Google's Gu Ge is no Gou Gou in China
Google’s new name, Gu Ge which loosely translated means harvest song, is getting a lot of feedback and most of it is negative. In a recent poll by Sina.com, 85% of those responding were opposed to the Gu Ge name. Gou Gou (dog dog), already taken, was favored by most as a more appropriate name. […]
Yandex pushing Russian internet access
As anyone who studies the Russian internet market knows, internet access is a key problem. While ADSL/SDSL high speed connections overtook dial-up for the first time this March this growth primarily reflects the situation in the large cities, such as Moscow, St. Petersburg and Vladivostok. Yandex, the leading Russian search engine, acknowledges this as a […]
What does prompt Japanese to search?
According to the survey done by Opt and Cross Marketing, the “newspaper articles” was the number 1 reason (37%) why Japanese male searches, and the “conversation with family and friends” was the number 1 reason (49%) why Japanese female searches. The research also shows that average Japanese search users view up to 3 results pages. […]
Google Failed to Conquer S. Korea
Google has been successful in many areas of life all over the world but its search engine has failed to conquer South Korea – one of the world’s most wired countries. Google referred only 17% of unique visitors to other sites in the month of March. KoreanClick also reported that Google’s Korean sited only referred […]