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November 2009
State of the Internet with a focus on Asia Pacific
Joe Nguyen, Vice President for Southeast Asia, comScore, Inc.
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Asia is Fueling WW Internet Growth
Global growth at 4%; tipped the 1
billion mark in the past year
Growth is flat in North America,
European growth driven by Russia
Latin America and Middle East/Africa
show rapid growth on a percentage
basis but Asia’s growth is on a much
larger base
Source: comScore Media Metrix, August 2008 to August 2009
960.21,165.2
Worldwide Online Population (Millions)
August 2008 August 2009
+4%
389.6
271.1
183.8
70.3 45.4
477.2
325.6
191.0
90.2 81.2
Asia Pacific Europe North America Latin America Middle East - Africa
Online Population by Region (Millions)+22%
+4%
+20%
+28% +79%
Aug 2009
Aug 2008
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China is Driving Regional Growth
■ China continues explosive growth, with many other countries in the region also continuing to
show expansion
Source: comScore World Metrix, August 2009 vs. August 2008
CNNIC estimates 298 MM
total Internet users* in
China as of Dec 2008, up
41.9 percent from 210 MM
a year earlier. The
increase of 88MM is
approximately twice the
size of the online
population in France!
* including ages 6+ and people
accessing the Internet from
shared computers and Internet
cafes
Internet users ages 15+ accessing the internet from a Home or Work computer
164.6
57.4
30.3
26.5
11.3
10.5
8.6
3.8
2.4
2.3
72.1
215.5
67.6
35.4
29.0
12.6
11.9
9.4
3.9
2.3
2.6
86.6
China
Japan
India
South Korea
Australia
Taiwan
Malaysia
Hong Kong
Singapore
New Zealand
Other Asia Pacific
Internet Users (MM) In Asia Pacific Region
+18
+17
+10
+12
+13
+9
+4
+14
+15
+20
+31
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Internet Usage in Asia
■ Users in Hong Kong, Singapore, and
Vietnam spend the most time online
■ Countries with high broadband availability
and penetration are more likely to have
heavier internet usage
■ As broadband becomes more widely
available in the region, usage will also
increase
■ 3G USB Modems are making headway into
many Asian markets and increasing
broadband penetration
■ Currently, however, the region’s usage is
below the global average of 22.4 hours per
user in August 2009
Average Time Online
Source: comScore World Metrix, August 2009
Hours per Visitor, August 2009
16.9
25.6
21.4
19.9
19.6
19.2
18.1
18.1
17.8
15.8
15.4
14.9
14.1
11.0
Asia Pacific
Hong Kong
Singapore
Vietnam
Australia
Japan
South Korea
Taiwan
Philippines
Indonesia
New Zealand
China
Malaysia
India
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The Global Audience is Vital to Top Properties
World-
Wide
UV
%
Non-US
%
Asia
Pacific
Total Internet 1,165,194 86% 41%
Google Sites 867,618 84% 33%
Microsoft Sites 707,803 84% 30%
Yahoo! Sites 595,983 77% 38%
Facebook.com 389,525 77% 18%
Wikimedia Foundation Sites 307,641 81% 25%
AOL LLC 260,547 66% 14%
eBay 243,335 74% 16%
Amazon Sites 200,671 70% 27%
CBS Interactive 194,036 76% 36%
Ask Network 189,937 65% 15%
Apple Inc. 176,468 73% 26%
Fox Interactive Media 164,612 59% 15%
The Mozilla Organization 161,893 83% 20%
Adobe Sites 148,378 77% 26%
Tencent Inc. 145,701 100% 99%
■ Though they are all based in the United
States, the Top 15 Global properties
source the majority of their audience
from outside the U.S. However, the top
global sites’ appeal to the Asian Pacific
audience is below average
■ Global sites’ ability to develop or acquire
local channels is important to
international growth, but is crucial in this
region
■ Tencent, Inc., the parent property of the
very popular Instant Messenger
application QQ, is the first Asian
property to break into the Top 15.
However, almost all of its traffic comes
from Asia, particularly from mainland
China.
