What is the use of Naver?
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Naver is the most used website / app in South Korea, according to both SimilarWeb and Alexa. Naver is mostly known for its search engine, but it is actually more a portal (like Yahoo!) and also developed other apps like Band (social media) and Line (messaging).
While Google has established itself as South Korea’s leading search engine, local competitor Naver retains a 14.53\% market share; a figure over double the size of Google’s closest competitor in the US. These figures give South Korea the third-largest retail e-commerce market in Asia-Pacific, after China and Japan.
What is Naver in Korea?
Naver is a South Korean online platform operated by Naver Corporation. It debuted in 1999 as the first web portal in Korea to develop and uses its own search engine.
Is Naver legal?
NAVER ranks the protection of personal information as top priority value among several managerial components. NAVER Corporation (“NAVER” or “Company”) strictly complies with all domestic laws and regulations, including the Personal Information Protection Act, in all stages from service planning to termination.
One important thing to bear on mind is that Naver’s search algorithm is built around the Korean language, which helps Naver deliver more relevant results than Google on many occasions, since Korean syntax is quite different from that of the English language.
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Does Naver own Kakao?
Kakao Corp is the company behind KakaoTalk, which serves as its main platform and flagship application. It was founded in 2006 by Kim Bum-soo, the former CEO of NHN Corporation (the organization that emerged from the Hangame and Naver.com merger) as Kakao Inc. (then known as Kakao Inc.) is based in Seoul, South Korea.
Can non Korean use Naver?
Naver, derived from the word “navigate”, was launched in 1999 by a group of ex-Samsung employees and has since led the Korean search engine market. However, here’s the catch: Naver is not available in English. There are no English versions of the search engine as well as its main services such as Naver Blog and Café.