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Decker: Korea One Of The Most Important Markets

Parents aren’t supposed to play favorites, and Sue Decker, Yahoo’s president, didn’t actively insult any of her company’s various arms.  She did, however, identify as Korea as one of the “most important” markets, and this has some interesting implications.

Reporters Internet Access Shut Down In S. Korea

The South Korean Government Information Agency cut Internet connections to a number of ministry pressrooms on Thursday. The move is part of an effort by South Korea to shut down what it calls collusive clubs.

Google AdSense For Search Learns Vietnamese

Various estimates put Vietnam’s population at around 85 million.  And with a new Vietnamese version, Google’s doing its best to make sure all of those people are able to use Google AdSense for search.

Google Seen As Perfect Employer In Europe

Well, it’s (more or less) official: should Google ever decide to take over the world, most of us will be willing to aid it.  The results of a new study confirm that, in certain European circles, the search engine giant is regarded as an ideal employer.

Google Korea Sees (Sort Of) Impressive Growth

A recent wave of articles documented Google’s lack of market share in South Korea - this corresponds to an apparent lack of success.  And, while I can’t argue with that conclusion, there are signs that Google could still turn things around.

YouTube Could Launch In Korea

Effort is difficult to measure; it’s not like companies exert it in pounds or cubic feet.  Still, if I were to judge the effort Google has put into its South Korean operations, I’d guess the company has only tried harder in the US and China.  Now those rankings may change, as word spreads that a Korean version of YouTube could launch.

Google Korea Goes For Eye Candy

When a high-ranking Googler said that South Korea will “play a very critical role for Google,” I thought the company might be preparing to make some major change or concession.  Sure enough, something unusual occurred: the Korean version of Google’s famously “clean” home page was spruced up with some colors and animated buttons.

Korea "To Play A Very Critical Role For Google"

Significant, important, decisive - these words are all pretty much synonyms, though they have different shades of meaning.  But Kannan Pashupathy, Google’s Director of International Engineering Operations, didn’t pick any of them when describing South Korea’s importance to the search engine giant.  Instead, he called the relationship “critical.” Korea "To Play A Very Critical Role For Google"

Google Korea Asks For ID

In America, Google’s SafeSearch can be disabled with two simple clicks of the mouse.  Not so in Korea - the search engine giant will, starting in August, require that users enter their name and a national resident registration number in order to conduct “searches of an adult nature.”

Google Enjoying A Korean Boost

South Korea is one of the best-connected places in the world when it comes to Internet access, but until recently Google has been unable to connect in great numbers with its tech-savvy userbase.