Nate () is a South Korean
web portal
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developed by
SK Communications. In 2003, Nate acquired
social media
Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the Content creation, creation, information exchange, sharing and news aggregator, aggregation of Content (media), content (such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongs ...
site
Cyworld and in 2004, it achieved first place in local page views with a total of 3.8 million, surpassing rival
Daum for the first time.
NateOn
NateOn is an instant messaging client provided by Nate, which in 2005 first overtook
MSN Messenger
MSN Messenger (also known colloquially simply as MSN), later rebranded as Windows Live Messenger, was a Cross-platform software, cross-platform instant messaging client, instant-messaging client developed by Microsoft. It connected to the now-di ...
in terms of South Korean user numbers. During the 3rd week of May 2005, NateOn's South Korean users totalled 7.54 million, compared to 6.5 million for MSN Messenger.
[Chang Chung-hoon and Wohn Dong-hee]
"Nate On increases lead over MSN Messenger"
''JoongAng Daily'', May 30, 2005. Retrieved on September 28, 2007.
See also
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Search engine
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Comparison of web search engines
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Timeline of web search engines
Notes
References
External links
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Blog hosting services
Webmail
Online companies of South Korea
Internet properties established in 2001
Internet search engines
SK Group subsidiaries
Web portals
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