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1st day of a well organized IQPC conference on Web Site Globalization, Barcelona Sep 20, 2007

Dr. Simon Lande - CEO
MAGUS

“A Guide to Defining, Implementing ang Managing Global Web Standards”

Simon Lande talked about Web Standards

• what they are and why they are important
• how to define them
• how to implement them
• how to manage them

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1st day of a well organized IQPC conference on Web Site Globalization, Barcelona Sep 20, 2007

Bruno Herrmann - Marketing Manager, Web Content
THE NIELSEN COMPANY
Chairperson’s Welcome Address:
“Web globalization is an important topic and there is room for improvement on many sites. Examples:”

• usability of flags to indicate languages or currencies (UK/US/Australia problem) - DON’T!
• AVIS.ch: No language except EN (in a multilingual country!)
• HILTI Honkong: Text on images not translated

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