantity and quality to create a compelling  web experience for users that may speak any language and come from anywhere in  the world.<\/p>\n<p>\n  Send your feedback\/comments to <a href=\"mailto:sharad@cyber-gear.com\">sharad@cyber-gear.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A minimum of 16, if you want to be among the best A ranking of the world&#8217;s 100 best websites for global and multilingual visitors reveals that you need to possess multilingual capability in order to succeed internationally. But language isn&#8217;t the only criterion that determines web globalization success. 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