Olney
msg:4454883 | 6:35 am on May 18, 2012 (gmt 0) |
If Google buys Daum they can compete.
Or get Daum to replace it's search technology with Google's.
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bill
msg:4455795 | 3:48 am on May 21, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Interesting. What are the odds of that happening? I'd think the latter might be more of an appealing option.
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Olney
msg:4456812 | 4:58 am on May 23, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I also think the later is a possibility.
Once I saw Yahoo! Japan switch to using Google search technology & having their ad platform built by Google I started to think anything is possible.
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bill
msg:4456857 | 8:31 am on May 23, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Is the Korean market still as gung-ho about using local companies in terms of search? Would the foreign nature of Google turn them off?
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Olney
msg:4457222 | 5:43 am on May 24, 2012 (gmt 0) |
They are from what I see but Daum is powered by Overture Korea (Yahoo old technology). They'll need a solution at some point.
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bill
msg:4457260 | 8:02 am on May 24, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I haven't looked at Korea search much recently, but they were always so full of bells and whistles related to their online communities that pure search didn't seem to be as important. Perhaps they can tough it out a bit longer on the old Overture technology?
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