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How do I see Daum Search the way a visitor in South Korea does?
Daum (search.daum.net) is a South Korean web portal with its own search results, news and community sections. Since December 2025 it has been run by AXZ, a company spun off from Kakao that Upstage agreed to acquire in 2026. It is smaller than Naver but still part of many Korean visibility checks. To see Daum as a searcher in South Korea does, use a Korean residential IP, signed out. JapanProxies sells them with country code kr, paid in crypto with no KYC. As of October 2026, 1 GB costs $2.62 and plans from 100 GB cost $0.50/GB; IPs are chosen by country, with optional city targeting (city availability varies).
Daum Search at a glance
| Site | search.daum.net |
|---|---|
| Run by | AXZ (spun off from Kakao) |
| Type | Search engine and web portal |
| Country | South Korea |
| Proxy username | USERNAME-country-kr (add -session-ID-ttl-30 to keep one IP) |
| Targeting | Country, with optional city (-city-NAME); city availability varies |
| JapanProxies price | $2.62 for 1 GB, $6.60 for 10 GB, traffic never expires |
What is Daum Search?
Daum is one of South Korea's long-standing web portals. Kakao ran it for years, then moved it into AXZ, a separate company that took over Daum's operations in December 2025; Upstage agreed in 2026 to buy AXZ. Like Naver, Daum's result page mixes web documents with its own sections, such as news, Daum Café and blogs.
Brands that track Korean visibility often check Naver first, then Google and Daum, because each portal shows a different set of sources for the same keyword.
What changes when you open Daum Search from a Korean IP?
- Sections shown. News, café and blog sections for a Korean query.
- Search ads. Ads shown to searchers in Korea.
- Korean news sources. The news outlets Daum features for Korean readers.
- Language. Korean content and interface.
What does a Korean IP not change on Daum Search?
- A signed-in profile. Stay signed out so personal settings do not change the page.
- The exact area. City targeting (
-city-seoul) gets an IP in that city when one is online, and city availability varies; the site may still infer a nearby area from other signals. - Your content. A proxy shows the results; it does not change them.
What can you legitimately check on Daum Search?
- Check how your brand and content appear on Daum next to Naver and Google.
- Check the ads that appear on Daum for your keywords.
- Follow how Korean news sources on Daum cover your brand.
- Run these checks for a client in Korea.
More examples in our guide to local search result checks.
What do Daum Search's rules say about automated access?
The robots.txt of search.daum.net disallows the whole host for all robots. Daum's terms of use apply to every visit, so keep checks of its result pages manual and rare.
For regular data, Kakao Developers offers official Daum search APIs (web, blog, café and more) with an app key and call limits. Use a Korean residential IP to see the full live page as a searcher in Korea does.
Our own acceptable use policy applies too: public pages only, no sign-in on someone else's behalf, and respect for each site's decisions about access.
Which proxy settings should I use for Daum Search?
- Username:
USERNAME-country-kr-session-check1-ttl-30. - In the browser, open:
https://search.daum.net/search?q=YOUR+QUERY. - Browser language:
Accept-Language: ko-KR,ko;q=0.9. - Keep checks manual and occasional.
Connect to gw.japanproxies.com on port 7777 (HTTP and HTTPS) or 7778 (SOCKS5), with the username and password from your dashboard. Without a session ID, each new connection can leave from a different Korean IP.
# 1. Confirm the exit is in South Korea (the response shows the IP and its country)
curl -x http://USERNAME-country-kr-session-check1-ttl-30:[email protected]:7777 https://ipinfo.io/json
# 2. Open the page by hand in a browser set to the same proxy and session
# (Firefox steps in /guides/setup/): keep this check manual.How much does a Korean residential IP cost?
The same plans cover Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, with no country surcharge. Occasional checks of Daum Search rarely need more than 5 GB; a page usually weighs a few hundred kilobytes to a few megabytes with images. Larger plans, down to $0.50/GB, are on the pricing page.
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Daum Search: common questions
Who runs Daum?
Since December 2025, Daum has been run by AXZ, a company spun off from Kakao; Upstage agreed in 2026 to acquire AXZ. Daum keeps its own search, news and community sections.
Is Daum still worth checking next to Naver?
For many brands, yes. Daum is smaller than Naver, but it shows a different set of news, café and blog sources for the same keyword, so it completes the picture of Korean visibility.
Does Daum have an official search API?
Yes. Kakao Developers offers Daum search APIs for web documents, blogs, cafés and other sections, with an app key and call limits.
More local site checks in South Korea
South Korea
Sources (3)
- Kakao Developers — Kakao (checked 2026-10-13)
- search.daum.net/robots.txt — search.daum.net (checked 2026-10-13)
- Daum operator AXZ ahead of the Upstage takeover — Medical Today (mdtoday.co.kr) (checked 2026-10-13)
See Daum Search as a visitor in South Korea does
Korean residential IPs, paid in crypto, no KYC. Traffic never expires.