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March 14, 2011Still Searching
April 4, 2012When Yahoo Japan and Google announced their partnership for web searches and PPC advertising, many expressed concerns. Rakuten was one of the organizations, who publicly accused that the partnership was a violation of the antitrust law. A year after the announcement, and 6 months after Yahoo Japan adopting Google’s technologies, Rakuten switched the team, and joined Google by adopting Google’s search technology and AdSence services.
As one of the main reasons why Rakuten has come to this decision, they said, “Now that Yahoo Japan is using Google’s search technology, we can fasten the search speed by 40% by skipping Yahoo Japan, and working with Google directly. “
Motoko Hunt
Since Motoko established AJPR in 1998, she has been working with some of the world's well-known corporations, helping them to enter Japanese market using the Internet. She is a frequent speaker at the digital marketing conferences around the world.
Her articles are published at several online media sites including Search Engine Journal, ClickZ, and MultilingualSearch. She received the Best Consultant Award from the US Search Awards in 2014.