Yahoo Still Top Search Engine In Japan

In many technological aspects, Japan’s got America beat.  Hands-down, where-is-my-robot-butler beat.  Which makes me wonder about the implications of Yahoo’s continued success in that country.

bigmouthmedia, “Since our first official ranking in June, we have seen Yahoo!, Google and Microsoft sites remain unchanged as the top three properties in Japan.”

So how did the American also-ran manage to become a Japanese success story?  Well, the company didn’t unveil some special new feature set.  And I’m not sure that it has anything to do with different cultures.

Instead, as 24/7 Wall St.’s Douglas McIntyre wrote, “Perhaps the most important thing is that the company has several large shareholders including

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