Physical newspaper are read least frequently by users in China and the US

According to Opera’s report, physical newspapers are read least frequently by users in China and the United States.

Baidu updated its keywords tool with more recommendations

Baidu updated its keywords tool last week with broader recommendations. This keyword tool shows recommendations from three categories: Potential clients keywords. Keywords that potential clients have used to search. New business opportunities keywords Competitor keywords. Keywords that the competitors are interested.

Sina Microblogging has poll now

Sina just added “poll” feature for its microblogging platform. Anyone can start a poll:

China’s Q3 Search Engine Market Exceeding 3 Billion Yuan

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iResearch published a search engine report estimating Q3 China search engine market totaled 3.13 billion yuan (or over US$470 million), up 16.3% compared to Q2 in 2010.

Mobile IM Q2 2010 Market Share by Active Users

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According to data released by Enfodesk, Q2 mobile IM market went up by 40 million more active users.

Baidu launched Baidu Jingyan, a Knol clone.

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Baidu has been internal testing a Knol clone, called Baidu Jingyan (“Jingyan” means “experience”) for a while and it has just launched it.

Qiyi launched in-video links for users to find out more about the role and actors

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Qiyi.com, China’s Hulu clone,  recently launched in-video links. It was reported in several Chinese media including Sina and DoNews. Several news media reported it as an advanced facial recognition technology while it looks to me more like an embedded links.

DCCI estimates China local websites audience will reach 318 million in 2010

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DCCI forecasts by 2010 China’s local web sites will reach 318 million, with 67% growth rate. It’s not hard to tell the growth of China’s local advertising could be surprising to you in the coming two years.

Benz sold 205 smart in three and half hours on Taobao

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About two weeks ago on Sep 6 2010, Benz put up its 200 “smart” cars on Taobao‘s Groupon-like website offering 23% discount. Mediaedge:cia was the agency behind this campaign and the plan was to sell 200 “smart” cars on Taobao in three weeks’ time. Surprisingly, all cars were sold out in three and half hours. [...]

China to become the world’s top credit card market

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The number of credit cards issued by Chinese banks could quadruple to 800 million or more by 2020, up from 200 million today.

China Internet Status Report 2010

The latest report on China Internet is ready, which is based on CNNIC data. China internet status 2010

420 million Internet users in China now and counting…

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By June 2010, the number of China internet users has reached 420 million, up 9.38% compared to Dec 2009.

Baidu Launched Software Search

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Baidu has recently launched another vertical search engine for Chinese softwares. Baidu Software Search indexes both desktop softwares and mobile applications.

Tudou Rolling out a new online video advertising format AdSelector

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Tudou.com, one of the leading video portal in China, two weeks ago announced their parntership with VivaKi, digital media operations of the worldwide Publicis Groupe, to roll out a new online video advertising format called “AdSelector” in the China market.

Baidu is testing PPC sitelinks extension with Xijing

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Baidu newly developed a PPC product called Xijing which is still in beta and similar to Google sitelinks extension. Xijing displays on the left side of the search result page above the other SERPs. Different from “Baidu Promotion”, “Baidu Sponsor Link” and “Right Side Ads”, Xijing presents more information.

Consumer confidence in China’s rural areas continues to increase

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A recent survey by Nielsen and CEMAC (Chinese Economic Monitoring & Analysis Center) showed consumer confidence slowing among those in cities, but steadily increasing among consumers in rural villages, who have a greater willingness to spend compared to those in larger cities.

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