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Our Mission

Since 2000, Byte Level Research has been dedicated to the art and science of Web globalization.

We pioneered the practice of global gateway design, and we were the first firm to begin benchmarking global Web sites across all industries. Over the years, we have studied thousands of Web sites and spoken with the people who manage these sites.

We've learned a thing or two about what makes a global Web site truly successful and we share this information through reports, benchmark services, and the world's leading monthly publication: Global by Design. Our goal is to help marketing and Web teams create Web sites that truly speak to the world, across languages and borders.

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We also offer a PDF brochure.

Clients

Here are some of the companies to which we've provided Web globalization reports and consulting over the past eight years:
Our clients have included Caterpillar, Yahoo!, Google, Amazon, and Deloitte.

Principals

John Yunker
John co-founded Byte Level Research in 2000. Since then, he has consulted with many of the world's leading multinational companies, providing Web globalization training and benchmarking services. He has authored a number of landmark reports, including five annual editions of The Web Globalization Report Card.

John authored the first book devoted to the emerging field of Web globalization, Beyond Borders: Web Globalization Strategies. John has spoken at numerous industry events. He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and an MS from Boston University. He is a fellow with the Society for New Communications Research.

John currently works for Microsoft as a Sr. Program Manager in the Global Product Development group. Midge Raymond has taken over daily management of the firm while he devotes his time to Microsoft.

John is also author of The Tourist Trail

Midge Raymond
Midge has edited and co-produced every edition of The Web Globalization Report Card. She has more than a decade of experience in writing, editing, and publishing, having worked with such publishing houses as Penguin Putnam, St. Martin's Press, Bantam, and Houghton Mifflin.

She taught communication writing at Boston University, where she earned her master's degree in international communication. An award-winning writer, she writes for both print and Web publications.

She is author of the upcoming short story collection Forgetting English, published by Eastern Washington University Press.

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Seattle, Washington
email: jyunker (at this domain dot com)
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