Archive for May, 2008
Search engine Empas.com is ready for a comeback in Korea
Empas.com is a South Korean web portal dating back as far as 1998. They became big with their cocky slogan: “If Yahoo can’t find it, Empas can.” Empas ranks five out of five on our list of (most visited) Korean web companies, However, Empas has lost ground against competitors as Naver...
Daum: boring, but innovative in user generated content
Posted under Entrepreneurship, Internet, Korea, Review on Wednesday, 28 May 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Daum communications is huge, they are the biggest operator of Korean websites and they also operate in China with 365ren.com, and in the U.S. with the acquired Lycos portal. The word 'Daum' is Korean for 'next', but at first sight, they might come over as another boring web portal aiming for...
Search engine Naver is best in localized results, example for others?
We see increasing amounts of search engines popping up on the internet, they are using advanced algorithms to come up with better results. Not in Korea, at least not at Naver. Employees analyze, index and produces content for their search engine by hand. Even though this labor intensity, they count...
[Magazine] Interview about Opencoffee, by Junited
Posted under Media / In The News on Monday, 26 May 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Laurentiu Borza from student magazine 'Junited' interviewed me about the opencoffee meetings that we organize here in Sweden. I talk about the original initiator of opencoffee, why we do it, and what is going on in the coffee gatherings. I made a scan of the magazine....
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Social community Cyworld a trendsetter in E-commerce?
Cyworld is a social networking site, not big, and attempts to go abroad have failed in both Europe and Japan. Currently, they don't even have an English interface. However, Cyworld got my attention because of their business model, and the generated revenue they receive from it.
While the...
Introduction to five popular Korean websites
Posted under Entrepreneurship on Monday, 26 May 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Today we will start creating a profile of populair South Korean websites. In the following days we will discuss the following websites:
1. cyworld.com (social network)Â
2. Naver.com  (Search engine)
3. Daum.net (Web portal, competitor of Nate)
4. empas.com (Search engine and...
Why so little Korean web companies get ‘Techcrunched’
Most Koreans are addicted to the web, I wondered; Seoul must be a breeding place for new web ventures? I approached Chang W. Kim, to get an idea of what is going on. Chang is CEO of the biggest blog portal (80%) in Korea. He explains his views on European projects, the Seoul web-scene and funding...
A profile of the connectivity in South Korea
South Korea is the most connected country in the world, their network leaps far beyond that of Europe, the Arabic countries, China or the USA. It's all part of their vision to create an "ubiquitous networked world".
Well, I had to lookup the word ubiquitous, and found out that it means...
3 famous Dutch Internet Journalists
Posted under Entrepreneurship on Wednesday, 14 May 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
This is a comparison of the blogs of three 'web celebrities' from the Netherlands over time. There are many Dutch 'web celebrities', but I want to focus on the famous internet journalists from our country.Â
I looked at two basic things when selecting these three characters. First; they...
Introduction to the South-Korean web serie
Posted under Korea on Tuesday, 13 May 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
During the next few weeks I will publish a series of posts about the South Korean internet market. I want to raise discussion about the trends, review web 2.0 websites and blogs and interview influential web 2.0 entrepreneurs from South-Korea.
The series will be brought down in three broad...
Flying to asia during the Olympics
Posted under Korea on Monday, 12 May 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Flying to South Korea is expensive during the Olympics in Beijing. My friend from Beijing told me that the prices are dramatically increased for every Asian country for that matter. In search of a solution, I asked businessmen/women from different nationalities where they fly with, after...
Moving from Imovie ‘06 to ‘08 was a surprise
Posted under Review on Saturday, 10 May 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
I have always been a fan of the quick and easy movie suite for mac called Imovie
I had finally had the chance to play with the latest version ~Imovie '08 during the weekend.
At first, Imovie 08 was a bit of a disappointment to me. I expected a program with a timeline (who's idea was it to...
Video podcast ‘Urban lifestyle’ in Amsterdam
Posted under Entrepreneurship on Friday, 9 May 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Is your company looking for more international exposure? My friends from Stockholm record a video-podcast called 'Urban Lifestyle Report', and they will be visiting Amsterdam On the 29th and 30th of May! They are looking for entrepreneurs from the Amsterdam region to interview.Â
The focus...
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