gladiator2339
lol I was just about to talk about Naver too.
In South Korea, "web portals" already do this.
Naver, the most popular site in the country, hosts blogs in a URL format like "blog.naver.com/username/random post id".
And their "blog" search results only show blog posts within the "walled garden". (And I don't like this)
e.g.
https://search.naver.com/search.naver?ssc=tab.blog.all&sm=tab_jum&query=iPhone
Naver blogs are also criticized in Korea for problems such as advertisements and paid reviews.
Edited for more context :
As I always expect from Naver, just saw a post about a "sponsored visit" to the LG Electronics store.
(Why LG Electronics was mentioned in a post -- they started selling iPhones in their stores after they got out of the smartphone business)
