A fascinating experiment in internet culture has been launched by Facebook who have localised their interface to the Chinese markets. As the Chinese markets are very concerned about ‘face’ – how will they cope with a ‘face’ book that means … Read More
comScore just released an interesting data about the search rankings in Asia-Pacific region. According to their data, Google and Yahoo were the regional leaders as “top search properties” followed by China’s Baidu. “Because Google and Yahoo! have a strong presence … Read More
China has apparently blocked access to YouTube.com after video clips appeared on the website showing massive pro-independence protests in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. Internet users that were trying to access YouTube were served a blank screen. This isn’t the … Read More
According to estimates from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), Beijing research firm BDA and the online market anlayst Nielsen/NetRatings, China has overtaken the US in the number of internet users at around 220 million. These numbers were estimated … Read More
ComScore have released new statistics showing that the Chinese search giant, Baidu is now the third largest worldwide search property. In December 2007 there were 66.2billion search queries made worldwide, 3.4billion of them were done at Baidu giving it 5.2% … Read More
Omniture Inc., a leading provider of online business software, announced they will provide Baidu.com, the leading Chinese Internet search engine, technology to measure online marketing campaigns. According to the companies, combining their technologies will allow marketers the ability to analyze … Read More
comScore, Inc., an internet research firm, recently released the Worldwide Search Top 10 report. Two of China’s search properties, Baidu.com and Alibaba.com ranked third and tenth resectively in that report. It was the first time Alibaba made the list with … Read More
The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), a non profit state network information center founded in 1997, recently released its year end report on development of the Internet in China. Based on that report the number of Chinese Internet users … Read More
Third Door Media, Inc. producer of the Search Marketing Expo events, the Search Engine Land news site and the Search Marketing Now webcast series, announced they will produce Search Markekting Expo (SMX) events in Xiamen and Shanghai, China this year. … Read More
Youku.com, a video sharing website in China, had more than 12 million daily unique visitors during a week in December 2007, according to a report by Internet media and market research firm Nielsen/NetRatings. Youku had a 20-fold increase in its … Read More
Yahoo! China lost their appeal to the Beijing Higher People’s Court who upheld a lower court’s ruling in April that the company had violated copyright laws. Yahoo! China has insisted all along that it only provides links to websites for … Read More
Beijing Guge Sci-Tech alleges that Google has infringed on the firm’s name. According to the court documents, the name “Guge” was officially registered in April 2006 by Beijing Guge Sci-Tech and Google didn’t register the name until November of 2007. … Read More
Baidu does a new take on the Google logos. It’s the person(s) of the month which started in November with a Mr. Xu Sandou, a famous soap opera star in China. This month features Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, two … Read More
Acording to a recent report by iResearch, an internet marketing research company in China, the number of online shoppers is predicted to reach 100 million in 2010. The popularity of C2C sites like www.taobao.com and ebay.com.cn has given China netizens … Read More
Baidu, the leading Chinese search engine is contemplating a secondary share listing in Hong Kong. Baidu is currently listed on the Nasdaq (BIDU) and is one of Google’s strongest rivals in China. The idea may have been brought about by … Read More
