Google’s share of China’s Internet search engine market is being rapidly eroded by its Chinese rival Baidu.com Inc, according to new report released today. The report was based on figures from Xinhau, the quasi-government China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC) and reported on by the Search Engine Herald. Baidu.com has
Mobile Content Delivery (MCD) is a hot topic in Russia. While recent research puts the internet audience at 16% (17.6m) of the population, 52% of Russians own a mobile phone. Better still, this group has embraced mobile content at rates which put Europe to shame. It is easy to see
A new survey released this week by the ROMIR research group has attempted to profile the average Russian internet user. They have examined how often he/she is likely to go online and what types of web sites they are visiting. The survey was conducted on a sample of 3650 people,
This week saw the launch of the first aggregation site for Russian RSS feeds, called Kanban.ru. In the same way as the popular Technorati or Bloglines service Kanban will work to become a central portal for the new RSS format. Artyom Kashehlebov, Kanban project leader, explains in interview that it
Russia is one of those rare areas in the world where Google does not rein supreme. According to Liveinternet, the popular public statistics site, Yandex.ru holds a leading market share of 55-60% with Google trailing at 5-6%. Their own published figures show a similar story. While the engine resembles Yahoo!