Asia Pac share for most sites
are below the Total Internet
average
Audience Geography
Worldwide Top 15 Properties
August 2009
Source: comScore World Metrix, August 2009
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Global Sites’ appeal to Asian Audiences
■ The Asia Pacific region is extremely diverse
■ A strong global brand is not sufficient for success here, true localization is important; in
some markets, it is critical
Source: comScore World Metrix, August 2009
Index = each country or region’s share of traffic to each site, compared to that country or region’s share of the worldwide internet population x 100
Non-US
Asia
Pacific China Japan India
South
Korea Australia Taiwan Malaysia
Hong
Kong Singapore
New
Zealand
Total Internet 85.6% 41.0% 18.5% 5.8% 3.0% 2.5% 1.1% 1.0% 0.8% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2%
Google Sites 98 80 50 95 103 65 114 82 103 87 111 109
Microsoft Sites 98 74 53 84 64 70 127 97 88 109 128 113
Yahoo! Sites 90 93 33 162 141 90 92 161 137 156 139 93
Facebook.com 90 45 0 12 69 22 164 24 116 160 196 143
Wikimedia Foundation
Sites 95 61 6 161 90 38 124 53 89 84 129 111
AOL LLC 77 33 4 24 75 14 98 26 78 42 66 186
eBay 86 40 18 18 44 151 186 41 50 41 88 87
Amazon Sites 82 66 28 212 60 15 105 27 52 48 90 100
CBS Interactive 89 87 97 41 86 79 128 50 93 62 131 119
Ask Network 76 36 3 17 118 17 148 10 84 35 141 102
Apple Inc. 85 65 15 179 50 45 216 52 52 121 155 171
Fox Interactive Media 69 36 19 34 35 20 220 9 120 20 77 98
The Mozilla
Organization 97 49 6 62 85 26 106 44 109 66 135 96
Adobe Sites 90 64 35 93 73 78 99 64 92 88 121 101
Tencent Inc. 116 242 507 4 0 26 7 52 26 110 35 5
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Audiences Worldwide Prefer to Consume Content
in their Native Languages
Source: comScore Custom Analysis of Page Views by Language, May 2009
Australia
NewZealand
India
Singapore
Malaysia
Hong Kong
South Korea
Taiwan
Japan
China
UnitedKingdom
Ireland
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Portugal
Finland
Switzerland
Belgium
Netherlands
Austria
Italy
Turkey
Spain
France
Germany
Russia
Canada
PuertoRico
Colombia
Venezuela
Mexico
Chile
Argentina
Brazil
SouthAfrica
Israel
English
non-English Local Language
Other
Asia Pacific
EuropeAmericas,
MidEast &
Africa
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Local Sites Lead in Asia Pacific Region – August 2009
Unique
Visitors
in Asia
Asia
Pacific
Reach
Minutes/
VisitorGoogle Sites 283,806 59.5 112.4
Yahoo! Sites 227,182 47.6 182.6
Microsoft Sites 214,008 44.8 152.4
Tencent Inc. 144,302 30.2 315.4
Baidu.com Inc. 143,458 30.1 65.1
SINA Corporation 106,473 22.3 40.3
Alibaba.com Corporation 90,107 18.9 62.9
Sohu.com Inc. 81,992 17.2 35.3
NetEase.com Inc. 81,324 17.0 35.8
Wikimedia Foundation Sites 77,365 16.2 13.8
Xunlei Networking 72,541 15.2 49.8
Facebook.com 71,153 14.9 152.7
CBS Interactive 69,490 14.6 8.8
Tudou Sites 57,866 12.1 27.0
Amazon Sites 54,014 11.3 12.5
Youku 51,308 10.8 47.4
Oak Pacific Interactive Sites 49,435 10.4 98.2
Apple Inc. 46,731 9.8 5.4
PConline.cn Sites 44,015 9.2 10.2
eBay 40,140 8.4 39.7
■ Half of the Top 20 Properties for the
region are Chinese sites
QQ.COM 133,796
BAIDU.COM 130,943
SINA.COM.CN 96,739
SOSO.COM 88,013
163.COM 76,171
GOOGLE.CN 70,199
TAOBAO.COM 61,879
XUNLEI.COM 61,520
SOHU.COM 60,789
TUDOU.COM 52,752
ChinaNAVER.COM 22,715
DAUM.NET 21,957
NATE.COM 14,608
GOMTV.COM 14,590
CYWORLD.COM 13,886
JOINS.COM 12,155
TISTORY.COM 11,167
GOOGLE.CO.KR 10,715
GMARKET.CO.KR 10,370
YAHOO.CO.KR 10,039
Korea
