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  • 30 in 30: Today we have more than 30 products in more than 30 languages, up from 5 products in 30 languages just a year ago.
  • In 2004, we had 150 local-language versions of various products (e.g. a product local to the UK, not just the English-speaking world); today we're at more than 1500.
  • From January to March of 2008, we launched 256 local-language versions of various products, compared to 55 in the same period of 2007.
  • We've upgraded to Unicode 5.1 to make sure that we can handle any characters people read or write in.
The web is only useful - or utile, 便利, pożyteczny, or nyttig, depending on what language you speak - to the degree it can be accessible in your language. That's why we're so excited about how far we've come - and why we know there's still a lot of work to be done.