Users China’s top social networking sites are quite young, about 80% of which are between 20-34 years old according to Enfordesk’s data in September this year.
Archives for November 2011
Understanding China’s E-commerce Market
Boston Consulting Group shared research findings this week predicting that China online shopping, will see exponential growth through 2015, with spending that could make China’s e-commerce market worth more than RMB 2 trillion and possibly surpass the size of the U.S. market. Here is a summary of some findings of BCG survey: Less than 10 […]
China OTA Market Update for Q3 2011 [CHART]
ctrip.com maintains its dominant position in China’s Online Travel Agency (OTA) market with 41% share of total 2.41 billion yuan revenue (USD 379 million).
China’s Search Engine Market Update for Q3 2011
China web search requests amounted to 77.51 billion times in Q3 2011, up 6.1% from Q2 and 16.3% from Q3 2010 according to research company iResearch.
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.
Renren Reached 137 Million Users in Q3 2011
Renren last week announced its unaudited Q3 financial results, who also made their first post-IPO strategic acquisition, 56.com in Q3, a leading Chinese user-generated-content focused video sharing site Renren’s mobile penetration has reached over 35% of unique monthly log-in users with over half of their mobile users accessing their Renren accounts through smartphones. In addition, […]
A Record Single-day Turnover of 3.36 Billion Yuan Taobao Mall
November 11 (11-11) is Singles Day in China and year 2011 makes this date more special with six “1”s. And, this date is even a bigger date for China’s online retailers. Let’s take a look at how crazy China online shoppers can be on Nov 11 2011 on Taobao Mall (all participating merchants offered 50% […]
5 Ways to Search Weibo in China
Weibo, previously known as Sina Weibo, has 550 million monthly active users in March 2020, remaining one of the top social media platforms in China. For businesses and brands, Weibo search engine could be very useful to identify valuable customer and market insights.
Email Deliverability: China v.s. Worldwide v.s. APAC
Email deliverability in China is much worse than the global average; only 58% of all emails can reach users’ inbox, which is also much lower than the average in Asia Pacific region (78%) according to data shown in a recent ReturnPath report.
Chart: Top Online Website Verticals by Unique Visitors
Online portals like Sohu.com and Sina.com.cn still receive the most web traffic in terms of the number of unique visitors.
How to Submit Customer Service Phone to Baidu Index
Following up the fake customer service phone in Baidu search results, Baidu has officially launched a tool for companies to submit their customer service hotline for free. The “hotline box” is triggered when users conduct a search on Baidu for customer service phone number. Users can then dial the number displayed on the phone or […]
Chart: Select Digital Media Penetration in China in Q2 2011
According to Synovate’s study, almost half of Internet users between age 15 and 24 in China’s Tier 1 cities (45%) use Weibo and close to one third of China internet users in Tier 1 cities between age 25 and 44 (29%) use Weibo. The adoption of Weibo is more popular than mobile Internet (access via […]