SEARCH ENGINE · JAPAN

What is goo?

goo is a search engine; the sources read do not record who runs it. No page read for this research says where its results come from. The pages that would document its structured data could not be fetched. The research records Japan as its main market.

Last checked November 10, 2026 · 5 sources, 4 of them could not be fetched

Type
Search engine
Run by
Not recorded in the sources read
Results come from
Not stated
Recorded markets
Japan
Where its share is highest
StatCounter does not track goo.
Share, worldwide
StatCounter does not track goo.
Structured data formats
None documented
Rich result types
None on record

Who runs it

The operator is not recorded in the sources read for this research.

www.goo.ne.jp

Where does goo get its results?

Unverified: no goo page could be fetched (sources 2 to 5 all failed DNS resolution), so the current index source is unknown. The only primary statement read is historical and comes from Yahoo! JAPAN: goo supplied the engine behind the page search that complemented Yahoo! JAPAN's directory search from May 1998 to March 2001[1].

Engines that use results from goo

The research records no engine that takes its general results from goo or is built on it by the same company.

Which countries use goo?

StatCounter does not track goo. None of the labels in its search engine figures for October 2026 maps to goo in this research. StatCounter Global Stats

Recorded markets

The research records Japan as the main market for goo.

Does goo use structured data?

The research records no documented support for any structured data format for goo.

Structured data formats for goo
FormatDocumented supportWhat the research records
JSON-LDNot documentedUnverified: no goo page could be fetched. Every goo host tried failed DNS resolution[2-5]. This says nothing about support.[2]
MicrodataNot documentedUnverified: no goo page could be fetched. Every goo host tried failed DNS resolution[2-5]. This says nothing about support.[2]
RDFaNot documentedUnverified: no goo page could be fetched. Every goo host tried failed DNS resolution[2-5]. This says nothing about support.[2]
Open GraphNot documentedUnverified: no goo page could be fetched. Every goo host tried failed DNS resolution[2-5]. This says nothing about support.[2]
MicroformatsNot documentedUnverified: no goo page could be fetched. Every goo host tried failed DNS resolution[2-5]. This says nothing about support.[2]
Twitter CardsNot documentedUnverified: no goo page could be fetched. Every goo host tried failed DNS resolution[2-5]. This says nothing about support.[2]

“Not documented” means the pages read do not say; it does not mean the format is ignored.

Rich resultsThe research records no rich result type for goo.

How it crawlsThe research records no crawler token for goo.

How do I test my markup for goo?

The research records no markup testing tool of its own for goo.

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Test a page for goo

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Test a page

Site ownersThe research records no guidelines or vocabularies of its own for goo.

What could not be verified?

These claims about goo came up in the research, but no page that could be read confirms them. They are kept apart, and nothing above rests on them.

  • goo documented its own web crawler, ichiro, on a help page for site owners.

    Why it is open: The primary page could not be fetched, so no token is recorded.

    How it was checked

    Source 2 https://help.goo.ne.jp/door/crawler.html : getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND. The user agent string and this URL were seen only in a web search summary of third-party crawler catalogs.

  • The goo portal ended on 2025-11-25, and goo web search ended with it.

    Why it is open: DNS failure is consistent with a shutdown but is not proof of one. No goo page was read.

    How it was checked

    Source 3 https://help.goo.ne.jp/help/article/2904/ (the notice), source 4 https://www.goo.ne.jp/ and source 5 https://search.goo.ne.jp/ : all getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND. The date was seen only in a search result title and summary, which also said the end of goo search by itself was not confirmed.

  • goo is operated by NTT DOCOMO.

    Why it is open: No primary page was read, so the operator field is left empty.

    How it was checked

    Sources 4 and 5 (DNS failure). The name appeared only in web search summaries of news coverage.

Sources

The pages the research used for goo, numbered as cited above. Accessed November 10, 2026 unless shown.

  1. 1.Yahoo! JAPANの検索サービスにおけるグーグルの検索エンジンと検索連動型広告配信システムの採用、ならびにYahoo! JAPANからグーグルへのデータ提供について · Yahoo Japan Corporation (now LY Corporation), press release · in Japanese · updated July 27, 2010
  2. 2.help.goo.ne.jp/door/crawler.html · goo (operator not confirmed) · in JapaneseCould not be fetched
  3. 3.help.goo.ne.jp/help/article/2904 · goo (operator not confirmed) · in JapaneseCould not be fetched
  4. 4.www.goo.ne.jp · goo (operator not confirmed) · in JapaneseCould not be fetched
  5. 5.search.goo.ne.jp · goo (operator not confirmed) · in JapaneseCould not be fetched

Market share figures: StatCounter Global Stats, search engine market share, October 2026, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.