GrendelKhan_TSU - 7:32 pm on Dec 18, 2008 (gmt 0)

In case someone is interested or as an FYI...

The top 10 for Most Popular for Korea are:

1. 네이버 (Naver - Korea's number one search engine and portal - about 70% search market)
2. 다음 (Daum - Korea's number two search engine and portal)
3. 야후 (Yahoo - Korea's number 2/3 search engige and portal)
4. 싸이월드 (Cyworld - the "facebook" of Korea 98% of market)
5. korea
6. 지도 (map)
7. 옥션 (auction - 1 or 2 top shopping site)
8. 구글 (google)
9. 게임 (game)
10 동영상 (video)

let me know if you want to know one of the other lists for any reason.

Note that google Korea has about 2% of the search market in Korea and mostly used specifically for more "international" searches (ie: non-"Korean internet" searches)... which also explains why most of the top searches are for either: their competitors, or a specific function (eg: maps ... I would assume for maps outside korea).

The fact that "game" made the list and "video" are probably the only really useful searches that say anything about the search market, so to speak. I don't know if that list is edited in any way... but traditionally, "games", "sex", "loan" are topping the non-"other site" search list. Even the search for "video" is probably something to group under the idea most ppl use google here to specifically look for stuff outside the "Korean internet".