24 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Baidu announces launch of Baidu Mall China’s leading search engine Baidu has announced that it is entering the world of ecommerce and will soon be launching Baidu Mall. Baidu Mall will be an … Read More
So the global ecommerce opportunity is big. Some would even go as far as to say it’s amazing. But just how amazing? And more importantly perhaps, which online destinations offer the most potential for business growth? The hot off the … Read More
23 April 2015 – Global marketing news Baidu develops its own smartwatch OS DuWear The leading Chinese search engine Baidu has announced that it has developed its very own operating system (OS) for smartwatches, called DuWear. DuWear is open platform … Read More
22 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Google’s “Mobilegeddon” update is finally launched globally Google has updated it search algorithm to punish websites that are not optimised for mobiles. The so-called “Mobilegeddon” update will push down websites in the search … Read More
21 April 2015 – Global Marketing News JD launches international retailers site in China One of the leading ecommerce companies in China, JD, has launched a new website dedicated solely to international retailers wanting to sell to Chinese consumers. JD … Read More
20 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Internal Google antitrust memo leaked An internal memo that was circulated to Google staff about the EU antitrust investigation has been leaked online. The EU has launched an antitrust investigation against Google, which … Read More
17 April 2015 – Global marketing news Chinese B2B e-commerce to reach 10 trillion yuan Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce sales reached a staggering 10 trillion yuan, equivalent to 1.6 trillion US dollars, in China last year, an increase of 22% on … Read More
16 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Japanese court orders removal of negative reviews from Google Maps A court in Japan has ordered Google to remove 2 negative reviews that were written on Google Maps about a Japanese medical practice. … Read More
15 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Paid links will be a negative ranking factor for Yandex Yandex is to update its search engine ranking algorithm to make paid links a negative ranking factor. Last year, Yandex announced that paid … Read More
14 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Japanese Twitter streaming app already ahead of US rivals The Japanese live-streaming app Twitcasting has announced that it intends to enter the US market. Twitcasting, which was launched in 2010 and has over … Read More
13 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Will Twitter be bought by Google? Google is rumoured to have expressed an interest in buying the social network Twitter. Neither Twitter nor Google have confirmed the speculation, but it is rumoured that … Read More
10 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Turkish internet users evade ban on Twitter and YouTube Twitter and YouTube were both temporarily banned in Turkey earlier this week, despite a court ruling having said such blanket bans are unconstitutional. Turkish … Read More
9 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Google set to face antitrust charges in Europe After 5 years of antitrust investigations, it appears that the EU is preparing to file charges against Google. The EU has been approaching companies that … Read More
8 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Yahoo Japan enforces “right to be forgotten” removals Yahoo Japan has explained when it will remove certain links from its search results pages in light of increased awareness of the “right to be … Read More
7 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Digital ad spend rockets to new global heights Digital advertising spending is set to exceed a quarter of all advertising spending for the first time ever in 2016, according to research by Carat. … Read More
