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Yee Doong
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12mo ago
What are the biggest challenges when building a truly global product?
... English native speakers out there: What s your biggest frustration when using "global" tools that are clearly built with English-first assumptions? Would love to hear your thoughts and real-world experiences! Comment from Hossein Yazdi(@hosseinyazdi): For us,
localization
was the biggest challenge. The problem with most translation APIs is that they have strict word limits, and the pricing beyond those limits becomes extremely expensive. Since our platform is mainly content- and text-based, this would ... ... very high costs, making it not worth it for us. On top of that, based on our in-depth research, we found there s a risk of being penalized by Google if the
localized
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