YAHOO.CO.JP 54,887
GOOGLE.CO.JP 39,417
FC2.COM 34,146
RAKUTEN.CO.JP 33,307
GOO.NE.JP 28,914
WIKIPEDIA.ORG 28,739
YOUTUBE.COM 28,009
GOOGLE.COM 25,476
AMAZON.CO.JP 24,125
NIFTY.COM 22,892
Japan
■ Particularly within China, Korea, and Japan,
majority of Top Domains are local sites or
localized versions of global sites
Source: comScore World Metrix, August 2009
Unique
Visitors
Unique
Visitors
Unique
Visitors
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Age Distribution of Asia Pacific Web Audience
30%
28%
29%
26%
22%
22%
11%
14% 10%
Asia Pacific
Worldwide
Persons: 15-24 Persons: 25-34 Persons: 35-44
Persons: 45-54 Persons: 55+
■ On average, the Asia Pacific
audience skews slightly younger
than the average global Internet
population34%
41%
38%
32%
36%
26%
23%
15%
23%
8%
7%
9% 5%
China
India
Malaysia
18%
22%
21%
25%
21%
20%
22%
23%
26%
20%
29%
24%
25%
23%
23%
26%
21%
22%
26%
27%
20%
17%
18%
18%
15%
20%
19%
16%
19%
8%
19%
9%
9%
9%
19%
Japan
South Korea
Australia
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Singapore
New Zealand
Persons: 15-24 Persons: 25-34 Persons: 35-44
Persons: 45-54 Persons: 55+
■ China, India, and Malaysia skew
substantially young: 77% of India’s
web population is under 35,
compared to 54% of the global
population
■ Not surprisingly, countries with
higher internet penetration = more
mature web audiences
Internet Population
Age Distribution by Country
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How Does Asia Use the Internet?
Source: comScore World Metrix, August 2009
71.2
59.0
56.1
55.2
54.4
48.5
47.6
47.5
47.1
39.9
34.2
31.8
26.3
23.6
22.7
20.8
17.6
14.8
10.1
Entertainment
Social Networking
News/Information
Retail
Blogs
Technology
Community
Games
Business/Finance
Photos
Instant Messengers
Sports
Education
Travel
Career Services and …
Automotive
Health
Government
Key Site CategoriesAsia Pacific Internet Audience % Reach
■ Entertainment is most popular category
in Asia Pacific (includes Music, Movies,
TV, Multimedia, Entertainment News,
Humor)
■ E-mail is still very important to web
users, despite the contact that
alternatives provide (SMS, IM, SNs)
■ Popularity of Social networks is
unsurprising, with more than half of all
internet users visiting a Social
networking site during the month
■ Though e-commerce is certainly still in
its infancy in this region, visiting to Retail
sites is robust, with more than half of
Apac web users visiting a Retail site
■ Diversity of this region means there is
wide variation among individual
countries
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Entertainment Reach and Usage
71.2
83.8
79.2
78.0
76.2
75.7
73.4
72.7
71.0
70.1
65.9
65.7
63.8
63.8
Asia Pacific
South Korea
Singapore
Philippines
Vietnam
Japan
Australia
HK
Malaysia
New Zealand
Indonesia
Taiwan
India
China
Entertainment % Reach
2.5
2.7
4.1
2.5
1.8
4.3
2.3
3.8
2.4
2.4
1.4
1.3
1.3
2.3
Asia Pacific
South Korea
Singapore
Philippines
Vietnam
Japan
Australia
HK
Malaysia
New Zealand
Indonesia
Taiwan
India
China
Entertainment Avg Hours/User
■ Entertainment Reach is highest in South Korea, Singapore, and the Philippines
■ Web users in Singapore, Japan, and Hong Kong spend the most time on Entertainment
■ Entertainment consumption is closely linked to broadband penetration, due to high
bandwidth requirements of audio and video streaming and downloading
Source: comScore World Metrix, August 2009
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Top Entertainment Sites
Total Unique
Visitors (000)% Reach
Average
Minutes per
Visit
