Limelight Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:LLNW), the global leader in
Digital Presence Management, today released results from a recent
survey that confirms that the development and implementation of
regional websites is a strategic, high-priority initiative for both
B2B and B2C companies. In a survey of 200 U.S.-based CMOs and VPs
of Marketing, respondents stated that they are adding multiple
regional websites and languages within the next year to build
global brand awareness and drive revenue. However, respondents
noted challenges to efficiently adding and managing regional
websites, including lack of sufficient internal human, technical,
and budgetary resources.
"Our goal with this survey was to gain insight on CMOs' plans
for and experiences with expanding their digital presence globally,
including understanding their objectives and the challenges they
face," commented Kirby Wadsworth, CMO, Limelight
Networks. "Respondents (57%) noted that their biggest
challenge to website globalization is using multiple platforms to
manage sites and content. Publishing web and mobile sites using
several disparate solutions is timely and costly, especially when
managing multiple regional sites that are in different
languages. Enterprise marketers can streamline internal
processes and ultimately improve the end user experience if they
leverage one integrated platform to build, manage, and optimize a
global digital presence across all channels."
"The explosive growth of global online commerce and the ever
more competitive worldwide landscape make it imperative for
companies to expand and improve the globalization of their digital
presence," said Jeff Freund, VP and GM, Web Content Management,
Limelight Networks. "Globalizing a web presence entails more than
simply translating a company's primary site – it also includes
developing, deploying, localizing, and regularly maintaining sites
with regionally-specific content. Marketers face the challenge
of deploying multiple regional sites in multiple languages and
featuring custom content that is unique to each region – while
still ensuring brand consistency worldwide."
Respondents are Managing and Adding Many Regional
Websites
For the survey, website globalization was defined as launching
an adapted, multilingual version of a company's core website into
different regions throughout the world. A regional website was
defined as an adapted version of the company's core website whose
content has been translated and/or altered to match the region that
it serves.
Respondents answered how many regional websites they are
currently managing:
- 1% have no regional websites
- 15% currently manage 1-2 regional websites
- 24% currently manage 3-5 regional websites
- 28% currently manage 6-10 regional websites
- 18% currently manage 11-20 regional websites
- 8% currently manage 21-30 regional websites
- 6% currently manage more than 30 regional websites
Participants were asked how many regional websites they are
adding and redesigning/updating within the next 12 months:
- 1% are adding no regional websites
- 10% are adding 1 regional website
- 65% are adding 2-5 regional websites
- 19% are adding 6-10 regional websites
- 5% are adding more than 10 regional websites
- 3% are redesigning and/or updating no regional websites
- 17% are redesigning and/or updating 1 regional website
- 55% are redesigning and/or updating 2-5 regional websites
- 21% are redesigning and/or updating 6-10 regional websites
- 4% are redesigning and/or updating more than 10 regional
websites
Respondents are Adding Languages and Regional-Specific
Content
The survey asked how many languages the respondents plan to add
over the next 12 months:
- 8% are adding no languages
- 17% are adding 1 language
- 57% are adding 2-5 languages
- 13% are adding 6-10 languages
- 5% are adding more than 10 languages
"Translating websites can be a difficult and timely process
without translation workflow capabilities," continued
Freund. "Editors must have the ability to organize multiple
language versions of specific content in a single workflow to help
both them and translators efficiently see what has been or needs to
be translated for each regional website."
Language, however, is not the sole differentiator between
regional sites. Respondents were also asked what percentage of
the content – such as web copy, white papers, case studies, videos,
etc. – on their regional websites is specific to the region it
serves:
- 5% said less than 20% of content is regionally-specific
- 15% said 21-40% of content is regionally-specific
- 51% said 41-60% of content is regionally-specific
- 22% said 61-80% of content is regionally-specific
- 7% said 81-100% of content is regionally-specific
A chart accompanying this release is available at
http://media.globenewswire.com/cache/14482/file/15180.pdf
Notably, 91% of survey participants reported moderate or
significant improvement in site engagement, lead generation, or
revenue after implementing websites with regional content.
