Stripe processed more than $640 billion last year on behalf of millions of Internet-enabled businesses. And while this number is huge, the… — Stripe processed more than $640 billion last year on behalf of millions of Internet-enabled businesses. And while this number is huge, the founders of Stripe, in a recent letter to employees and customers, emphasized that we’re still in the early days of global ecommerce.

One of the four major benchmarking criteria of the Web Globalization Report Card is global reach. That is, what languages do you support… — One of the four major benchmarking criteria of the Web Globalization Report Card is global reach. That is, what languages do you support? And how many languages do you support? To score a perfect 25 points in this category, a website must support 50 or more languages.

For companies with global aspirations, Russian has long been considered a “must support” language. — For companies with global aspirations, Russian has long been considered a “must support” language. These days, that is no longer the case. But even before Putin decided to invade Ukraine, the Russian language had been slipping, ever so slightly, in global website support. While support for Ukrainian has been steadily rising.

I’m pleased to announce the publication of the 2022 Web Globalization Report Card. — I’m pleased to announce the publication of the 2022 Web Globalization Report Card. This is the 18th annual edition of the Report Card, and it reflects another difficult year. And yet there is much to be optimistic about as we look ahead. But let’s first look at the top 25 global websites: Wikipedia supports more than 300 languages by means of a global…

As we dive into another uncertain year, I find it comforting to be working on the 2022 edition of the Web Globalization Report Card. — As we dive into another uncertain year, I find it comforting to be working on the 2022 edition of the Web Globalization Report Card. It gives me a chance to step outside of my world and look across the entire World Wide Web, so to speak. I also spend quite a bit of time looking across multiple years of data for patterns and trends.

As an author and small publisher, I’m excited to see the rapid growth — and globalization — of the online bookstore Bookshop.org. — As an author and small publisher, I’m excited to see the rapid growth — and globalization — of the online bookstore Bookshop.org. Bookshop.org positions itself as the anti-Amazon, by working with independent bookstores to share revenues more generously. There referral fees are, based on my experience, about twice what Amazon Affiliates offers.

I think I spend more time browsing Netflix for something to watch than actually watching it. — I think I spend more time browsing Netflix for something to watch than actually watching it. Which is why I was intrigued to see a new Browse by Language link in the header: While I love the idea of it, the execution leaves much to be desired. I picked a few languages and kept seeing English-language content coming up first.