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Understanding Japanese Social
NetworkWoosung Ahn
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failed in Japan
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REALLY?
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Yes. Less than 5% of members use their real photos.
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Mobilein 100M PV
2008.
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2007.
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2006.
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2005.
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Yes. Mobile web is growing in Japan
Gree; page view growth by device
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$600MM
31.5
%
Japanese social networks market growth
AD Sales
Other Sales
With mobile-tailored version and anonymity,can foreign SN join the market growth?
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Game is also the biggest growth driver
of revenue and traffic.
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909%
The revenue growth that Gree achieved due to well made social
games.
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So, is a good mobile game a solution?
So, is a good mobile game a solution?
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•Game is very culture-oriented.
•WoW couldn’t be introduced.
•Dragon Quest is No. 1.
•Game is very culture-oriented.
•WoW couldn’t be introduced.
•Dragon Quest is No. 1.
No
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Anonymity, mobile, and games seem golden ingredients for SN’s
success.
Do Japanese really want SOCIAL network?
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Japanese are actually very
social.
Love to share and discuss information among human
beings. (definition of social media, Wikipedia)
Not IDENTITY
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JP Top 20JP Top 20 US Top 20US Top 20
[Portal] Yahoo!, Goo, MSN, Nifty, BIGLOBE, Geocities [Search] Google, Windows Live
[Blog] FC2, Ameblo, Livedoor [Portal] Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, Go, ESPN Sportszone, Comcast
[Search] Google 日本 , Google.com, Windows Live [Social network] Myspace, Facebook
[Video] YouTube, Nicovideo, Yourfilehost.com [Video] YouTube
[Commerce] 楽天 (Rakuten), Amazon.co.jp [Marketplace] EBay, Amazon.com, Craigslist.org
[Social network] Mixi [Knowledge] Wikipedia
[Knowledge] Wikipedia [Blog] Blogger.com
[Forum] 2ch.net [News] CNN
[Photo] Photobucket, Flickr
[Company] Microsoft Corporation
Blogging. Video sharing. Threading.
(Alexa traffic comparison)
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No. 1 Blogging Nation
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2ch.net; the largest Internet forum in the
world
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Nicovideo. 10M users in 23 months, shortest record in Jp’s web history.
People love to comment on shared videos.
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Japanese love to share videos, even illustrations
more than photos
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Check friend’s diary
Update my diary
Community
News
Photo album
Dating
Game
Review
Avatar
Video sharing
etc
78.9 pt60.3
pt47.9 pt17.8
pt7.9 pt5 pt
3.7 pt2.5 pt2.1 pt1.7 pt3.7 pt
That’s why No.1 reason to use SN
is to check friends’ diary
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That’s also why Twitter rocks in Japan!
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Of course, mobile accessible/ playable apps are absolutely
important.
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MORE IMPORTANT THING is to provide CONTENT that Japanese
love to share.