There was an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal today about how the Chinese hate to use voicemail. Basically it interferes with their culture. Leaving messages for people of lower status is seen as a loss of face. Most … Read More
Keynote Systems (Nasdaq “KEYN”) a provider of e-business performance management services will undertake a study of China’s rapidly growing and highly competitive search engine market. The study will evalute Yahoo! China, Baidu, Google China and Sohu/Sogou incorporating 1,200 Chinese Internet … Read More
Yahoo! China is in talks with the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) about the search engine industry in China. It wasn’t reported exactly what these discussions entail but you have to wonder what Baidu, Google, MSN, Sina, Sohu and … Read More
Shopping engine, Smarter.com has launched in China and Japan according to Gary Price over at Search Engine Watch. Obviously the growth of consumers in China has made this a profitable target. The web design of the Chinese site is closer … Read More
Baidu.com saw nearly triple sales growth but watched its stock prices drop over concerns that they were rising too quickly. Baidu entered the stock market in August and saw it shares open at $27, trade as high as $153, but … Read More
October 26: One of Japan’s major internet service providers Livedoor (corp.livedoor.com) will provide the online marketing services to Chinese market together with Strategic Desision Initiative Ltd. (www.strategicdi.com) through Livedoor’s Chinese portal site “MyRice” (www.myrice.com). The services include; internet advertising, e-mail … Read More
China is regularly in the news these days as the Chinese market hots up and becomes more search engine competitive – but if you’re in China you may not see that news, following new regulations announced and implemented today, reports … Read More
An interesting story has been travelling around the media in Europe this week as Baidu – the leading Chinese search engine – has defended itself from major music labels concerning music downloading. Baidu has strongly protested its innocence claiming that … Read More
An analyst at Morgan Stanley predicted China’s internet industry will surpass Japan with 10 years, an article at Yahoo! News reported today. “The $15.1 billion equity value of China’s commercialized Internet, which includes 13 portals, online game services and auction … Read More
According to the Search Engine Journal blog, Ask Jeeves has released a new blog search engine for Japan. The launch coincides with the Google announcement earlier this week about the beta of its own blog search. Apparently there are 3.35 … Read More
Though the NY Post headline reads “Bested Microsoft offers Google truce” – that they are willing to settle with Google and former employee Kai-Fu Lee, a China development expert, suggests they are ready to move on. Obviously Lee will be … Read More
The number of e-commerce dealers in China now exceeds 20 million – according to the China Electronic Commerce Association. 2005 is the 10th year since e-commerce began in China. 20 million traders means that there are more trading in China … Read More
The Inside Google Sitemaps blog has just announced that Google Sitemaps’ user interface and documentation are now available in ten additional languages. The newly added languages are: Brazilian Portuguese Dutch French German Italian Korean Russian Simplified Chinese Spanish Traditional Chinese … Read More
MSN has opened the doors of its new AdCenter in Singapore – its long awaited move into the pay per click market – reports Abondance. The minimum cost per click has been set at 10 cents in Singapore Dollars or … Read More
Seems Google is responding to recent surveys that have Baidu taking a lead in the Chinese market. They have released China Local Search. News coverage and other blogs have been quick to notice and comment. Since Biadu went public recently … Read More