Total Internet : Total Audience 477,217 100.0 1,015.0
Entertainment 339,708 71.2 148.5
YOUTUBE.COM 97,658 20.5 142.3
CBS Interactive 69,490 14.6 8.8
QQ.COM Music 57,901 12.1 30.8
Tudou Sites 57,866 12.1 27.0
Youku 51,308 10.8 47.4
QQ.COM Entertainment 47,018 9.9 16.5
QQ.COM Show 45,614 9.6 5.5
iTunes Software (App) 34,396 7.2
KuGou Inc. 34,328 7.2 10.3
SINA Podcast 33,932 7.1 1.4
Baidu Top Music Albums 33,913 7.1 10.3
PPStream, Inc. 33,286 7.0 54.7
Sony Online 26,554 5.6 8.2
SINA Entertainment 25,312 5.3 7.1
Xunlei Movie 23,482 4.9 7.4
RENREN.COM 22,526 4.7 129.6
AOL Music 22,330 4.7 2.9
QIANQIAN.COM 22,041 4.6 8.2
Top Entertainment Sites – Asia Pacific
■ With the exception of YouTube and a handful of others, the Top Entertainment Properties
in the region are predominantly Chinese sites
Source: comScore World Metrix, August 2009
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YouTube Drives Entertainment Category in most Countries
■ With 340 million Unique Visitors in Asia Pacific, YouTube is certainly the most popular
Entertainment site in the region
■ In many countries, it takes a substantial share of all time spent on Entertainment content.
In countries where this is not the case, local providers were able to maintain early market
share
20.5
57.8
55.6
47.0
46.9
45.0
41.4
40.3
34.2
30.4
27.7
25.0
12.3
0.1
Asia Pacific
Singapore
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Malaysia
Japan
Hong Kong
Indonesia
India
Taiwan
Vietnam
South Korea
China
YouTube% Reach
28%
60%
64%
60%
61%
59%
48%
44%
49%
46%
35%
16%
11%
0%
Asia Pacific
Singapore
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Malaysia
Japan
Hong Kong
Indonesia
India
Taiwan
Vietnam
South Korea
China
YouTubeShare of Entertainment Minutes
Source: comScore World Metrix, August 2009
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Facebook Takes Over in Most Asian Markets;
Friendster Loses Last Summer’s Lead
6.4%
11.7%
1.3%
4.7%
3.5%
0.8%
4.3%
4.8%
4.9%
3.9%
4.4%
8.4%
3.7%
0.2%
0.6%
14.9%
11.4%
8.0%
4.6%
4.7%
4.9%
4.5%
3.8%
3.7%
3.3%
3.2%
2.9%
2.5%
2.2%
2.4%
FACEBOOK.COM
Baidu Space
QQ.COM Alumni
Windows Live Profile
QQ.COM Mini World
KAIXIN001.COM
Orkut
CyWorld
51.COM
HI5.COM
MySpace Sites
FRIENDSTER.COM
MIXI.JP
TWITTER.COM
KAIXIN.COM
Aug-2008 Aug-2009
+9% #8
0% #2
+7% N/A
0% N/A
+1% N/A
+4% N/A
0% #14
-1% #12
-1% #10
-1% #15
-1% #18
-6% #5
-1% #16
+2% N/A
+2% N/A
Social Networks Asia Pacific % ReachYOY
Increase
Aug ‘08
SN Rank■ Facebook has more than
doubled its share in Asia
Pacific to become the
leading Social Network in
the region
■ A number of social networks
are challenging Baidu Space
for share of the Chinese
market in this category
■ Friendster’s reach has
shrunk significantly, dropped
its lead among the multi-
regional Social Networks
competing in this region
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Concentrated strongholds for certain local SNs
… and Facebook almost everywhere else
Country Social Network Reach
China Baidu Space 24%
India Orkut 43%
Japan MIXI.JP 17%
South Korea CyWorld 48%
Taiwan Wretch.cc 58%
Hong Kong Facebook 53%
New Zealand Facebook 48%
Singapore Facebook 66%
Australia Facebook 55%
Indonesia Facebook 80%
Malaysia Facebook 39%
Philippines Friendster 69%
Vietnam Facebook 40%
Top Social Networks
Regional
Social
Networks
■ Language considerations gave local
Social Networks in certain countries an
early-mover advantage
■ Switching costs for Social Networking
users are relatively high, and the nature
of user recruitment (“friending”) lets
these sites maintain concentrated
strongholds
