Yahoo Japan’s New Search Box

Posted at February 21, 2013, in Japanese Search Engines

Earlier this month, Yahoo! Japan came out with new search box with simpler design. While it doesn’t look much different from the older version, the new design was put together through various trials and tests over a year from colors, sizes, and textures, hoping to provide better search experiences no[…]

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Yahoo is showing more results from Google

Posted at November 22, 2010, in Japanese Search Engines, Japanese SEO

Yahoo Japan’s search results is now identical to Google’s in many cases if you use Chrome browser. In other words, depending on which browser you use, you get different search results in Yahoo Japan right now.

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Yahoo Japan to be powered by Google and what this means to marketers

Posted at July 27, 2010, in Japanese Search Engines

Yahoo Japan and Google Japan jointly announced that Yahoo Japan’s organic search results will soon be powered by Google. However, it looks more of the hybrid version rather than the pure Google search.

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Yahoo Japan, still the top search site in Japan

Posted at June 6, 2010, in Japanese Search Engines

Yahoo Search (Japan) had 2,609 mil search queries during the month of April, which made them the number 1 search site in Japan. According to the report by NetRatings (netratings.co.jp) “Search Service Usage Report” (the search conducted on PC at home and work), Google search had second most search users[…]

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Yahoo Japan Latest Algorithm Update

Posted at January 7, 2010, in Japanese Search Engines

Yahoo Japan had algorithm update in December 2009, which caused many to experience ranking changes. This article is about the apparent changes from the latest update.

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