What Japan Thinks

Unfortunately what this survey by Marsh Inc and reported on by japan.internet.com into mobile search omits is what search provider people are using, but still it is quite interesting to see what people are searching for. Demographics Between the 17th and 19th of February 2010 300 members of the Marsh monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. [...]

I’ve been hoping such a survey as this one from iBridge Research Plus, reported on by japan.internet.com, on Google services but focusing on just Google Buzz, would appear, as I’ve wanted an excuse to write about Google Buzz. Demographics On the 22nd of February 2010 300 people completed a survey; 52.0% of the sample were female, 14.7% [...]

I’m not really sure how the pie chart I have extracted from this survey by iShare into body complexes relates to the subject, but I thought it was interesting enough to graph. Demographics Between the 3rd and 8th of February 2010 497 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 56.1% [...]

A recent survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into mobile devices (the fourth time this regular survey was conducted) found that the iPhone far outsold ASUS’s Eee PC, the top netbook. Demographics On the 9th of February 2010 1,080 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.1% of the sample [...]

In the US and the UK I get the distinct impression that the netbook market is in a rush for the bottom, but here in Japan, premium-priced mini-notebooks seem to be the norm according to this recent survey from Media Interactive reported on by japan.internet.com. Demographics Over the 16th and 17th of February 2010 1,000 internet users [...]

goo Ranking recently took a look at when people think their tour guide on an overseas holiday is terrible - the foreign in the title refers to the location, as the guides may either be Japanese or local. Demographics Between the 20th and 22nd of January 2010 1,071 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a [...]

Despite having lots of followers, I still don’t know the answer to the question goo Ranking posed, namely what’s so great about Twitter? Demographics Between the 18th and 21st of December 2009 1,077 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 51.0% of the sample were female, 8.7% in their teens, 15.3% in [...]

With the economy going down the toilet and quite a few interesting in earning a bit on the side, this recent survey from goo Ranking takes a look at what side jobs people would like to try. Demographics Between the 20th and 22nd of January 2010 1,071 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private [...]

iShare took a look at looking people in the eye when talking and found over one in four don’t usually do so. Demographics Between the 29th of January and the 3rd of February 2010 501 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.9% of the sample were male, 34.7% in [...]

This very comprehensive study by DIMSDRIVE Research into convenience store usage found out many interesting facts, such as almost two-thirds of those living alone frequent them quite frequently. Demographics Between the 2nd and 17th of September 2009 8,317 members of the DIMSDRIVE monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.4% of the sample were female, 0.8% in [...]