Indonesian Developers May Contribute to Yahoo

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VIVAnews - Apparently, Indonesia does not only contribute to a great deal of users of Yahoo, but also one of the most active developer contributors for the company.

"The developer of Yahoo Indonesia is listed third top as regards the most active [developer in the world]," said Jason Coates, Head of Public Relations of Yahoo of South East Asia, on Thursday, March 5.

Coates said the US developers are listed on top position. In addition, the activeness of the Indonesian developers overcome it is of Indians.

Yahoo has been trying to cooperate with developers to provide new applications for its platform.

One of the efforts is to organize events like "Yahoo Mobile Developer Award 2008" which was held in Singapore last year.

In the event, Yahoo facilitated the developers and companies that were willing to advertise in Yahoo sites or services.

Then, the advertisers will call for the developers to build specific applications based on the advertised product.

Therefore, if a bank wants to advertise in Yahoo! Go (Yahoo application for Java-based cellphone) platform, the bank may ask the developer to build a special application, such as ATM finder or the nearest branch office of the bank.

Reportedly, Yahoo wants to organize a similar event in Indonesia soon. When being confirmed about the issue, Senior Director of Yahoo Indonesia, Pontus Sonnerstedt, did not reply yet nodding on the issue.

"Soon, our partner who deals with mobile platform will visit Indonesia to explain about [the issue]," Sonnerstedt said.

Therefore, Indonesia will be more important for Yahoo because not only does the market share in the country grow, but it may also be an application contributor for Yahoo.

The increase in Internet users in Indonesia causes the country to be of greater importance for service providers on the Internet.

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Translated by: Ariyantri E. Tarman