Yahoo!Japan claims search share even with Google on iOS - Q1 earnings announced

Yahoo!Japan announced their Q1(Apr.-Jun.) earnings last week and said they had the strongest earnings ever this year. Their revenue grew 2.8% YoY and resulted $999M with strong tailwind in mobile business due to the rapid shift to smartphones.

They claim that "search share on iOS should be even with Google now whereas on Android it is still 30% Yahoo!Japan and has a gap to fill". When asked how the search ads business is impacted by this trend, Miyasaka, CEO of Yahoo!Japan said that "the monetization rate on smartphone is still behind PC".

The details of the earnings can be found here - Yahoo!Japan Q1 earnings

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