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Feb. 6, 2008 at 8:03am by Danny Sullivan
Google To Fight Baidu In China With Legal Music Downloads?
One of the key weaknesses Google has seemed to face in growing market share in China has been the fact that many people turn to Baidu to download music. Now the company may be fixing this, reports the Wall Street Journal:...
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Nov. 6, 2007 at 9:16am by Greg Sterling
Alibaba IPO Reportedly As Big As Google's
The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal both report on the IPO and first day of trading for Alibaba.com. The offering was the biggest IPO by any Chinese company and raised an estimated $2 billion. The market capitalization of the company is now nearly $26 billion. Yahoo owns...
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Jul. 12, 2007 at 12:17pm by Chris Sherman
An Inside Look At China's Internet Population
Deborah Fallows, Senior Research Fellow, Pew Internet & American Life Project, has just published a fascinating report detailing the demographics of Chinese internet users. Deb, an American currently living in Shanghai, notes that "there are now an estimated 137 million internet users in China, second in number only to the...
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Jun. 1, 2007 at 6:52am by Gord Hotchkiss
A Tale Of Two Cultures
Last week I had the opportunity to present some very preliminary results from our Chinese eye tracking study to a Chinese audience at Search Engine Strategies Xiamen. We’re still going over the results and preparing a final report, the highlights of which I’ll cover in this column in a...
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May. 31, 2007 at 12:27pm by Chris Sherman
Searcher Behavior In China
Attendees of Search Engine Strategies conferences in North America and Europe know that the searcher behavior panel has grown into one of the most popular sessions of the show. No surprise why: sophisticated search marketers have mostly mastered the tactical aspects of their craft, and in looking for a competitive...
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Mar. 6, 2007 at 2:49pm by Chris Sherman
Report: Google Gaining, But Baidu Still Dominates In China
Reporting from the Fourth Annual Piper China Growth Conference, analyst Safa Rashtchy says that China-based search engine Baudu continues to dominate in market share for both organic and paid listings, but apparently Google's increased investments in China are paying off. Baidu also believes the opportunity in Japan will be significant...
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Jan. 9, 2007 at 12:47pm by Chris Sherman
Yahoo China Morphing Into A Business Portal
Yahoo China is transforming itself into a business-oriented search engine, in part to deal with crushing competition from Baidu.com and portal Sina.com. "If Yahoo is going to win, it has to do so in a new way," said Jack Ma, CEO of e-commerce company Alibaba Group, which runs Yahoo's China...
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Dec. 26, 2006 at 8:48am by Barry Schwartz
Google Partners With China Mobile To Launch Mobile Search
Forbes reports that China Mobile and Google will be launching a mobile search service in 2007. The details are very fuzzy right now, all we know is that a China Mobile representative said something to the effect that they "begun developing their joint mobile search product for launch in 2007."...
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Dec. 22, 2006 at 9:03am by Barry Schwartz
Google Says They Won't Ask For Help In China To Compete
In Google sticks to solo plans from the Shanghai Daily, Google said it won't work with a local partner in China to gain marketshare. Google's vice president of China operations, Kai-fu Lee said that they "have confidence in our current approach" in China. Currently, Baidu has 50 percent share in...
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Dec. 14, 2006 at 9:48am by Barry Schwartz
Microsoft China To Display Baidu's Search Ads
MarketWatch reports that Microsoft and Baidu struck a deal where Baidu will be powering the paid search ads at Microsoft's MSN, Live.com and other China based services. Again, Baidu is to power Microsoft's ads in China, not the other way around. Baidu has the official press release. From the top...
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Dec. 8, 2006 at 9:19am by Barry Schwartz
Baidu Launches Blog Search Engine In China
People's Daily Online reports Baidu has launched a blog search engine in China yesterday. The blog search engine is the first of its kind in China. Yu Jun, a senior executive with Baidu, said the service was based on a database of billions of websites, including all the blogs supported...
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Dec. 4, 2006 at 10:39am by Bill Slawski
Google Battling Baidu for Searchers in China and Japan
The Chicago Tribune took a close and thoughtful look at the search engine market in China, in Baidu vs. Google this weekend (free user registration required). This morning, Baidu announced in a press release that they would be entering the Japanese search market in 2007. Some insights from the Tribune...
