(Updated with the latest stats on April 2020) Across most of the world, Google has a monopoly on the search engine market, but not in China. In China, Google has a tiny 1.97% search market share, and local alternatives thrive … Read More
360 Search is the second most popular search engine in China, with over 35% of the market share. Yet despite having as many users as the entire UK population, many international marketers have never heard of it. If you are … Read More
This blog post was updated on 5 September 2023. China has the largest internet population in the world, with a staggering 1 billion citizens being online. However, the Chinese digital landscape is vastly different from anywhere else in the world, … Read More
If you’re planning to advertise in China, then you need to know how to make the most of the local search engine, Baidu. Baidu has a variety of tools available to advertisers. However, these tools are very different from what … Read More
If you are planning to advertise in South Korea, then you need to know how to make the most of the local search engine, Naver. Naver has an advertising platform that is equivalent to Google Ads, called Naver Ad. However, … Read More
This blog post was updated on 17 October 2023. 833 million Indians are online, which is 58% of the country’s population. That is massive! It means that not only does India have one of the largest online populations in the … Read More
Social media in India is big. In 2016, a staggering 216 million Indians were on social media and this number is set to rise to 358 million by 2021. This provides huge opportunities for brands wanting to target India, as … Read More
360 Search is the second largest search engine in China, with over 35% of the market share. It is a product of Qihoo 360, a Chinese cyber security company whose free anti-virus software is the most popular and trusted in … Read More
This blog post was updated on 21 June 2023. Weibo is a popular social media platform in China. It is a real-time, microblogging platform with around 593 million monthly active users. As it is so widely used by the general … Read More
WeChat is a great marketing tool to use if your business is targeting China, the main reason being that it has 768 million daily active users! It is the biggest social network in the country, a platform offering a myriad … Read More
China offers huge opportunities for international businesses, but it is important to understand the unique Chinese internet landscape, language, culture and present challenges when running a business in China. Today we will highlight some of the common misconceptions and mistakes … Read More
For most businesses, an international strategy will include China – simply because of the size and scale of the opportunity there. Yet from language to culture to the law, this market is vastly different from any other country and success … Read More
For years, Baidu has been perceived as the main channel for paid search in China because of its dominating position in the Chinese online market; however, do we, overseas advertisers, really know how to advertise on Baidu? Baidu is a … Read More
Nicknames and made-up names are becoming a thing of the past in China: No more fake Putins, Obamas or Financial Times columnists. No more anonymous bloggers. From pop-stars to politicians, and everyone in between, from 1st March 2015 Chinese users … Read More
The next Chinese New Year will be on Thursday 19th February 2015 and will be the Year of the Sheep. Chinese New Year is celebrated in China, obviously, and also anywhere else in the world with a significant Chinese population. … Read More
