South Koreans Connect Through Search Engine

NYT article on the Korean SE market

[bill]

I know that Grendel is going to say "I told you so", it's still an interesting article... ;)

South Koreans Connect Through Search Engine [nytimes.com]

Tapping a South Korean inclination to help one another on the Web has made Naver.com the undisputed leader of Internet search in the country. It handles more than 77 percent of all Web searches originating in South Korea, thanks largely to content generated by people like Ms. Park and Mr. Cho, free of charge.

Daum.net, another South Korean search portal, comes in second with a 10.8 percent share, followed by Yahoo’s Korean-language service with 4.4 percent.

Google, the top search engine in the world, barely registers in the country’s online consciousness, handling just 1.7 percent of South Korean Web searches, according to KoreanClick, an Internet market research company.

[GrendelKhan TSU]

I told you so (circa 2001)! lol... couldn't let ya down bill! ^_^;; (not bad... only took NYT 6 years to pick up on it. +_+)

FYI, Naver recent overtook daum for largest cafe community as well. That's a BIG hit for daum as that was its biggest bread winner and claim to fame. Further, Naver's Blog system dominates and is Ajax enabled and must say pretty dang sexy and impressive.

Meanwhile Google Korea has made impressive moves on the home page design localization front by adding a row of animated icons. woot! (dey is so crazy out here). :rolleyes: lol

-Grendel"my internet can beat up your internet"Khan{TSU}
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