Comments on: Almost nine in ten Japanese interneters use Google http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/08/28/almost-nine-in-ten-japanese-interneters-use-google/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:36:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Three times as many Japanese choose Yahoo! over Google » 世論 What Japan Thinks http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/08/28/almost-nine-in-ten-japanese-interneters-use-google/#comment-34726 Three times as many Japanese choose Yahoo! over Google » 世論 What Japan Thinks Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:26:09 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/08/28/almost-nine-in-ten-japanese-interneters-use-google/#comment-34726 [...] week we learnt that almost all Japanese net users used Google, and indeed almost 50% claimed to use it always, although Gen Kanai did alert me that the figures [...] […] week we learnt that almost all Japanese net users used Google, and indeed almost 50% claimed to use it always, although Gen Kanai did alert me that the figures […]

]]> By: Ken Y-N http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/08/28/almost-nine-in-ten-japanese-interneters-use-google/#comment-34495 Ken Y-N Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:54:42 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/08/28/almost-nine-in-ten-japanese-interneters-use-google/#comment-34495 Gen, you're right, I was very suspicious when translating it as the one I translated as "Always use it" was いつも, as you can see from the headline in the linked article, whereas I know Yahoo! has the majority share in Japan. Perhaps it should have been "regularly" or "often", but without knowing the exact source data, it is difficult to make a judgement on what exactly to use other than the direct translation. I'll add a caveat to the story. Indeed, I just saw another poll today that shows Yahoo! with an almost 3:1 lead for the most frequently-used engine. I'll publish that one this weekend or so. Gen, you’re right, I was very suspicious when translating it as the one I translated as “Always use it” was いつも, as you can see from the headline in the linked article, whereas I know Yahoo! has the majority share in Japan. Perhaps it should have been “regularly” or “often”, but without knowing the exact source data, it is difficult to make a judgement on what exactly to use other than the direct translation. I’ll add a caveat to the story.

Indeed, I just saw another poll today that shows Yahoo! with an almost 3:1 lead for the most frequently-used engine. I’ll publish that one this weekend or so.

]]> By: Gen Kanai http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/08/28/almost-nine-in-ten-japanese-interneters-use-google/#comment-34430 Gen Kanai Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:23:17 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/08/28/almost-nine-in-ten-japanese-interneters-use-google/#comment-34430 This data is a bit strange. We know that Yahoo! Japan still dominates search in Japan with probably twice what Google has for search share. These numbers don't jive with what I know about Japan. I'm a bit skeptical about JR Tokai's methodology or sample if the survey here is so far off the well-reported search share statistics. This data is a bit strange. We know that Yahoo! Japan still dominates search in Japan with probably twice what Google has for search share. These numbers don’t jive with what I know about Japan. I’m a bit skeptical about JR Tokai’s methodology or sample if the survey here is so far off the well-reported search share statistics.

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