http://www.sempoglobalsearchblog.com http://www.sempoglobalsearchblog.com/favicon.ico http://www.sempoglobalsearchblog.com/rss:japan RSS en http://www.sempoglobalsearchblog.com/article:meet-sempo-asia-at-events-in-china-india-japan-and-singapore SEMPO Asia will involve in industry events and conferences in Asia (China, India, Japan and Singapore) this year including AdTech, SMX and Search Engine Strategies, where many of SEMPO Asia members are asked to speak. At each event, SEMPO Asia will have a booth and a networking meeting. SEMPO members will receive some additional benefits, including discount for registration fee (discount code required). ( Motoko Hunt ) Wed, 21 May 2008 19:52:07 +0100 http://www.sempoglobalsearchblog.com/article:twitter-japan-with-ads Twitter Japan is open with Japanese language interface. You can also chose Japanese language option from existing Twitter home page. Twitter already have many Japanese users, and the users can Twit in Japanese characters. ( Motoko Hunt ) Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:12:01 +0100 http://www.sempoglobalsearchblog.com/article:japan-internet-salary-survey Softbank and Human Capital KK of Japan conducted a salary survey with 100 Internet marketers and 100 Internet sales people in Japan. The results show that the average sales person in Internet industry makes 5.40mil yen/year (about US$53K) and average marketer in Internet industry makes 5.01mil yen/year (about US$50K). ( Motoko Hunt ) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:35:51 +0100 http://www.sempoglobalsearchblog.com/article:access-to-video-sharing-sites-grew-216-in-japan The number of access to video sharing web sites grew 216% in Japan in 2007 from the previous year. According to Video Research Interactive (VRI), there were more than 24 million accesses to video sharing web sites in 2007. ( Motoko Hunt ) Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:50:27 +0100 http://www.sempoglobalsearchblog.com/article:baidu-is-going-abroad-to-japan The truth is, there is, or at least will be, enough market out there for 2 or 3 really big search engines. The industry, on a global basis is still very nascent. Whether it is geo-based or vertically based, as the industry grows, there will be a number of opportunities for several large players to split the pie. ( Steve Haar ) Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:57:38 +0100 http://www.sempoglobalsearchblog.com/article:2007-top-searhed-keywords-in-japan Livedoor, Yahoo Japan and Google Japan have announced their top searched terms in 2007. The lists show that keywords related to Web2.0 were very popular in 2007. ( Motoko Hunt ) Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:26:53 +0100 http://www.sempoglobalsearchblog.com/article:googlehowmuchmoregrowthisthere Peruse the numbers released by comScore this month, and it becomes evident that in terms of unique visitors internationally, Google is growing as fast as the internet itself. In France, Germany, Canada, and Japan the number of unique visitors to Google are growing at 1-2%, or even shrinking 1%. Now, when you already have 90% of the unique visitors, such as in the UK, your growth is tied to the market, and even at great risk of going counter to the market. ( Steve Haar ) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:15:50 +0100 http://www.sempoglobalsearchblog.com/article:welcome-to-sempo-global-search-blog An opening post for the SEMPO Global Search Blog by Massimo Burgio, who introduces to the blogging team and the editorial line of the blog, welcomes the readership, and thanks all the parties who worked hard to make this editorial challenge a reality. ( Massimo Burgio ) Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:20:39 +0100