Istyle(@cosme) Goes IPO On TSE Mothers

(@cosme’s tag line on the logo is “site of everyone’s word of mouth”) Istyle [J], who runs Japan’s top cosmetic products review site @Cosme, announced [J] on February 3, 2012, that they will be listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers (Tosho Mothers) planned on March 8, 2012. The company was established in 1999, and its… Continue reading Istyle(@cosme) Goes IPO On TSE Mothers

Tabelog, Japan’s Yelp Reportedly Tainted By Undercover Positive Review Agents

A popular consumer restaurant review site Tabelog [J], who has been competing the top position of restaurant listing site against Gurunavi with user-generating-contents power, admitted on January 4 that there were reviews and ranking manipulations on Tabelog, by third party agents who sell a package like planted favorable comment posting and voting for rank-up, according… Continue reading Tabelog, Japan’s Yelp Reportedly Tainted By Undercover Positive Review Agents

GuruNavi Compromises With Users’ Review, In Competition Against Tabelog

Asahi reported that the popular online restaurant site Gurunabi (Japanre abbrev. of “Groumet Navigator”) opened a new page showing the ranking of restaurants by score of users’ review. Gurunabi is an information site where restaurants pay for their shops listed, and the site had been the champion of restaurant guide sites for years until its… Continue reading GuruNavi Compromises With Users’ Review, In Competition Against Tabelog

Androidoll – Android Apps Review Site For Girls

It was 2 months ago that I introduced a new segmented Android Apps review site for Otaku – Moedroid. Now, rapid-spreading Android phones in Japan has brought us another interesting review site, for Japanese female cellphone users, Androidoll [J]. “Android apps review site from the viewpoint of girls” is the catch they put in large… Continue reading Androidoll – Android Apps Review Site For Girls