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Google.cn Has Already Stopped Censoring Search Results

January 13, 2010

Google this morning issued a statement regarding a “big decision” about Google China operation,
We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within [...]

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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 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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Top 10 Keywords in China 2009: Baidu V.S. Google

December 28, 2009

Baidu recently launched its popular searches list for year 2009; half of its top 10 keywords also appeared in Google China’s Top 10 keywords. The five keywords are:

Kaixin001
qq
Youku
Xiaonei
taobao

The other five keywords in Baidu’s top search 2009 list are:

NBA (game)
DNF
novel
xunlei (download manager and bittorrent client)
51mole.com (social network for kids)

And the other five keywords on Google China’s [...]

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Baidu is the most popular keyword on Google China

December 10, 2009

Let’s take a look at Google Zeitgeist 2009 for China.
The Most Popular

Baidu
uusee
Taobao
Kaixin001
YouKu
xiaonei (now “renren”)
qq
163
tudou
Sina

The Most Asked “What is…”

wifi
erp
twitter
3g
facebook
skype
vpn
sushi
happiness
sap

You can find the complete list at Google Zeitgeist (Chinese).

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Google China Music Integrated Windows Live, Yahoo, and RenRen IDs

November 11, 2009

From today on, Chinese netizens can manage their music playlists on Google Music Player with Windows Live ID, Yahoo ID, or Renren ID.
Google China Music has added share feature which enables users to share their instantly updated playlists with their friends. Currently, Chinese netizens can download high quality legal songs and there are over 700,000 [...]

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Baidu Q3 Earning Up 42% & Switching to Phoenix Nest on Dec 1

October 27, 2009

Baidu’s third-quarter earnings jumped 42% (Q3 revenue about USD 187.3 million; net profit about USD 72.2 million) as it continued to gain traction with its new Phoenix Nest online-marketing system. However, Baidu’s updated its revenue projection for Q4 to $180 million, well below the $205 million expected by Wall Street.
Q4 projection is not a surprise [...]

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Google to Launch Chinese Voice Search on Mobile

October 15, 2009

Google vice president for global mobile search, Vic Gundotra, for the first time in Beijing demoed the Chinese voice search service for mobile that will be launched in a few weeks. The service will be initially made available for Nokia S60 platform.
Chinese version of Google mobile search adopts the cloud computing and supports Mandarin, English, [...]

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Google Digital Library Suspected of Copyright Infringement in China

October 13, 2009

CCTV reported in its Morning News program that the Google China Digital Library is suspected for large-scale infringement of copyrighted Chinese books.
According to China Written Works Copyright Society, a total of 17,922 books from 570 authors, including works from government officials, have been scanned into Google China Digital Library without authorization.
Soruce: TechWeb

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China Search Engine Market Report 2009

September 24, 2009

CNNIC has released its latest search engine report showing that by the end of June 2009, the number of Chinese search engine users has reached 235 million with an increase of 59.49 million people, annual growth rate of 34%. The number will likely reach 260 million by the end of year 2009. Here is a [...]

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