世論 What Japan Thinks

Looking at my recent search referrers, I couldn’t help but notice what Google is telling me:

http://www.google.com/search?q=most popular japanese blog

Which, at the time of writing, gives me none other than this very site as the top hit!

Talking of Google hits, I had one rather obsessive Canadian trying:

http://www.google.ca/search?q=her OR with OR without OR prettier OR nearsighted “glasses”&start=680

What on earth was this person looking for?

japan.internet.com, in conjection with JR Tokai Express Research, conducted a survey on the awareness of the Google brand in Japan. They interviewed by means of an internet-based survey 331 people, 70.4% male, all of whom worked in either the public or the private sector. 39.3% were in their twenties, 36.0% in their thirties, 23.9% in their forties, no-one in their fifties, and just 0.9% aged sixty or older. The sample was drawn from all over the country.

I’m not surprised at Blogger’s usage being so low, since I do not believe it has a Japanese interface, and anyway a previous survey has shown a preference for Japan-based blogging services. However, the large number of Google earth users really surprised me! Whether the respondents were confusing it with Google Maps, or if people just used it once or twice to find their house, I do not know.
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I’m having to moving across everything by hand from my old site! There is a script to do it automatically, but as I need to go through all the posts and add the categories, it’s almost as fast, I suppose, to do it by hand.

I’m also listed on Google already! Searching for “what japan thinks” shows me on the front page already. My old site, after almost three months of hard blogging, is still languishing down on the ninth page…