Report: Baidu Search Option Coming To Apple’s iOS Next Week

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 […]

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Baidu IphoneBloomberg 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.


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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.

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