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NAVER | |
Native name | 네이버주식회사 |
Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Internet |
Founded | 1999[1] |
Headquarters | |
Parent | Naver Corporation |
Subsidiaries | NAVER Mail
NAVER Map NAVER News |
Website | naver |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 네이버주식회사 |
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Hanja | 네이버株式會社 |
Revised Romanization | Neibeo Jusikhwoesa |
McCune–Reischauer | Neibŏ Chusikhwoesa |
Naver (Korean: 네이버; stylized as NAVER) is a South Korean online platform operated by the Naver Corporation. Launched in 1999, it was the first web portal in South Korea to develop and use its own search engine. It was also the world's first operator to introduce the comprehensive search feature, which compiles search results from various categories and presents them on a single page. Since then, Naver has added a multitude of new services, ranging from basic features such as email and news to the world's first online Q&A platform, Knowledge iN.[citation needed]
As of September 2017, the search engine handled 74.7% of all web searches in South Korea and had 42 million registered users. More than 25 million Koreans have Naver as the start page on their default browser, and the mobile application has 28 million daily visitors.[citation needed] Naver has also been referred to as 'the Google of South Korea'.[2]