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Baidu Starting to Reap Gains of Google’s China Exit

2. May 2010

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It did not take long for Baidu to show everyone it benefited from Google’s widely publicized departure from China operations earlier this year. The Chinese search engine giant announced its unaudited first quarter earnings that indicated an increase of more than half of its earnings in the past year. First quarter revenues hit 1.294 RMB, 59.6 [...]

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Google, Yahoo, Bing Lost Search Engine Market Share in China in 2009

27. February 2010

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Even before the highly publicized news about Google’s bold plan to produce uncensored search results in China, its popularity in the mainland has been dwindling. This is according to iResearch, a local Chinese search consultancy firm. In addition to Google losing search market share in mainland, Yahoo! and Bing also lost a certain portion of their [...]

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Baidu Hacked by “Iranian Cyber Army”

13. January 2010

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China’s top search engine has been hacked Tuesday by alleged members of a pro-Iranian government group, according to state media. The group which identifies itself as “Iranian Cyber Army” has replaced the immaculate white homepage of Baidu with a dark motif, map of the Middle East, blood-red text in English and Farsi and Iranian flag. The [...]

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Baidu Closing Search Engine Advertising Bid Ranking System

18. June 2009

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According to ChinaTechNews notes that Baidu is now gradually phasing out its search engine advertising bid system that has been in operation for the past eight years. The news source reports that a professional version called “Phoenix Nest” will replace the current version. Paid ads often mix with organic search results and only distinguished by [...]

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China Search Engine Market Share in 2008

28. March 2009

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There seems to be no stopping the Baidu bandwagon in China as Baidu continued its dominance, according to China Internet Network In formation Center (CNNIC). 76.9% of search engine users in China choose Baidu as its first choice. Google captured 16.6 percent of Chinese search engine users last year, up from 14.3 percent the year before, [...]

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