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Timway
Type of site
Web portal
OwnerTimway
Created byTimmy Yu
URLhttp://timway.com/
CommercialMixed
RegistrationOptional
Launched1997 July

Timway (simplified Chinese: 添达; traditional Chinese: 添達; pinyin: Tiān Dá) is a web portal and directory primarily serving Hong Kong. The Timway Hong Kong Search Engine is designed for searching web sites in Hong Kong. It supports web search query in English and Chinese, and indexes web pages in both languages.[1]

The Timway Hong Kong Search Engine was introduced in 1997 by Tim Yu.[2] It was the first directory in Traditional Chinese and sorted results by popularity and freshness[vague] instead of alphabetical order.[3]

Sina.com.hk used Timway in addition to Google for finding Hong Kong webpages.[4] Yahoo also cooperated with Timway for the search engine marketing business.[5] According to web traffic analysis company Alexa, Timway was one of the top ten most popular websites in Hong Kong by 2009.[6]

Timway now also sells web hosting and other services.[citation needed]

History

The search engine was first created by its founder Tim Yu[2] in July 1997. As an engineer and a book lover, Yu discovered that a Hong Kong-oriented search engine would be more effective in processing massive data (in both English and Chinese) and allow the user to get the exact information required.[3] Seeing the potential in this area, Yu started a searchable directory in Hong Kong. This initiative started earlier than Yahoo!HK,[7] which marked a milestone in the developments of the Hong Kong search portal business.

Milestones:

See also

References

  1. ^ Chau, M., Fang, X., & Yang, C.C. (2007). "Web Searching in Chinese: A Study of a Search Engine in Hong Kong." Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58(7), 1044-1054.
  2. ^ a b c "Shaw Net - Shaw College Annual Mentorship Programme and Alumni Career Talk 2005". Archived from the original on May 15, 2011. Retrieved 2009-03-24.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ a b "Chinese University Alumni Magazine - December2000". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
  4. ^ "新浪網 - 廣告服務". Archived from the original on 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
  5. ^ "雅虎搜尋推廣服務". Archived from the original on 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  6. ^ a b "Alexa - top Sites: Hong Kong". Archived from the original on 2009-01-19. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  7. ^ "Yahoo! 初學者入門". Archived from the original on 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
  8. ^ a b About Timway
  9. ^ Timway Education
  10. ^ "Michael Chau Professional Experience". Archived from the original on 2009-03-19. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  11. ^ "Adobe 成功案例". Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  12. ^ Chau, M., Lu, Y., Fang, X., and Yang, C. C., "Characteristics of Character Usage in Chinese Web Searching," Information Processing and Management, 45, 115-130, 2009.
    • Timway began to provide eCommerce solution starting from 2000.
    • Timway started to offer digital marketing services to clients starting from 2012, helping matching potential consumers with related businesses through various online channels.
    • Timway developed Online Food Ordering Platform in 2015, helping restaurants handle take away orders in shorter time, lower cost and offered great convenience to customers.

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