automobile

Top 10 Searched Auto Brands in Oct 2011 [CHART]

According to Hitwise data, the most searched for auto brand is Volkswagen in both September and October.  

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. [...]

Baidu’s Search Insight Tool: Brand Index, Industry Index, Region Index

Baidu recently launched Baidu Brand Index (require login), which is a similar product to Google Trends for brands, which is based on Baidu’s webpage and news search data. It shows both industry index and region index. Baidu IndustryIndex currently refreshes its data daily and shows information for two industries: automobile and online gaming. There is [...]