Comments on: NAVER, Korean based new communication search services landed on Japan, again http://asiajin.com/blog/2009/07/06/naver-korean-based-new-communication-search-services-landed-on-japan-again/ The Next Generation Internet Trends in Japan and Asia Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:44:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Akky Akimoto http://asiajin.com/blog/2009/07/06/naver-korean-based-new-communication-search-services-landed-on-japan-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2031 Akky Akimoto Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:38:23 +0000 http://asiajin.com/blog/?p=4439#comment-2031 Yes, this is an interesting news. Naver.jp seems to have good enough quality as a search service and letting users change their default search engine is the most difficult part, like Ask.jp faild and Microsoft and Baidu.jp are struggling. I am looking forward to seeing Naver.jp and Baidu.jp presentation at the August Tokyo2point0. Yes, this is an interesting news. Naver.jp seems to have good enough quality as a search service and letting users change their default search engine is the most difficult part, like Ask.jp faild and Microsoft and Baidu.jp are struggling.

I am looking forward to seeing Naver.jp and Baidu.jp presentation at the August Tokyo2point0.

]]> By: AndrewShuttleworth http://asiajin.com/blog/2009/07/06/naver-korean-based-new-communication-search-services-landed-on-japan-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2019 AndrewShuttleworth Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:04:16 +0000 http://asiajin.com/blog/?p=4439#comment-2019 Good review. I've played with Naver Japan and it's certainly well designed and feature packed. It's hard to say how they could have done better from this perspective for a v1 launch. Having said that I'm still wondering whether there is a killer feature that is going to get users to use the service on a regular basis. I think users are generally lazy and will stick to what they know unless there is really a killer application or the service is placed conveniently in front of them (i.e. browser default). One way I think they could be successful is by integrating with existing services (e.g. Hatena for bookmarks, other photo and blog services, do what they can with the Mixi API etc.) That way they will be able to kick start the content and social features of the site without users having to change their habits - at least initially. As far as I know their is no large scale Japanese site that successfully acts as a social aggregator in this way. This could help them get to the critical mass they need to take off. I heard that they are aiming for 10% of the Japanese search market within 3 years, so it will certainly be an interesting case study to see whether they achieve this. I was interested to spend more time on the site and went to install the toolbar, but unfortunately it's only available for IE and not Firefox yet. Definitely interested to see how things develop. We've arranged for a presentation by Naver for www.tokyo2point0.net on August 24th so look forward to a status update and some insight from them then. Good review. I’ve played with Naver Japan and it’s certainly well designed and feature packed. It’s hard to say how they could have done better from this perspective for a v1 launch.

Having said that I’m still wondering whether there is a killer feature that is going to get users to use the service on a regular basis. I think users are generally lazy and will stick to what they know unless there is really a killer application or the service is placed conveniently in front of them (i.e. browser default).

One way I think they could be successful is by integrating with existing services (e.g. Hatena for bookmarks, other photo and blog services, do what they can with the Mixi API etc.) That way they will be able to kick start the content and social features of the site without users having to change their habits – at least initially. As far as I know their is no large scale Japanese site that successfully acts as a social aggregator in this way. This could help them get to the critical mass they need to take off.

I heard that they are aiming for 10% of the Japanese search market within 3 years, so it will certainly be an interesting case study to see whether they achieve this. I was interested to spend more time on the site and went to install the toolbar, but unfortunately it’s only available for IE and not Firefox yet.

Definitely interested to see how things develop. We’ve arranged for a presentation by Naver for http://www.tokyo2point0.net on August 24th so look forward to a status update and some insight from them then.

]]> By: Web2Asia - Web 2.0 Internet Gaming Market Entry & Localization Incubator for China, Japan & Korea - Home http://asiajin.com/blog/2009/07/06/naver-korean-based-new-communication-search-services-landed-on-japan-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2469 Web2Asia - Web 2.0 Internet Gaming Market Entry & Localization Incubator for China, Japan & Korea - Home Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://asiajin.com/blog/?p=4439#comment-2469 <!--%kramer-pre%-->Two interesting developments in the East Asian Internet scene came up early this July:   Our friends at Web20Asia.com andAsiajianreport that Korean Search Giant Naver has opened its new Japanese version to 5,000 beta testers. The company had previously tried to crack the Japanese market but gave up on their first attempt in 2005.   Naver is by far Koreas most popular search engine with way<!--%kramer-post%--> Two interesting developments in the East Asian Internet scene came up early this July:   Our friends at Web20Asia.com andAsiajianreport that Korean Search Giant Naver has opened its new Japanese version to 5,000 beta testers. The company had previously tried to crack the Japanese market but gave up on their first attempt in 2005.   Naver is by far Koreas most popular search engine with way

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