Google in China – A timeline
As Google announces its withdrawl from the Chinese market, this post highlights some of the key events in Google’s ten year history in the country. 2000 – A Chinese language version of Google.com is launched – and over the next few years is often blocked or at least temporarily unavailable. It does not have widespread […]
Google threatens to exit China
Google has threatened to withdraw from China after a cyber attack out of China tried to break into the Gmail accounts of human rights activists. They also targeted twenty other companies. In a blog post Google said it experienced a “highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure, with the probes originating from China” […]
Strong opportunity for mobile marketers in Asia-Pacific
The Mobile Marketing Association announced the results of its Annual Global Mobile Attitude and Usage Study conducted in 2008. The markets surveyed in the Asia Pacific segment of the study include: Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. It shows the strong market opportunity for mobile marketers in APAC region. The study’s […]
Baidu to provide wireless search for China Unicom
Baidu, China’s leading search engine announced yesterday that it has signed an agreement with China Unicom to provide wireless search. China Unicom is the country’s second largest cell phone operator with 141 million mobile users. China Telecom, the largest cell phone operator has 450 million users. In May, Baidu reached a deal to provide search […]
SEMPO expands the reach to APAC region
Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) announced its launch of SEMPO APAC Committee. SEMPO APAC plans and organizes SEMPO activities in the Asia-Pacific region to educate the market, grow membership and awareness of the Online & Search Marketing Industry, as well as to provide support to working groups under SEMPO APAC. Currently the committee has […]
Head of Google China Moves On
The BBC reports that Lee Kai-Fu will leave his post as President of Google Greater China during September adding to a bumpy period for Google in China. After 4 years, he will be replaced by John Liu who currently heads Google’s Chinese Sales team. Baidu is the leading search engine in China and Google has […]
Twitter, Flickr, Bing, Live and Hotmail blocked in China
According to Danwei, a popular Chinese media, advertising, and urban life blog, the following sites are now blocked in China. Twitter, Flickr, Hotmail, Live and Bing. It appears that Bing, the new Microsoft search engine is being blocked because it is “autoplaying Youtube videos when you put your mouse over them.” Kaiser Kuo, digital guru […]
SEMPO Chairman and Board of Directors to tour Asia
SEMPO (Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization) Asia Tour and Seminars aim to foster awareness, educate, and promote the search industry in Asia by connecting professionals in the regions and Western markets, and creating a better understanding of search and its role in marketing. The event consists of seminars, press conferences, and networking receptions at each […]
Baidu staff strike over new salary system
Employees from Baidu’s South China subsidiary went on strike protesting changes to the new salary system which became effective May 1 of this year as reported by 163.com. The employees signed a new salary agreement in late April and are claiming they didn’t fully understand it. They began protesting in front of Guangzhou’s Tianhe District […]
Baidu censorship documents leaked
A set of internal working documents from the censorship department at Baidu, China’s largest search engine, were recently leaked. These documents are quickly appearing on blogs, forums and across the internet both in China and around the world. A China Digital Times post includes a comprehensive list of the websites that are being censored by […]