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Japanese Search Engines and Directories

Information available on Japanese Search Engines in English is not very plentiful on the web. Most info is terribly outdated or extremely limited. While this page is not totally comprehensive, it does list all of the major players.

Last updated: August 2003
Site	Main Results	Directory Results	Other Results	PPC Results*
@Search	Google	@nifty Infoseek	n/a	Google AdWords
AAA! Cafe	AAA! Cafe	dmoz	n/a	n/a
All About Japan	BIGLOBE (Google)	All About Japan	n/a	n/a
Alltheweb	FAST	n/a	n/a	Overture USA**
AltaVista	AltaVista	LookSmart	n/a	Overture USA**
AOL NetFind	Google	dmoz	n/a	Google AdWords
BIGLOBE Search Attayo	Google	LookSmart	JWord (¥)	Google AdWords
DION	Google	LookSmart	JWord (¥)	Google AdWords
DMOZ	n/a	dmoz	n/a	n/a
Excite Japan	Google	LookSmart	JWord (¥)	Google AdWords
freshEYE	TOCC/Inktomi	LookSmart Fresheye ($)	JWord (¥)	Overture Japan
Goo	Inktomi	goo	FAST (multimedia)	Overture Japan
Google	Google	dmoz	n/a	Google AdWords
Hi-Ho Search	Google	Excite / LookSmart	Naver, JWord (¥)	Google AdWords
Infoseek Japan	Infoseek	Infoseek	n/a	Overture Japan
J.O.Y.	n/a	J.O.Y.	Google	n/a
Jicoo	n/a	Jicoo	n/a	n/a
Lycos Japan	Infoseek	LookSmart	n/a	Overture Japan LookSmart
MSN Search	Inktomi	LookSmart	n/a	Overture Japan
NAVER Japan	Naver	n/a	Naver (¥), JWord (¥)	n/a
OCN Search	Goo/Inktomi	OCN	Goo Excite/Google Infoseek Fresheye	n/a
ODN Search	Excite/Google	LookSmart	JWord (¥)	Google AdWords LookSmart
So-net Search	Excite/Google	LookSmart	JWord (¥)	Google AdWords LookSmart
TOCC/Search	Inktomi	n/a	n/a	n/a
WebGate	n/a	WebGate	n/a	n/a
Yahoo! Japan	Google	Yahoo	n/a	Overture Japan Google AdWords

* PPC = Pay Per Click

Robot driven Search Engines

A robot is a program that automatically traverses the Web's hypertext structure by retrieving a document, and recursively retrieving all documents that are referenced. These search engines deal with Japanese language content:

	goo
	Google
	TOCC
	Excite Japan
	Fast / All the Web
	AltaVista
	Naver Japan
	infoseek Japan
	Lycos Japan
	InfoNavigator Hayate
	FreshEye
	Verno
	MYCOM PC WEB - Search
	Mondou (RCAAU)
	NTT/CLMS(MU)
	NetScoop
	NII Web Search
	Lisa

Directories

Directories are catalogs of Web content organized into categories. Most directories are human edited. These are some of the more popular Japanese directories:

	Yahoo! Japan
	goo
	Google
	MSN
	Excite Japan
	Lycos Japan
	ISIZE
	iNET Guide
	Orions
	J.O.Y.
	Infoseek Japan
	All About Japan
	DMOZ
	FreshEye
	Jicoo
	MYCOM PC WEB - Search
	Netisland
	Net Office Nakai
	ODiN
	WebGate

Portals/ISPs

Many Internet Service Providers provide large catalogs of information (directories) and Web search facilities for their subscribers. These are some of the bigger portals provided by Japanese ISPs: