Chinese Internet giant Qihoo 360′s three-fold plan to challenge Tencent and Baidu [Interview] – The Next WebBaidu challenger Qihoo has captured 10 percent of the search market share in China, aiming for 40 percent by 2015.
ChineseGoogle’ Opens Artificial-Intelligence Lab in Silicon Valley – WiredBaidu's new lab is researching "deep learning", described as "an emerging computer science field that seeks to mimic the human brain with hardware and software") not too...
Alibaba quietly unveiled Aliyun Search, a product developed by the Chinese ecommerce giant’s cloud unit recently, a move that could have huge implications for Baidu and e-commerce in the country. China is forecast to surpass Japan as the world’s...
The Chinese Ministry of Technology has accused Google of unfairly discriminating against local firms by hindering the country's ability to develop its own mobile operating system against the might of Android.
If you’re marketing to Japanese, then put a Japanese man in the picture not a Korean or Chinese guy. You think Skype sucks, try being a Chinese searcher! In China, most people are still on dial-up, plus have a massive government firewall to further...
The Chinese government employs what is called the Great Firewall of China, and controls its citizens' use of the internet with a firm hand. Google has stopped warning Chinese Internet users that some of the words they might search for could see...
With the Internet itself not expected to reach a majority of China's vast population until 2015, Qzone may even be able to overhaul Facebook's active user figures without having to expand very much outside Chinese borders.
Chinese IT expert Wu Hongsheng says that 360 Search has already surpassed Google in terms of market share in China – but it’s far too early to have any proof of that. Just a little background for you, Qihoo 360 Technology Co.is a Chinese security...
Compare this to Spanish (807 percent), Chinese (1,479 percent) or Arabic (a massive increase of more than 2,500 percent). China's own data, meanwhile, suggests it has the largest mobile web community in the world, with almost half of users...
Chinese search giant Baidu has launched a mobile web browser to cash in on Chinese smartphone users. While Chinese smartphone punters have taken to Android, the firm cannot rely on a web browser alone to generate a significant amount of revenue.
The Chinese search giant is often considered crucial by businesses attempting to break into that vast emerging market. It's worth bearing in mind however that you'll need a local presence with a Chinese domain website and a valid business...
However, since search behavior is different in China, it's often a forgotten, yet critical link in an overall Chinese search strategy – and, according to Taobao, they are a “shopping search engine”. In order to set up the shop, you need to follow...
Because of the huge market potential, Chinese search giant Baidu has been making strategic moves to gain market share in this space. Chinese publisher Sina also owns the country’s leading microblogging service – Weibo.
It's pretty much essential to have a Chinese top-level domain. Baidu is the market leader in China for example, and effective SEO varies between Baidu and Google in several important ways: In China (where both Facebook and Twitter are officially...
To open a Baidu PPC account, for example, you will need a local presence with a Chinese domain website and a valid business certificate issued by the Chinese government. The growth in online use of languages such as Chinese and Arabic far outstrips...
That move came after Google sustained a cyberattack originating in China, designed to steal the GMail information of Chinese human rights activists. Google recently launched an anti-censorship tool for Chinese search users, announcing the update on...
With Google pushing mobile in Mainland China, financial analysts think Baidu has mimicked Google’s strategy to focus on cloud computing and mobile software in relation to the Chinese engine’s recent smartphone launch.
Google has confirmed that Chinese authorities have approved its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola. A source familiar with the Chinese approval process said the deal was given with the requirement that the Android system remain free and open to...
This all started back in 2010 when Google was cyberattacked by Chinese hackers. It was suggested that the Chinese government may have instigated them although they deny this and deny any involvement with this incident.
Baidu has a keyword tool that only PPC advertisers can access, but they also offer an open trends and keyword tool called Baidu Index and there's a good explanation of it in English, and a list of other Chinese tools on the ChineseSEOShifu blog.