Google expands new trademark policy – but sidesteps Europe
Following the expansion of their trademark policy to the UK last year, Google has widened its looser trademark policy which basically allows all-comers to bid on trademark keywords increasing the cost of trademark advertising via the number one search engine and allowing competitors to aggressively buy each others ‘marks. The new change expands the ‘we […]
Baidu tops revenue forecasts
Baidu (BIDU), China’s leading search engine reported first-quarter net income grew 24%. Baidu’s total revenues in the first quarter of 2009 were CNY810.7 million (USD 118.76 million), a 41.1% increase from the corresponding period in 2008. Net income for the quarter was CNY181.1 million (USD 26.5 million), a 23.5% increase from the corresponding period in […]
Baidu accused of being a monopoly
Baidu.com, China’s leading search engine company, has been accused of being a monopoly by the Tangshan Renren Information Service Company (TRISC) who is demanding more than 1.1 million renminbi (USD $160,000) in compensation. The suit was opened at the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court on April 22, 2009. Baidu refused an out of court […]
Baidu to launch new advertising programme and 3G search
China Knowledge reports that Baidu Chief Executive, Robin Li, revealed at the Boao Forum for Asia that Baidu is launching a new advertising programme AND a 3G solution for this year – but has no plans to expand outside of China and Japan, for the moment. The new advertising programme is entitled “Phoenix Nest” or […]
Baidu launches search for seniors
Baidu.com, the world’s leading Chinese search, launched a specially designed search engine for seniors. The search engine which is more like a portal is named named “Baidu Elderly Search” in Chinese. The design helps older users by emphasizing clicking on links as opposed to entering characters. It is a clean design with large fonts and […]
Baidu took 73.2% Chinese search share in 2008
Chinese research company, iResearch, reported that Baidu had 73.2% search market share in 2008. (72.6% in 2007) The top 3 engines in China in 2008 were Baidu, Google and Yahoo.
50 million bloggers in China
According to China Internet Association, there are more than 50 million blogger in China as of November 2008. The number of blogs has reached 100 million. There are 290 million Internet users in China right now.
Baidu unveils the 'Aladdin Plan' to reveal hidden web
Baidu, the world’s largest Chinese search engine, announced the opening of a Shanghai research and development center to implement the “Aladdin Plan” in order to identifying the ‘Hidden Web’. The Hidden Web, also know as ‘Deepnet’ or, the ‘Invisible Web’ is content that is not currently indexed by search engines. This area of the web […]
Baidu's Robin Li to keynote at ad:tech Shanghai
Robin Li, CEO of the world’s leading Chinese search engine Baidu, will be the keynote speaker at ad:tech. ad:tech, a global interactive marketing event, will be held in Shanghai, Novermber 25 – 26, 2008 at the Shanghai International Convention and Exhibition Center. Day 2 keynote speakers will be Harry Hui, Chief Marketing Officer of PepsiCo […]
B2B search engine Accoona acquired by Masterseek
Accoona, a b2b search engine, was recently acquired by the Masterseek, a global business search engine. “Masterseek is a virtual showroom to search out business information about others and to guide and update the information available on your own company.” Accoona launched in 2004 with great fanfare including having former US President Bill Clinton speak […]