Naver

Naver
	Internet portal
languages	Korean
operator	Naver Corporation
Registration	optional
On-line	June 1999 (currently active)
http://www.naver.com/

Naver is a South Korean web portal that was developed in 1999. It includes a search engine and various other services.

Search engine

Search engine market in South Korea

Naver			76.69%
Daum			19.89%
Google			2.06%
zum.com			1.21%
Other			0.15%
Search engine market shares in South Korea in July 2014 according to Nielsen KoreanClick

In 2007, Naver processes 110 million searches a day and is the market leader in South Korea with a 77% share of all domestic searches. In 2014, Naver continued to receive a majority of South Korean searches on the Internet, well ahead of its domestic competitor Daum or Google .

Functions

Navers portal services include a. Blogs, the Naver Cafe, Webtoons (Web- Manhwa ), N-Drive Webspace, and an online shop.

The following content deserves special attention:

Knowledge-iN (Jishik-iN)

At the time of its inception, Naver was the first Korean search engine. Since Korean-language content was not sufficiently available on the World Wide Web , Naver decided to create its own content. The Knowledge-iN, which was made available in 2002, was one of the most important developments in this regard. While the idea of digital information already existed, Knowledge-iN was a novelty due to the possibility of free exchange, answer evaluation and the immediate integration of answers into the search engine service. This digital "mass information" (ultra-large scale Q&A) enjoyed great popularity in South Korea and was soon used nationwide. In 2009, the service had over 60 million posts in 3,500 subcategories. Starting in 2006 in particular, many competitors implemented their own services for digital mass information, such as B. Yahoo! Answers (2006), gutefrage.net (2006) or Wer-weiss-was.de (2007).

Map service

The map service is extremely detailed and lists almost every existing business in South Korea, including contact details and information. Route calculations include all public transport and are considered to be reliable in terms of the fastest route with a large number of possible train-bus combinations (especially in the capital Seoul ). The service also includes road and airplane perspectives. With regard to the Korean peninsula, Naver's maps are superior to most of the services offered by other competitors (such as Google Maps ), but are restricted to this area and are not available for any other countries. In addition, the service is only offered in Korean.

Dictionaries

The portal maintains one of the most extensive electronic dictionaries based on Korean words. Over 15 languages are supported, including a. English, Japanese, Chinese, French, Spanish, or Vietnamese. Unlike its competitor Daum Communications , Naver also offers a German-Korean dictionary. The dictionaries can also be downloaded as a mobile app for Android or Apple iOS . "Global conversation" (글로벌 회화) introduces and explains whole phrases in the respective languages, with the pronunciation being subtitled as best as possible in Hangeul . There is also a Korean language dictionary and a Hanja lexicon.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Kenji Schautzer: Naver still running the show . In: The Egg . August 22, 2014. Accessed February 23, 2015.
↑ Choe Sang-hun: South Koreans Connect Through Search Engine . In: The New York Times , July 5, 2007. Retrieved February 23, 2015. "Tapping a South Korean inclination to help one another on the Web has made Naver.com the undisputed leader of Internet search in the country. It handles more than 77 percent of all Web searches originating in South Korea "
^ ^A ^b ^c Nam, Ackerman, Adamic: "Questions in, Knowledge iN? A Study of Naver's Question Answering Community" April 2009, University of Michigan, College of Engineering

[egg-1] Kenji Schautzer: Naver still running the show . In: The Egg . August 22, 2014. Accessed February 23, 2015.

[nytimesnaver-2] Choe Sang-hun: South Koreans Connect Through Search Engine . In: The New York Times , July 5, 2007. Retrieved February 23, 2015. "Tapping a South Korean inclination to help one another on the Web has made Naver.com the undisputed leader of Internet search in the country. It handles more than 77 percent of all Web searches originating in South Korea "

[Kin_Geschichte-3] A ^b ^c Nam, Ackerman, Adamic: "Questions in, Knowledge iN? A Study of Naver's Question Answering Community" April 2009, University of Michigan, College of Engineering