COMPETITION FOR ORTSBOAt present, BABYLON.COM provides translation on several platforms, including iPhone.
I was surprised that the Alexa Rankings for Babylon.com were so high. Here they are:
| Yesterday |
177 |
+11 |
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| 7 day |
166 |
-14 |
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| 1 month |
189 |
-50 |
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| 3 month |
217 |
-42 |
Here is an exerpt from their site:
Get Translations and Information Instantly
Babylon is an essential tool for any organization that wants to overcome language barriers and improve communication. It is an ideal solution for employees who need on-demand translations without interrupting their workflow.
Babylon has a simple interface and operates within any application. It delivers instant translations and definitions to users' desktops in a single click. Users can easily begin using Babylon with little or no training or support. It quickly becomes an integral part of employees' desktops, resulting in a higher level of professionalism, job performance and productivity.
Babylon Corporate Edition is the Babylon translation product for enterprise environments. It is specifically designed for customers requiring deployment across tens, hundreds, and even thousands of desktops.
Babylon Corporate Edition provides all the capabilities of the award winning Babylon translation software:
- Simple and intuitive one-click activation
- Translation from any language to any language
- Spelling and Proofreading - NEW in Version 9
- Web page translation
- document translation (Word, PDF, text)
- Definition and translation integration with MS Office speller
- In addition, Babylon Corporate Edition provides system administration tools to facilitate installations, updates and maintenance of the corporate site.
They have a free and a pay-for premium product.
I am sure that David and Co have these guys in their sights.
They have also experienced rapid growth, according to the following release in September 2010.
Babylon.com Reaches 100,000 Registered Users a Day
New York, NY, September 1, 2010 - Babylon Ltd., the world’s leading provider of dictionary and translation software solutions, is proud to announce that it has achieved a landmark and broken the 100,000 mark for new registered users a day.
Businesses and individuals alike prefer using Babylon to translate and get access to dictionaries, thesauri and encyclopedia because of Babylon software’s intuitiveness and efficiency via a simple interface.
Babylon has seen extraordinary growth in recent months. So where do these daily 100,000 new registered users come from?
Alon Carmeli, Babylon’s CEO, said that it is a mix. "It varies. Babylon’s users come from more than 200 countries. Italy, Brazil, USA, Germany and Spain are the top five countries.”
"Babylon has set a new standard for intuitive and user friendly software and offers the most comprehensive language suite" according to Carmeli. "The needs for language and translation solutions are met with Babylon’s specialty specific portfolio that goes well beyond the language solutions offered by others."
Babylon has won increased worldwide attention by adapting to fit and suit the needs of an international market by continuously improving its software and products.
Babylon provides language solutions such as online and offline dictionaries in over 75 languages, enabling single-click access to external content sources from over 1,500 free dictionaries and glossaries, including Wikipedia in over 25 languages and access to dictionaries and thesauri from world renowned publishing houses, such as Oxford, Britannica, Merriam-Webster, Larousse, Langenscheidt, Duden, Pons, Taishukan, Aurélio, Michaelis and many more. Babylon also provides translation software in 33 languages with over 350 language pairs, language learning and English writing solutions.
Babylon’s applications support Windows, Mac, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPad and other platforms.
About Babylon Ltd.
Babylon.com is a publicly traded company that was founded in 1997. The company is a leading provider of language solutions such as online dictionary and translation software, language learning solutions, English writing enhancement and more. The Babylon.com user base exceeds 71 million desktop installations in more than 200 countries.
For more information about Babylon, visit www.babylon.com
NOTE THAT THEY ARE A PUBLICALLY TRADED Co.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT - The best strategy is to know your enemy/competition.
I'm still LONG in INT.
Dave1965