Baidu to integrate ERNIE 4.0, which ‘rivals’ GPT-4, into Search
The Chinese tech giant is planning to incorporate Ernie 4.0 into its search engine, which will change its SERPs.
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SearchCap: comScore Data, Google Autocomplete API & PPC 2015
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Reduce Cart Abandonment and Increase Revenue with Customer Reviews — July 29 Webcast Learn how reviews can help drive SEO traffic and revenue. US Desktop Search Rankings Hold Steady; Google Maintains […]
SearchCap: Duane Forrester No Longer With Bing, Animated GIFs In Bing Images & Paid Search Roundup
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The Economic Impact of SEO Media Services- November 6 Webcast Using an outside expert resource for global SEO and earned media services can make your search marketing campaigns a valuable investment. […]
Chinese Search Giant Baidu Reports $2.2 Billion In Revenue For 3Q 2014
China’s leading search engine Baidu posted its 3Q 2014 earnings yesterday, reporting $2.2 billion (RMB13.520 billion) in total revenue, a 52 percent year over year increase. According to Baidu chairman and CEO Robin Li, the site’s mobile traffic surpassed PC traffic last quarter, with mobile revenue representing 36 percent of total revenue. “In the third […]
Baidu Beats Expectations, Posts 59 Pct Revenue Growth In Q1 2014
Chinese search engine leader and advertising provider, Baidu, released financials for the first quarter of the year reporting total revenues of $1.53 billion USD at $1.24 earnings per share. That’s a 59.1 percent increase in revenue from the previous year and beats street expectations on both fronts. Analysts had expected the company to report $1.5 […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 5, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The Test Begins: Do Google Shopping & Other Shopping Search Engines Give You The Best Deals? It sounds pretty damning. Two recent surveys suggest that Google Shopping isn’t leading searchers to […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 16, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google: Further Penguin Update “Jolts” To Come; Panda Is Smoother & Monthly Fasten your seat belt, if you’ve been spamming Google. The anti-spam “Penguin Update” will have more jolts in the […]
Baidu Beats Estimates, Posts Impressive Revenue Growth
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 […]
Yandex Expands To Turkey, First Shots Fired In New Google, Baidu & Yandex Stand Off
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 […]
Chinese Search Giant Baidu Warns on Slowing Growth
It appears that Baidu is following in Google’s footsteps in more ways than one: its search growth is slowing. As companies become larger high percentage growth rates becomes harder to achieve and sustain. According to a report appearing in Reuters a Baidu senior executive told an investment conference that growth will “moderate” during 2011. Investors […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 16, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Image Search Now With Leaderboard Ads The Google AdWords Blog announced a new ad format available on the image search vertical. The new ad format is the old-style leaderboard display […]
Live Blogging Baidu CEO Robin Li At Web 2.0 Summit
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 […]
How Google Could Have Bought Baidu And Other Fascinating Details About China’s Largest Search Engine
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 […]
Untangling The Confusing Search Scene In Asia
A raft of recent search engine developments in the Far East means the picture is not so wonderfully clear anymore. In Japan, Korea and China there have been signficant search engine market changes. Let's try and figure out what's going on?
Baidu’s Search Ad Revenue Drops 10-15% After Paid Ad Scandal
Chinese internet giant sacks staff over paid for search listings from the Guardian reports Baidu has dropped the ads of four clients after finding out their medical licenses were false. According to the Guardian, this has resulted in Baidu’s ad revenue dropping ten to fifteen percent, plus the release of several ad representatives who have […]
Baidu Relaunches In Japan
Baidu aims to take on Google and Yahoo in Japan from Reuters reports Baidu has relaunched in Japan at https://www.baidu.jp/. The press release called the launch a “formal launch of its Japanese language search engine.” As part of this launch, Baidu revamped the Japanese home page and added blog search. Baidu currently holds a 70-percent […]
Baidu’s CFO Dies In Holiday Accident
Baidu.com says CFO killed in China accident from the AFP reports Shawn Wang, Baidu’s CFO, died on December 27. Wang was in a fatal accident during a holiday vacation in China. He joined Baidu in 2004 and helped Baidu with their extremely successful IPO and NASDAQ listing.