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{{short description|South Korean web portal}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Nate
| logo = Nate 2020 logo.png
| logo_size = 250px
| url = {{URL|http://www.nate.com}}
| commercial = Yes
| type = [[Web portal]], [[search engine]]
| language = Korean
| owner = [[SK Communications]]
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
|hangul=네이트
|hanja=
|rr=Neiteu
|mr=Neit'ŭ
}}

'''Nate''' ({{Ko-hhrm|hangul=네이트}}) is a South Korean [[web portal]] developed by [[SK Communications]]. In 2003, Nate acquired [[social media]] site [[Cyworld]] and in 2004, it achieved first place in local page views with a total of 3.8 million, surpassing rival [[Daum Communications|Daum]] for the first time.<ref>Yoon Chang-hee, [http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2434934 "Nate seen top portal; Daum begs to differ"], ''JoongAngDaily'', June 29, 2004. Retrieved on September 28, 2007.</ref>

==NateOn==
NateOn is an instant messaging client provided by Nate, which in 2005 first overtook [[MSN Messenger]] 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.<ref>Chang Chung-hoon and Wohn Dong-hee, [http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2575038 "Nate On increases lead over MSN Messenger"], ''JoongAng Daily'', May 30, 2005. Retrieved on September 28, 2007.</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal bar|Internet|South Korea}}
* [[Search engine]]
* [[Comparison of web search engines]]
* [[Timeline of web search engines]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.nate.com}} {{in lang|ko}}

{{Instant messaging}}
{{SK Group}}

[[Category:Blog hosting services]]
[[Category:Webmail]]
[[Category:Online companies of South Korea]]
[[Category:Internet properties established in 2001]]
[[Category:Internet search engines]]
[[Category:SK Group subsidiaries]]
[[Category:Web portals]]


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