<s>
Goo	B-Application
(	O
Japanese	O
:	O
goo	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
Internet	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	I-Application
(	O
powered	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
)	O
and	O
web	O
portal	O
based	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
crawl	O
and	O
index	O
primarily	O
Japanese	O
language	O
websites	O
(	O
before	O
switching	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goo	B-Application
is	O
operated	O
by	O
the	O
Japanese	O
NTT	O
Resonant	O
,	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
NTT	O
Communications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NTT-X	O
was	O
established	O
as	O
an	O
operating	O
company	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
and	O
goo	B-Application
began	O
full-fledged	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
goo	B-Application
started	O
"	O
goo	B-Application
shop	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
shopping	O
mall	O
,	O
a	O
tie-up	O
with	O
Recruit	O
,	O
a	O
joint	O
project	O
with	O
Nikkei	O
Newspaper	O
Inc.	O
,	O
an	O
Internet	O
research	O
project	O
jointly	O
with	O
Mitsubishi	O
Research	O
Institute	O
,	O
further	O
enhanced	O
as	O
a	O
portal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goo	B-Application
's	O
most	O
popular	O
service	O
,	O
"	O
goo	B-Application
dictionary	O
"	O
started	O
as	O
the	O
portal	O
's	O
free	O
dictionary	O
service	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
Sanseido	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goo	B-Application
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
were	O
displayed	O
on	O
Yahoo	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
and	O
beyond	O
,	O
the	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
and	O
information	O
provision	O
service	O
of	O
the	O
portal	O
site	O
of	O
the	O
NTT	O
provider	O
such	O
as	O
OCN	O
,	O
Plala	O
,	O
WAKWAK	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
are	O
often	O
using	O
goo	B-Application
's	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
Goo	B-Application
opened	O
a	O
child-friendly	O
counterpart	O
to	O
its	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
known	O
as	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goo	B-Application
"	O
was	O
a	O
user	O
participation	O
type	O
Q	O
&	O
A	O
site	O
,	O
2.88	O
million	O
monthly	O
visitors	O
(	O
as	O
of	O
January	O
2007	O
)	O
,	O
formerly	O
partnered	O
with	O
"	O
OK	O
Wave	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
services	O
included	O
"	O
environmental	O
goo	B-Application
"	O
,	O
goo	B-Application
blog	O
,	O
content	O
distribution	O
of	O
the	O
former	O
BROBA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goo	B-Application
was	O
operated	O
by	O
300	O
people	O
as	O
of	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Popcorn	O
of	O
the	O
Kurashiki	O
City	O
of	O
Okayama	O
Prefecture	O
acquired	O
the	O
domain	O
name	O
goo.co.jp	O
in	O
August	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
domain	O
acquisition	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
had	O
been	O
operating	O
as	O
a	O
non-adult	O
site	O
where	O
the	O
schoolgirl	O
on	O
the	O
theme	O
,	O
goo.ne.jp	B-Application
became	O
famous	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2000	O
NTT-X	O
,	O
then	O
goo	B-Application
's	O
operating	O
company	O
filed	O
a	O
request	O
to	O
the	O
Industrial	O
Property	O
Arbitration	O
Center	O
(	O
currently	O
the	O
Japan	O
Intellectual	O
Property	O
Arbitration	O
Center	O
)	O
to	O
relocate	O
the	O
domain	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
January	O
2001	O
the	O
centre	O
ordered	O
the	O
transfer	O
of	O
the	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
