China bloggers to reach 100 million in 2007
The number of bloggers in China is expected to reach 60 million by the end of the year and 100 million in 2007 according to a report on China’s media industry by the prestigious Qinghua University. China is the world’s second-largest Internet market after the United States with more than 110 million users. Xinhua, the […]
Google's Gu Ge is no Gou Gou in China
Google’s new name, Gu Ge which loosely translated means harvest song, is getting a lot of feedback and most of it is negative. In a recent poll by Sina.com, 85% of those responding were opposed to the Gu Ge name. Gou Gou (dog dog), already taken, was favored by most as a more appropriate name. […]
"One Billion Customers" author James McGregor's take on China search
Paul Gigot of Fox News interviewed James McGregor, former Wall Street Journal China Bureau Chief and the author of “One Billion Customers: Lessons of from the Frontlines of doing Business in China.” McGregor will be a keynote speaker at adTech in San Francisco this week. GIGOT: What about this issue of the Internet companies, who […]
China news websites back calls for self censorship
In a move that was praised by the People’s Daily, eleven news websites backed a call for self-censorship and the eradication of pornographic and violent content on the internet . Fourteen portals in China also announced earlier that they were blocking “unhealthy” content. They urged other portals to join them in this action. According to […]
Baidu and Intel to work on search applications in China
Baidu, China’s leading search engine, and Intel signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate in the development of Internet search and related applications in China. The two companies will work together to develop search applications for personal computers, laptops, handsets and home devices. Intel is Baidu’s backend server platform provider. “Baidu is the most […]
Free Marketing Guide to China Part 2
A quick reminder to all of you working in the Chinese Market, MarketingSherpa has released the second part of their free two part report on the subject (part 1 covered here) It focuses on mobile marketing, search marketing, and Internet ads. Special Report Part II: Internet Marketing in China — 100 Million Chinese Online & […]
Google is now Gu Ge or "Harvest Song" in China
Google CEO Eric Schmidt defended Google’s cooperation with the Chinese government’s censorship while announcing their new Chinese name in Beijing Wednesday. Scmidt told reporters “The number one goal, by far, is to serve the Chinese citizen who wants information” . He added, “There are many cases where certain information is not allowed by law or […]
China search marketers protest Baidu, Google actions
An organization of more than 600 Chinese search marketing agencies accused the major search engines in China of taking their customers away. The current contracts with search engines treat the agencies as intermediaires and changing the relationship could spell doom for the nearly 120,000 search marketing agencies in China. The search engines have not responded […]
Baidu still reigns supreme in China
According to iResearch, a market research company in China that focuses on Internet media, e-commerce, online games, wireless value-added and other new economic fields which relate to Internet industry, Baidu controls 56.6 % of the search market share. Following at a distant second is Google with 32.8% market share. That means Baidu and Google account […]
China's search industry to face "sharp slowdown"
According to Analysys International, an Internet based provider of business information, China’s search engine industry will experience a sharp slowdown in revenue growth over the next 18 months. Search engine users are dissatisfied with search results and advertisers aren’t seeing the numbers they expected. “The user experience is not satisfying. When a user types in […]