The most popular search engine in China, Baidu, is reportedly working on a new image search feature for facial recognition. Searchers can upload an image of a face and Baidu will try to return other photos of the same person, with information on the name of the person. There are reports that the feature works well with celebrities but not unknown or not-well known people. I tested this with my own image and it does return a match for me. Google does have a similar feature named Search By Image that has been around since June of 2011. Google also does have a feature in Google+ named [...]

Related Topics: Baidu | Channel: Search | Google: Images | Search Engines: Photo & Image Search

Everyone knows China is one of the hottest, fastest-growing markets for consumer goods, but how does a U.S. company become known by Chinese consumers via search marketing? One Silicon Valley-based company by the name of Glogou is working to bridge that gap with two new offerings -- an English-language interface to the ad market on the popular Chinese search engine Baidu, and a service that helps US businesses gauge their accessibility and visibility in China. The company, which also has offices in Boston and Beijing, has long offered related translation services, keyword research and search [...]

Related Topics: Baidu | Channel: Search | Search Engines: Baidu | Search Marketing: General

This afternoon Baidu released its second quarter financial results. The company made 5.46 billion yuan or $858.8 million, a nearly 60 percent increase from a year ago. Profit was 2.815 billion yuan or  $443.1 million a roughly 52 percent increase from last year. The company also said that revenue per customer was roughly $2,440 against a customer base of 352,000 online advertisers in Q2. Revenue per advertiser was up roughly 35 percent vs. last year. Baidu traffic acquisition costs were 8.3 percent of total revenue, up from 7.8 percent in Q1. However, by comparison Google's traffic acq [...]

Related Topics: Baidu | Channel: Search

Bloomberg News reports that as early as next week at the Apple Developer WWDC event, Apple and Baidu will announce a partnership to bring the popular Chinese search engine to iOS devices. We heard rumors of this a few months back, but now we have the reputable Bloomberg News citing "two people with knowledge of the matter." Baidu holds 80 percent market share in China and is a logical fit for iOS search in China. Both Baidu and Apple declined to comment when Bloomberg reporters reached out to them. Related EntriesFastest Growth For Baidu, Second Place For Yandex & Google Is [...]

Related Topics: Apple | Baidu | Channel: Mobile | Google: Mobile | Google: Outside US

There are reports coming out of China that Apple will add Baidu as a default search option on iOS. The angle some are taking argues this is further evidence of Apple's efforts to marginalize Google on iOS. However a better explanation is that it's a rational move to offer access to China's largest search engine. Baidu has greater than 80 percent search market share in China. If accurate Apple's decision is very analogous to when the company introduced Yahoo and Bing as default search options on the iPhone a couple of years ago. Indeed, it would be strange for Apple to exclude China's most p [...]

Related Topics: Baidu | Channel: Mobile | Google: Android | Google: Mobile | Google: Outside US

Welcome to 2012 and Happy New Years Day everyone! We wanted to share with you the logos and themes from the search engines for New Years! Google had two different logos, one for New Years Eve and the other for New Years Day. Bing had an outstanding video home page background: Yahoo had this nice Flash animated logo: Ask.com: Dogpile: Baidu: Sogou: Also, you do not want to miss the best Google logos for 2011. [...]

Related Topics: Ask: Promotions | Baidu | Channel: Consumer | Google: Logos | Microsoft: Marketing | Top News

China has historically been the land of copyright and trademark infringement of Western software, goods and other intellectual property -- and Chinese websites such as Baidu and Taobao its willing handmaidens. In February of this year the US trade authority named Baidu one of the world’s "notorious markets" because it was seen facilitating copyright infringement. Here's what the US Trade Representative said in February: Baidu exemplifies the problem of online services engaged in "deep linking," which provide links to online locations containing the allegedly infringing materials. The [n [...]

Related Topics: Baidu | Channel: Search | Legal: Copyright | Legal: General | Legal: Regulation

Chinese search engine Baidu will reportedly spend nearly a half-billion dollars to bring small businesses online and, among other things, train 100,000 search marketing professionals in China. As reported by both NASDAQ and AMP, Baidu will make a $470 million investment in China's online market between now and the end of 2015. The NASDAQ article explains that Baidu's cash will help an estimated two million small- and medium-sized businesses expand. And that's not all: However, the real payoff here is that Baidu will train 100,000 search marketing professionals, help small- and medium-siz [...]

Related Topics: Baidu | Channel: Search

Did you think the search engine war was over and that Google had won? Perhaps you believed that there were a few outposts still resisting the Google conquest, but expected that they’d give in eventually? If so, you’d better sit down and take a strong drink as the first salvos in the new Search Engine War has just been exchanged -- and this time, it’s not going to be so one-sided. Google’s ‘Blitzkrieg' from 2003 to 2006 took out many locally strong search engines who simply couldn’t find the resources, couldn’t match Google’s pace of innovation or couldn’t resist Google� [...]

Related Topics: Baidu | Channel: SEO | Google & China | Multinational Search | Search Engines: Yandex

A few weeks ago, I spent a few days with the Baidu team in Beijing. My first conversation was with Kaiser Kuo who is the Director of International Communications and the very first topic we covered was in answer to the question, "What would you rather people better understood relating to Baidu and its position in the market?" Whilst some of the responses were as you might expect – they were nonetheless revealing and fascinating. 1.  Baidu Is Not A Google Clone You may recall my interview with Ilya Segalovich at Yandex where he already had a bunch of slides set up to address the point t [...]

Related Topics: Baidu | Channel: SEO | Multinational Search

China's dominant search engine Baidu is trying to expand its reach beyond Chinese-language speakers. Reuters is reporting that Baidu and Microsoft have done a deal that will offer Bing powered English-language results for the Chinese search engine. It's not clear whether this is limited to China or will be used in other markets where English is spoken. We've asked Microsoft for some additional color and perspective. Baidu controls roughly 80 percent of the search market in China, according to several sources. Google is second with approximately 19 percent. A Bloomberg report suggests [...]

Related Topics: Baidu | Channel: Search | Microsoft: Bing | Microsoft: Outside US | Microsoft: Partnerships | Top News

Baidu CEO & Chairman Robin Li will be speaking today at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. I’m here and will be live blogging his remarks, when the session begins. Li is set to speak at 5:15pm Pacific, and he’ll be interviewed on stage by John Battelle. Live blogging to start shortly. There’s also a live stream here. Don't know much about Baidu? China's largest search engine. BusinessWeek just did a big profile about it, which you can read here or get the highlights from our How Google Could Have Bought Baidu And Other Fascinating Details About China’s Largest Search En [...]

Related Topics: Baidu | Business Issues: General | Channel: Search | Search Engines: Baidu | Search Engines: China Search Engines | Top News

BusinessWeek has published a terrific and lengthy article on Chinese search engine Baidu, how it "won" China and its global aspirations. The following is the CliffsNotes version. Baidu holds a 73 percent market share in China, the world's largest internet market. The company is worth $38 billion and is 57 percent larger than Yahoo. Its shares have doubled in value since Google "withdrew" from China to Hong Kong earlier this year. Baidu CEO Robin Li (41) got a masters at SUNY Buffalo. He once worked at Infoseek and is now the second richest man in China. The piece contains a number of [...]

Related Topics: Baidu | Business Issues: Acquisitions & Investments | Channel: Search | Google: Business Issues | Search Engines: Baidu | Top News