■ Elsewhere, translation efforts by
Facebook have allowed it to enter non-
English-speaking Asian markets, and to
overtake Friendster, which initially had a
strong presence in Southeast Asia
Source: comScore World Metrix, August 2009
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Half of Web Users in the Region Turn to the Web for News
55.2
42.7
27.7
8.6
3.5
News/Information
General News
Newspapers
Weather
Politics
% Reach
50.6
28.0
22.3
7.3
4.7
Time Spent (Minutes)
55.2
80.4
74.2
67.5
64.4
60.4
51.5
49.7
49.3
47.5
45.5
42.8
41.9
41.8
Apac Reach
Vietnam
South Korea
Japan
Taiwan
HK
Australia
China
Singapore
New Zealand
Indonesia
Philippines
Malaysia
India
News/Information Sites% Reach
Asia Pacific Visiting to News/Info Categories
■ 55.2% of web users in Asia Pacific visited a
News/Info site, and spent an average of 50
minutes
■ Though Japan is not the heaviest user of the
category overall, Japanese web users are more
likely to visit each of the subcategories, outpacing
the regional averages
Source: comScore World Metrix, August 2009
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Search
■ China and Japan lead the region in total Search volume, due to the relative size of their
markets, but Korea, Australia, and Singapore lead the region in search activity on a
normalized basis
■ Searches on Google account for two-thirds of global searches; in Asia-Pacific, Google
accounts for less than 45%
Asia vs WW Share of Searches
84.5
133.1
125.0
124.8
121.5
113.8
110.7
83.1
79.2
75.6
61.7
Asia Pacific
South Korea
Australia
Singapore
Hong Kong
New Zealand
Japan
Malaysia
India
Taiwan
China
Search IntensityAverage Searches per Searcher
■ China and Japan lead the region in total Search volume, due to the rela
Source: comScore qSearch, August 2009
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Google Trails where Local Language is Dominant
and There is a Strong Local Challenger
■ In most Asian markets, Google takes the lion’s share of search activity, but in a few, it
takes second- or even third-seat to dominant local providers
■ Intuitive locally-focused, in-language results = strong local brand
44.9
88.8
83.3
79.6
71.1
70.1
47.0
30.7
21.2
14.0
8.5
Asia Pacific
India
Australia
New Zealand
Singapore
Malaysia
Japan
Hong Kong
Taiwan
China
Korea
Google Share of Search% of Total Searches Conducted on Google
Baidu.com Inc., 64%
Google Sites, 14%
Alibaba.com Corporation,
7%
TENCENT Inc., 6%
All Other, 9%
NHN Corporation,
50%
Google Sites, 9%
Yahoo! Sites, 8%
SK Group, 3%
Lycos Sites, 24%
All Other, 31%
ChinaShare of Searches
South KoreaShare of Searches
Source: comScore qSearch, August 2009
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Online Retail
54.4
73.7
69.4
57.5
55.2
53.8
51.4
51.3
50.4
46.7
40.2
39.9
36.3
35.8
Asia Pacific
Japan
South Korea
Australia
Taiwan
Singapore
New Zealand
Hong Kong
China
Vietnam
Philippines
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Retail% Reach
21.4
57.6
44.2
18.2
36.9
9.6
13.7
13.8
14.8
2.6
8.5
6.5
5.3
6.1
Asia Pacific
Japan
South Korea
Australia
Taiwan
Singapore
New Zealand
Hong Kong
China
Vietnam
Philippines
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Comparison Shopping% Reach
■ Visiting to Retail sites is strongest in Japan and South Korea
■ E Commerce still certainly in its infancy in countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, and India;
■ Consumers visit retail/product sites and comparison shop online even when they are not
yet confident of the security of online transactions, or would otherwise prefer to make
