Company
Reading what's in the world, ZUM
In today's internet and mobile-driven society, we make it our mission to evolve with the changing needs of our users.
"Reading what's in the world, ZUM" reflects ZUM Internet's mindset to evolve with our users.
A promise to continuously enhance our user experience, service technology and deliver value.
Finding value with the world < showing the world < Furthering technical advancements to read the world
World
- Focus on technical advancements of our proprietary search engine to perform better big-data analysis
- Deep understanding of the objectives and habits of mobile/web users
- Global issues and trends
- Cultural differences and personal preferences
Read
- Search, analyze and advance our services
- Deep understanding of the changing needs of our users
- Have a clear vision and spark innovation
Summary
- Company
- ZUM Internet Corporation
- CEO
- Namhyun Kim, Taeki Kim
- Establishment
- 10 June, 2009
- Address
- Banpo-daero 3, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea(7F)
- Business
- Internet and Mobile Service
- Service
- zum.com (Search Portal) egloos.com (Blog Service)
History
2009
- 2009. 06
- Established EST M&S Corp (CEO: JS Park)
2010
- 2010. 10
- Established EST Internet Corp (CEO: JJ Kim)
- 2010. 07
- Established Company-Affiliated R&D Center of EST M&S
2011
- 2011. 11
- Open 'News ZUM'
- 2011. 10
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M&A EST M&S and EST Internet
Changed the company name to ZUM Internet Corp (CEO: JJ Kim, SJ Park)
Monthly user of zum.com Exceeding 1 million - 2011. 09
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Launch Open Type Portal 'zum.com'
Launch ZUM Widget and Widget Store
2012
- 2012. 12
- Award Grand prize of Internet Eco-Award
- 2012. 11
- Launch Swing Browser for iOS and Android
- 2012. 10
- Release update of Search ZUM Beta2
- 2012. 09
- Launch 'ZUM Developer Center'
- 2012. 06
- Launch 'Aha ZUM'
- 2012. 05
- Monthly user of zum.com Exceeding 6 million
- 2012. 02
- Launch 'Search ZUM'
2013
- 2013. 12
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Rank 3rd of Local Search Market Share
Release official version of 'Swing Browser' for PC - 2013. 11
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Release 'Cloud Search Engine 2.0'
Launch Mobile zum application(Android, iOS) - 2013. 10
- zum.com monthly search share exceeding 1%
- 2013. 09
- Take over Blog Specialized service 'Egloos'
- 2013. 02
- Launch zum.com 2.0
- 2013. 01
- Release beta version of 'Swing Browser'
2014
- 2014. 11
- Launched 'Open Internet Search' and 'Stock interest in internet'
- 2014. 08
- Renewal of 'Real-Time response' search
- 2014. 07
-
Swing Browser' reaches 1 million monthly unique users
The number of accumulated download reaches 2.9 million - 2014. 07
- Launched zum 3.0
- 2014. 05
- Launched 'TV internet interest'
- 2014. 04
- Launched Open Beta service for 'Time: Tree'
- 2014. 03
- Launched 'Search Social Commerce'
- 2014. 02
- The number of monthly users reaches 0.7 million mark
2015
- 2015. 12
- Opened 'Shopping ZUM' Soho mall qurating service
- 2015. 10
- Exceeding 10 million monthly unique visitors of zum.com
- 2015. 09
- Lauched 'Timetree' official service
- 2015. 08
- Added convenient function of Swing Browser(reservation Web Surfing, Server time check)
- 2015. 07
- Ranked 3rd in share of front page selection
- 2015. 06
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12th anniversary of 'Egloos' blog service
Lauched 'Hub ZUM' Beta service - 2015. 05
-
Swing Browser' reaches 10 million accumulated downloads
Launched 'Shopping ZUM' - 2015. 04
- Launched 'Swing Browser' 2.0
- 2015. 03
- Renewal of 'Site Search Ranking' Service
2016
- 2016. 12
- Launched CBT of 'Egloos App for Mobile'
- 2016. 06
- Listed on the KONEX Market
- 2016. 02
- Opened 'Swing Browser' 3.0
- 2016. 01
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Opened high quality content platform 'Hub ZUM'
Opened '2015, Search Keyword of the Year'
2017
- 2017. 12
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ESTsoft-ZUMinternet won first prize in 'Artificial Intelligence R&D Challenge'
Launched of ‘Newsum’ Android mobile app
Launched of ‘Shozzle’ iOS mobile app
Opened 'Fund Information search' service
Opened 'Fortune Information' service - 2017. 11
- Launched of ‘Shozzle’ Android mobile app
- 2017. 10
- Provided AI-based document classification search service
- 2017. 09
- Opened 'Stock Information' service
- 2017. 08
- Launched of Egloos IOS mobile app
- 2017. 07
- Opened 'Legal Information search' service
- 2017. 06
- A.I Technology Research MOU with Handong University
- 2017. 05
- Exceeding 2% in share of Search queries in Korea
- 2017. 04
- Renewal of Map Search Service
- 2017. 01
- Appointed Mr. Wooseung Kim as the CEO of ZUM Internet
2018
- 2018. 12
- Launched of ‘Short answer type search’ service
- 2018. 11
- Launched of ‘Notice board search’ service
- 2018. 09
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A merger between Zuminternet-Mirae Asset No.5 Spac, to promote listing on KOSDAQ
Launched ‘TV ZUM’ service, a popular TV program VOD clip service - 2018. 08
- Launched ‘Auto ZUM’, new car information and quote comparison service
- 2018. 07
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Launched ‘Tour ZUM’, travel information service
Attract investment of 3 billion from Focus asset management - 2018. 06
- Launched of ‘Realreview’ IOS mobile app
- 2018. 05
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Launched of ‘Realreview’ Android mobile app
Opened 'Coin ZUM' service for virtual currency information - 2018. 04
- Launched of ‘Newsum’ iOS mobile app
- 2018. 03
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Offered ‘Content API’ for developers at ZUM Developer Center
Launched ‘Today Information’ service - 2018. 01
- Launched ‘Recipe Search’ service
2019
- 2019. 06
- Zuminternet, Listed on Kosdaq
- 2019. 05
- Renewal of Zum.com Web main page
- 2019. 03
- Renewal of Zum.com Mobile
- 2019. 02
- Launched of ‘LALLA’, Video fashion review