Baidu, Joyo sign ad deal
Joyo, the Chinese Amazon.com, has signed a deal with Baidu for placement of ads on the Baidu site. Joyo, which expanded into numerous ecommerce areas, is a prominent Chinese b2b player.
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June 13, 2006
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Australian student patents new search method: Part 2
Seems Google has come along and grabbed this Aussie’s algorithm. According to an SEOChat article, Google acquired the algorithm developed by a New South Wales University graduate student. The Orion search engine hunts down pages where the content covers a topic that is strongly related to the searched-for keyword or
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April 20, 2006
Yahoo! to expand research facilities in Europe and South America
Yahoo announced yesterday that it is expanding its research facilities in both Europe and Latin America. Web retrieval expert, Dr. Ricardo Baeza-Yates – a new hire – will work in the Barcelona office – the first addition in Europe.
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January 24, 2006
Japanese portal founder jailed
Takafumi Horie, founder of Liverdoor – a major Japanese portal – has been jailed along with other members of the executive board following allegations of breaches in the country’s Securities Exchange Law. The beleaguered company has dropped more than 60% in value in the past week.
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January 24, 2006
Guanxi: secret to marketing in China
A recent article at CMO magazine discusses the subtleties of marketing in China. The use of guanxi – your “network of influence” or your sphere of friends and acquaintences – is explained as being far more valuable than other Western marketing methods.
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January 11, 2006
Is China the next big thing?
Jamie Gottlieb over at Adotas.com gives an interesting spin on the rampant growth of online marketing in China. She suggests the billion dollar investment by Yahoo!, the data center being developed by Google and IPOs like Baidu.com – all suggest China may surpass the United States in Internet usage in
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January 9, 2006
Japan wants its own search engine
Seems the Japanese government wants the people of Japan to have its own search engine. One developed by the Japanese for the Japanese to counter the presence of Google Japan, Yahoo! Japan and others.
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December 20, 2005
Aussie search engine Sensis adds Click to call
The popularity of Click to Call is gaining global support as Sensis anounced an offering for Push to Talk using Estara technology. Their press release states: “Sensis is very excited to offer Australia’s first ‘Click to Call’ solution, a leading edge technology,” said Alex Parsons, Group Manager sensis.com.au. “We’re committed
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December 9, 2005
Baidu high on censorship
According to a recent article in The Guardian, Chinese search engine Baidu founder, Robin Li, may have shown he can go toe to toe with Google in China, but it also indicates he is heavy on censorship. As the article details Baidu is “a search engine that is weak on
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December 9, 2005
ICANN to approve .asia domain
A recent article at Bizreport.com indicated that ICANN has given tentative approval of the .asia domain. This should help some, while also causing the usual stampede for open domains. The question remains is this another false lead – like the .xxx domain for adult sites.
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December 6, 2005