their actual purchases offline
Source: comScore World Metrix, August 2009
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Retail Subcategories
Asia
PacificJapan
South
KoreaAustralia Taiwan Singapore
New
Zealand
Hong
KongChina Vietnam Philippines India Indonesia Malaysia
Retail 54.4 73.7 69.4 57.5 55.2 53.8 51.4 51.3 50.4 46.7 40.2 39.9 36.3 35.8Comparison Shopping 21.4 57.6 44.2 18.2 36.9 9.6 13.7 13.8 14.8 2.6 8.5 6.5 5.3 6.1Books 17.8 41.0 8.2 21.1 10.9 18.1 19.1 13.8 14.5 10.4 15.0 13.4 8.8 10.8Computer Hardware 11.3 23.6 11.9 22.4 7.5 18.7 15.6 16.9 6.5 5.5 10.8 9.6 12.6 10.4Consumer Electronics 11.0 14.1 25.3 8.2 12.4 11.6 9.1 17.1 9.9 8.6 4.8 7.6 12.0 4.2Computer Software 9.2 10.5 10.1 12.1 9.5 12.9 11.3 8.6 6.1 8.8 11.4 14.1 11.8 9.6Apparel 8.9 19.6 11.9 10.9 8.0 10.0 10.1 7.6 7.8 1.5 5.4 2.5 3.2 3.8Health Care 5.1 9.0 0.6 2.6 1.0 2.3 2.2 1.2 7.0 0.5 1.7 1.9 0.6 1.1Mall 5.1 14.4 15.2 2.4 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.4 3.8 0.1 0.4 0.9 0.3 0.3Fragrances/Cosmetics 3.8 13.9 2.4 2.7 7.0 2.1 2.3 4.7 2.0 2.6 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.9Retail - Music 3.5 14.1 2.1 4.8 2.6 3.0 3.5 6.6 1.4 0.4 2.5 1.0 1.6 1.6Retail - Food 3.0 15.2 1.9 3.6 1.0 3.5 4.0 1.9 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.2 1.3Department Stores 2.8 4.5 16.1 6.3 0.6 1.2 2.3 0.9 1.5 0.3 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.5Tickets 1.9 6.9 4.2 7.1 1.8 4.0 4.4 2.9 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.1 0.3 0.5Flowers/Gifts/Greetings 1.7 1.9 1.5 5.1 0.2 3.6 3.9 1.9 0.4 0.8 2.9 4.3 1.9 2.0Jewelry/Luxury
Goods/Accessories 1.4 2.8 0.6 3.2 0.8 3.4 1.7 2.2 1.0 0.9 1.5 1.2 0.8 0.8Consumer Goods 1.4 7.4 0.0 0.9 0.3 1.1 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.9 0.1 0.3Sports/Outdoor 1.4 5.5 0.9 4.6 0.4 2.2 3.4 0.9 0.1 0.3 1.4 0.6 1.2 1.0Home Furnishings 1.3 4.5 1.0 3.0 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.4 0.5 0.1 0.8 0.7 0.5 1.1Toys 1.2 5.1 0.6 2.8 0.7 2.1 1.9 2.3 0.1 1.9 1.4 0.5 0.9 0.8
■ Product categories that will lead online Retail will vary by country, depending on local
interest and presence of local providers
% Reach of Retail Subcategories by Country
Source: comScore World Metrix, August 2009
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Summary of Key Findings
Asia Pacific is the dominant regional audience and will be critical in the global
Internet competition
Web penetration will continue to increase in emerging markets within Asia, and
even in markets where web usage is well-established, increased broadband
adoption will drive additional consumption
Though Yahoo!, Google, MSN and other U.S. brands currently lead the Top
Property rankings in this region, there are a host of local sites that are already
carving out regional niches, and are poised to take market share
Internet usage is distinct by market
– High broadband penetration drives increased Entertainment usage in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore
– Social Networks in China, India, Korea, and Japan are holding Facebook off – for now. Elsewhere,
Facebook has overtaken Friendster and MySpace to be the dominant SN in the region
– E-commerce and online shopping is still in its infancy in Asia
In this extremely diverse region, effective localization is critical: a strong global
brand is not sufficient for success. Language is important, but understanding and
catering to the online and offline culture is important as well
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