Welcome

Welcome to CodeSpanish. The bilingual blog for ICT professionals

CodeSpanish was created first to bring awareness of the importance of Spanish in the ICT world. Secondly to link Hispanic and English professionals from around the world by bringing ICT related content in English and Spanish simultaneously. We expect in the near future to provide other services like: forums, job boards, professionals’ directory, etc.

Our goal is to provide a platform to promote the work of ICT professionals in both languages.

The relevance of Spanish in the online world

The 15th edition of the Ethnologue (2005), a renowned reference of world languages, classifies Spanish as the second most spoken language in the world by number of native speakers (Mandarin is first, Engish third). The Internet World Stats estimated 114 million Internet users in Spanish, being the third language used in the Web after English and Mandarin. Spanish is also the second most widely spoken language in the United States.

Hispanic people do not necessary speak or read as much English as other ethnicities do (Indian for instance). If we assumed that a mere 0.01% of them have an interest in your product or content, you are missing out on a potential market of 11400 people! In addition, the internet usage in Spanish has also grown 360% since 2000 in comparison with 250% for all languages combined.

Many ICT Hispanic professionals do have basic and even advanced English skills, they might not normally search or look in English based sites for jobs, software applications, etc. They often also publish their content in Spanish, but not in English. This talented pool of professionals then becomes invisible to you. And vice versa, they don’t see you. At CodeSpanish we can help you cross this barrier.

Because we speak Spanish, we code Spanish…