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Baidu to Launch Video Portal QiYi.com in March

February 24, 2010

Baidu is to launch its HD video portal site QiYi.com in March. It announced its ambition in HD video in early January this year and hired former 12580 COO Gong Yu to be its CEO.
QiYi.com aims to provide FREE and legal high definition video to Internet netizens and try to duplicate Hulu’s business model in [...]

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Baidu Map Integrates Real Time Search

January 28, 2010

Baidu Map has launched a very interesting section to show real time search results on the map.
Called “Post Bar Map”, it’s hosted on say.map.baidu.com, latest posts from i Post Bar (Baidu’s twitter like product) related to the search keyword will keep popping up on different locations of the map (user locations).

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Baidu to Launch AdWords Editor like PPC Editor Next Tuesday

January 19, 2010

Baidu is going to launch its paid search desktop editor on Jan 26, 2010. Its official name for the editor is “Baidu Promote Assistant“.
The Baidu PPC Editor looks a lot like the Google AdWords Editor including the following features:

Multiple accounts management
Quick navigations with filter and advanced search abilities
Mass create, edit, and copy keywords and ad [...]

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Baidu Added Two More Links on Homepage

January 19, 2010

Yesterday evening, Baidu homepage was found updated with two more links.
The new homepage has two links added, one link to “baidu map” above the search box and one link to “baidu baike (wikipedia)” below the search box:
Are more links coming to the homepage? What if Google does pull out of China?

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Baidu Hacked by Iranian Cyber Army?

January 12, 2010

Around 7:20 this morning, many posts at webmaster forums reported that Baidu.com and its subdomains could not be accessed. It’s already working when this post is being published.

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Baidu Testing New Search Interface?

January 8, 2010

An article at cnBeta.com earlier this week shared (link broken) a screen capture of a new Baidu search interface, which is similar to Google’s:

Baidu could be testing this new UI among a small group of searchers as no one else yet has reported similar UI.

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Baidu Raises $60m to Expand into Online Video

January 5, 2010

According to Tencent Tech, someone from Baidu confirmed yesterday that Baidu will set up a new business through the investment holding company to expand into the Internet video space; the ex-CEO of 12580 Mr Gong Yu will be the CEO of the new company.
The new company has received 60 million U.S. dollars from U.S. private [...]

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Baidu Promotes Google Translate

January 4, 2010

Baidu has a page life.baidu.com showing different types of search services such as hotel search, stock info, mobile phone info, calendar search…
One of the tool shown on the page is translation where Baidu simply embeds Google Translate box. Is Baidu too generous to its competitor? Or, is it desperate for a translator tool?

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Baidu Post Bar Updated with Twitter Features

December 30, 2009

Baidu has updated its Post Bar service, integrated with microblogging features.
About Baidu Post Bar
Baidu Post Bar (Chinese: tieba) provides users with a query-based searchable community to exchange views and share knowledge and experiences. Any user can set up a post bar or post bar club. In Post Bars, anyone can post; but in Post Bar [...]

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Baidu to Pay Damages for Allowing Competitor Keywords for PPC

December 29, 2009

Chaoyang district court in Beijing ruled that Evercare (Chinese name: Yi Mei Er) and Baidu engaged in unfair competition and ordered them to pay over 130,000 yuan for damages to Shisanba Co.
Evercare beauty salon started paid search advertising on Baidu on August 15, 2007. Evercare started bidding on its competitor’s brand name “Shisanba” on April [...]

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