Global Navigation
25 points
Global Navigation
Web users can quickly and easily find their localized content, regardless of what language they speak.
Hand-reviewed for every site. A high score requires country-code domains (acme.de, acme.com.br), a permanent global gateway visible on every page — ideally in the page's upper right — with country and language names shown in their own language, and no single region favored over another. Geolocation and automatic language detection earn extra credit, but only on top of a working gateway, not as a replacement for one.
2026 Report Card
Top 5 in Global Navigation
Geolocation, 2021–2026
Geolocation usage across the Report Card
The share of the 150 tracked websites that use geolocation to route visitors to a local site, by Report Card year.




