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One Billion Internet Users (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)

Jakob makes some good observations about the implications of the rapid growth of the Intenet, especially in Asia.

One thing I disagree with is that Silicon Valley "buzz" will be less important because of the growing importance of international use. Sure, the international market is important for some Internet pure-plays (e.g. Google) but for most of the rest that have some atoms to sell (e.g. Amazon) or a culturally Western business model (e.g. Match.com) the main focus is still going to be the home market. Usable i18n is going to gain in importance in the future, but maybe not to the extent he is describing.

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