China Mobile, the world’s biggest cellphone carrier and Xinhua, China’s official state run news agency, signed an agreement to establish a new Internet search engine and international media company, “Search Engine New Media International Communications Co.” It was not immediately … Read More
In a Wall Street Journal interview, Baidu CEO Robin Li stated that international expansion will be a key revenue driver for the Chinese search engine in the coming years. Baidu launched a Japanese version of its site in 2008 and … Read More
The Financial Times reports today that David Wei, Chief Executive of Alibaba.com, has revealed that George Soros has become one of the organisation’s largest shareholders. Mr. Wei also told the FT that Alibaba intends to buy out Yahoo’s stake in … Read More
GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain name registration company, stopped registering websites in China on Wednesday after it received demands for additional information about its existing customers. This was revealed in Congressional hearings focusing on Google’s decision to stop censoring search … Read More
Chinese search engine Baidu is the undisputed market leader when it comes to search in China – and following Google’s closure of its Chinese website, its market share is likely to rise. Organisations attempting to reach the 380 million Chinese … Read More
Google’s announcement that it is re-directing Chinese users to uncensored Chinese-language results at Google Hong Kong is an historic turning point when one ’empire’ sees its apparently unassailable position as no longer certain. In China it is hugely important to … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
