Naver News

Naver News reports product announcements, company updates, and portal changes from Naver — Korea’s dominant search and content destination. From Search and News tabs to shopping and Place-adjacent shifts, we log what Naver ships and how it is framed publicly.

Tied back to search marketing impact wherever possible: indexing, ranking, creator distribution, and AI feature rollouts that change what “news for SEOs” actually means. Use this archive as the chronological backbone beside Naver SEO and Naver AI deep dives.

Essential background for Naver SEO and Korea digital programmes, written in British English for international readers.

Naver Q3: AI Ads Lift Powerlink Click-Through 11%, and Naver Will Start Billing on Completed Transactions in 2027

Naver Community Recap: The ‘Freshness War’ Continues, ‘Blog Index Deleted’ Claims and an Afternoon Indexing Stall

Naver Starts Matching Clinics to Symptom and Procedure Searches From 12 November, With 30 Keywords and Wider Place Ads

Naver Powerlink ‘Phrase Generation’ Settings Open 11 November — and Shopping Ads Hit News and Main

Naver Rolls Out Experience UGC Blocks: Blog and Café Reviews Grouped by Interest From 5 November

Naver Ends New 750×280 Mobile Search-Home Banners From 2 December — Native 450×450 Cut-Outs and Separate Copy Take Over

Naver Community Recap: Integrated Search Shake-Up From 29 October Night, Fresh Posts Rank Instantly and Brand Websites Go Missing

Naver Tests Up to Nine Place Ads in Mobile Search From 5 November, Plus Bigger Favicons and Two-Line Site Names on Powerlink

Naver Ads Before N Ads: New Terms From 4 November, a Third Mobile Shopping Collection Test and Liquor Ad Warnings From 9 November

Naver Swaps the Shopping Ads Quality Index for a 1–10 ‘Click Expectation Index’ on 25 November — and Karrot Personalises Its Search Ad Ranking From 9 November