Naver Community Recap: Blog Tab Top Spots Reshuffle From Friday, Cafe Posts Drop Out of ‘Relevance’ and Websites Pile Into Integrated Search

Something moved on Naver at the end of last week, and Korea’s marketers noticed before Naver said anything. Since our last community recap on 15 October, the i-boss boards have filled up with the same complaint in different forms. Blog-tab rankings have reshuffled, cafe posts have fallen out of “relevance” sorting, and integrated search is suddenly full of websites. Meanwhile ...

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