Comments on: It’s Official Now. Google Announces Their Search Platform Provided To Yahoo! Japan

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By: Akky Akimoto

Akky Akimoto — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:01:09 +0000

Well, that is how Yahoo! Japan explained. I do not 100% agree with that Google is the best choice for them.

Some authorities support it and say that in this social media era sticking to search is lame. But I am unsure. I think search is still important.

For healthy competition, I was hoping that Y!J takes over YST from US, or choose Bing and help its improvement on Japanese handling. Yahoo! Japan once announced that they would likely switch to Bing before.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:36:36 +0000

I guess I don’t know anything about how Y!J operates. I always figured they were part of the same company as Yahoo!, but from what you’re saying I guess they’re a separate entity.

That’s interesting. It makes sense why they would switch to Google search now.

By: Akky Akimoto

Akky Akimoto — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:33:40 +0000

Well they are leasing Yahoo brand, why not search engine system?

YST termination forced Y!J to choose another search engine which works well 1. with Japanese language and 2. handle gigantic traffic. If Y!J does not want to have its own, the most proven system is the Google’s. There are Bing, Baidu, Naver and some small Japanese ventures are runnning Japanese search services (NTT/Goo only runs mobile search).

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:22:05 +0000

Wait – Yahoo Japan leases YST from Yahoo america? That doesn’t make much sense to me.

By: Akky Akimoto

Akky Akimoto — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:14:20 +0000

- Why not maintain YST?

Y!J has been leasing YST from Yahoo! and does not want to put more development force into it.

- Why not Bing?

Y!J President Inoue told that Bing is premature, which is possibly true on “Japanese” search results.

As most national brands now think Y!J first for their ads, I guess Y!J does not think Google as a threat.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:48:13 +0000

Why is yahoo doing this?

By: Asiajin » Is Yahoo! Japan Switching To Google Search?

Asiajin » Is Yahoo! Japan Switching To Google Search? — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:29:40 +0000

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