According to the search engine user survey done by Japan.Internet.com and Infoplant, Yahoo! Japan is still the most popular search engine in Japan followed by Google Japan. However, the gap between the two has become less than 10% compared to 26% in 2004.
The popular Google Japan’s function and services are:
– Image search
– Cached link
– Similar pages
The survey:
300 people between 13-69yrs old Male-50%, Female:50% teen-3.3%, 20s-27.0%, 30s-38.0%, 40s-22.0%, 50s-8.3%, 60s-1.3%
Q: Which search engine do you use most?
Yahoo! Japan – 50.7%
Google Japan – 41.0%
MSN Japan – 3.7%
Infoseek Japan – 1.0%
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Motoko Hunt
President & Search Marketing Strategist at AJPR
Motoko Hunt manages the SEO for all of Adobe's properties in Japan and the
APAC region. Prior to joining Adobe, Motoko established AJPR in 1998; she
has been providing search marketing consulting services targeting Japan and
Asia to companies around the world. Her services have made a big impact on
the search marketing campaigns of some of the world's most popular
multi-national brands. A number of her articles have been published on industry
websites and printed media including MultiLingual Computing and the International
Journal of Localisation. She also writes about the Japanese online market on her
blog at AJPR and contributes to several online magazines in Japan and Asia.
She served as a member of the board of directors of SEMPO in 2010-2012, and
is a chairperson of the SEMPO Asia-Pacific Committee.
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