"On the web today, all business is global, and for brands to
compete, it's absolutely essential that they develop an effective,
carefully planned web globalization strategy," said Scott Liewehr,
President, Principal Analyst, Digital Clarity Group. "This means
that in addition to translating their websites, businesses must
develop web content with their local audiences in mind. A
'one size fits all' approach will not resonate with audiences from
different cultures and regions throughout the world, and this
survey validates that those who regionalize their digital presence
will see improvements in engagement, brand awareness, and
conversions."
Challenges to Website Globalization
Although adding regional websites is imperative for competing
globally, the effective management of multiple, disparate regional
websites remains a challenge. A full 60% of survey respondents
would add even more regional sites to bolster globalization efforts
but cannot due to resource issues. Respondents indicated their
biggest challenges to globalization included:
- 57% said the use of multiple platforms to manage sites and
content
- 48% said staffing/budgetary constraints related to creating
regional content in local languages
- 29% said they lack the technical resources to build, maintain,
and enhance regional sites
- 26% said lack of staff and budget to translate to local
languages
- 16% said giving geographically distributed staff publishing
rights
A chart accompanying this release is available at
http://media.globenewswire.com/cache/14482/file/15181.pdf
Further, survey respondents were asked what percentage of the
content on their regional websites is out-of-date or behind at any
one time:
- 25% answered that less than 20% of content is out-of-date or
behind
- 26% answered that 21-40% of content is out-of-date or
behind
- 27% answered that 41-60% of content is out-of-date or
behind
- 18% answered that 61-80% of content is out-of-date or
behind
- 3% answered that 81-100% of content is out-of-date or
behind
- 1% answered that they are unsure how much of their content is
out-of-date or behind
"The challenge of managing multiple sites with
regionally-specific content necessitates a Web Content Management
(WCM) solution that enables multi-site management from a single
account, leveraging a universally-accessible platform," noted
Freund. "The ability to share/reuse content, as well as target
content and changes, across multiple web and mobile domains reduces
the chance of error, ensures brand consistency, and requires less
time and staff resources to create and update multiple sites."
Profile of Survey Respondents
Limelight Networks surveyed 200 U.S.-based CMOs and VPs of
Marketing responsible for the strategy, development, and/or
implementation of their company's website globalization
strategy. Of the 200 marketing executives surveyed, 92%
currently manage regionally-focused sites in addition to the main
corporate site, while 8% do not currently manage regionally-focused
sites, but are planning on adding regional websites within the next
12 months.
The survey asked respondents what best describes their company's
annual revenue:
- 15% answered less than $100 million
- 36% answered between $101 and $499 million
- 29% answered between $500 and $999,999 million
- 20% answered $1 billion and above
Further, 63% of survey participants described themselves as
serving business, while 65% said they serve consumers. When
comparing responses of participants from B2B versus B2C companies,
the majority of answers were similar.
For more survey results and analysis, please view Limelight's
whitepaper on website globalization.
About Limelight Networks, Inc.
Limelight Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:LLNW) is a global leader in
Digital Presence Management. Limelight's Orchestrate digital
presence solution is an integrated suite of cloud-based
applications, which allows organizations to optimize all aspects of
their online digital presence across web, mobile, social, and large
screen channels. Delivered exclusively as a service, Orchestrate
leverages Limelight's scalable, high-performance global computing
platform to offer advanced features for: web content management;
website personalization; content targeting; video publishing;
mobile enablement; content delivery; transcoding; and cloud storage
— combined with social media integration and powerful analytics.
Limelight's team of digital presence experts helps organizations
streamline processes and optimize business results across all
customer interaction channels, helping them deliver exceptional
multi-screen experiences, improve brand awareness, drive revenue,
and enhance their customer relationships — all while reducing
costs. For more information, please visit www.limelight.com, and be
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