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.
In China, most people are still on dial-up, plus have a massive government firewall to further increase slowdown. If you’re marketing to Japanese, then put a Japanese man in the picture not a Korean or Chinese guy.
The Chinese government employs what is called the Great Firewall of China, and controls its citizens' use of the internet with a firm hand. Greatfire speculates that Google, which was immune to Chinese government pressure, could have decided to...
It's worth bearing in mind however that you'll need a local presence with a Chinese domain website and a valid business certificate issued by the Chinese government in order to open a Baidu PPC account.
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...
Google recently launched an anti-censorship tool for Chinese search users, announcing the update on their Inside Search blog while carefully dancing around any direct mention of government censorship.
Google had launched its search engine in China in 2006 and had censored search results for four years to comply with the government's demands, but after the firm was the subject of a major hacking attack, the company decided to take a stance...
Finally, for link research Harrington liked SEOmoz Open Site Explorer for international link research as well as Yandex Webmaster Tools, and Chinese “Master Ghost” Link Monitoring. Infographic Data and Conceptualization: World Government Data...
The dedication to a specific ethical code that refuses the censorship of the Chinese government makes full web searching impossible. It’s unlikely that the Chinese government will pay attention to a deal-finding service, and even if they did, the...
In addition to self-censorship requirements from the Chinese government (which required Google to block gambling sites, pornography, and any content deemed critical of the communist government), China moved to block access to YouTube in 2009.
As most people already know, Google moved its search engine off of the mainland last year, primarily because it couldn’t agree to the Chinese government’s policy of censorship. With an index built around the Chinese language, those English searches...
As the information age has gained momentum, so have the restrictions of the Chinese government. The Chinese Government offers a contradicting version of the story, stating that the pregnant woman is in good condition and that most of the...
Google actually withdrew after censorship debates in early 2010, and the recent Gmail hacking attempts has prompted more tension between Google and the Chinese government. While sites from Google, Yahoo, and Bing may be able to get products into...
As a brand marketer targeting China, it's easy to get local PR firms that hire the water army - better known in Chinese as “Shui Jun” - to post positive comments about your company or negative comments about a competitor on the Internet under the...
Meanwhile, if Google were to re-open its search engine within mainland China, it would benefit from being inside the Chinese firewall, but it would need government support in order to obtain all the necessary certificates.
Additionally, Chinese tax authorities discovered that three local companies owned by Google -- Google Information Technology (China) Co. Google was supposedly in talks with China to keep its maps online, even issuing a statement Thursday: "We're in...
Chinese writers slam Baidu for copyright infringement - Reuters While Google employees have had a hand in the overthrow of the despotic Egyptian government last month, Google chose an interesting Doodle - the birthday of the composer of the...
The Chinese government has launched a new search engine called Panguso that aims to not only become a top search engine in China but lead in the international market. Comparing Goso's mobile feature to Panguso, it seems Goso understands the...
Government Controlled Search Engine Panguso Launches in China by Danny Goodwin Last week, executives from the Chinese search engine Baidu flew to the United States to meet with Facebook in their Silicon Valley offices.
While Facebook did launch a Chinese language version back in 2008, currently Facebook is blocked by the Chinese government. Google, however, cited a Chinese cyber attack on theirs and over 30 other companies' systems as their reason for ending...
