1. Overview
Search Engines
Directories
The Search Engine Sites we have seen for years:
Trends in 1997-1998
1998: A competition of globalization and localization
Multilingual Processing --a key issue
Character encoding support
2. Popular Globalization and Localization Approaches used by the search engines
2.1 Domain Filtering
Global Excite
Worldwide Infoseek:
Lycos in:
Domain Filtering: Problems
Domain Filtering: Problems (cont.)
2.2 Domain Detection
Domain Detection: Problems
2.3 Mirror Sites
AltaVista Mirror Sites
Mirror Sites: Problem
2.4 Language Specific Search
AltaVista
AltaVista Search Example
“One World” for multilingual search
2.5 Regional Interface
Regional Interface
More issues ...
PPT Slide
2.5 Local Content
Yahoo! Chinese --Simplified
Yahoo! Chinese --Traditional
Yahoo! France
Yahoo! Example
2.6 Translation services
AltaVista Translation
2.7 Local Listings Services
2.8 Multilingual Browser
3. Discussion: webpage design tips
webpage design tips (cont.)
The End
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