The newly launched Renren timeline does look like that of Facebook, where users can add stories being either text, photos, music or video. Users can also upload cover photos as well. Currently users who don’t like the timeline feature can switch back to the old interface.
Archives for November 2012
Search Engine Market Update in Q3 2012
China search engine market reached 7.78 billion yuan (USD 1.25 billion) in Q3 2012, with the QoQ growth of 13.5% and YoY growth of 44.1%. China’s search engine market growth is slowing down as the growth rate is lower than 50% for the very first time due to a few factors: Affected by the macroeconomic […]
Penetration Rate of Weibo and SNS in China
Weibo is the most talked about social media channel in the last one year, followed by social networking sites like Renren. No doubt Sina Weibo should be the most critical channel to consider for most companies.
China B2C Market Update in Q3 2012
The General Slowdown of Online Shopping Market According to iResearch’s latest quarterly statistics of China online shopping market,total transactionss in Q3 2012 totaled 284.42 billion yuan (USD45.62 billion), with QoQ growth of 5.9% and YoY growth of 43.9%.
China Online Video Market Update Q3 2012
The latest statistics from iResearch showed that China online video market reached 2.66 billion uuan (USD430 million) in Q3 2012, with the QoQ growth of 16.2% and YoY growth of 37.2%. As the major part of online video revenue sources, the online video advertising market is 2.01 billion yuan (USD320 million) in Q3, with the […]
China Total Mobile Internet Users Reaching 400 Million
The total number of China Internet users as well as mobile internet user is experiencing steady growth ever since 2008. The total number of China mobile Internet users is close to 400 million by the end of the first half in 2012.
China Search Engine Market Update in October 2012
Compared with September, total visits to Baidu increased and its market share by visits went up to 61%, keeping its safe lead in this field. Moreover, Bing is experiencing an obvious growth ever since its strategy adjustment. Qihoo’s 360 search engine is now the second most visited search engine in China after Baidu.
40% Chinese Netizens Interested in Items Shared by SNS Friends
CNNIC reported that nearly 80% of Chinese netizens pay close attention to commercial information on social networking sites. In September, the average visits per user on a single day is 2.2 times, 11 minutes.
Smart TVs Gained Popularity in China
Following the global trend of smart TVs’ popularity, 40% of the TVs that shipped in China in Q2 were web-enabled. According to NPD’s October 2012 DisplaySearch “Quarterly Smart TV Shipment and Forecast Report”, “this was an increase from 26% of televisions shipped in Q2 2011”. This increase is quite reasonable. Firstly, most TV users are […]
China B2C E-commerce Market 2010-2016
In 2012, the number of China online shopping users reached 220 million, far exceeding 150 million in the U.S according to eMarketer. It is estimated that there will be 423.4 million internet users who make at least one purchase in 2016.
Market Share Comparison of China Online Ads
Based on the market share comparison in the chart above, we can easily see the fluctuation of three major ad forms, search engine ads, vertical search ads and brand graphical ads, respectively.
Total Taobao Sales on Bachelor’s Day Exceeded USD 3 Billion
Bachelor’s Day now has less to do with one’s relationship but more about online shopping. Total transactions on Taobao and B2C shopping mall Tmall.com reached 19.1 billion yuan (or about USD 3.07 billion).
China’s Bachelor’s Day (Double 11): Big Online Shopping Day
What is the hottest word among Chinese netizens these days? It’s the “Bachelor’s Day Promotion”. Almost every netizen has got the invitation for this ceremony whether or not you are a bachelor. About Bachelor’s Day Promotion in China November 11th has become a special festival during recent years. With four characters of “1”, this date […]
China Online Payment Transaction Scaled 976.4 Billion Yuan in Q3 2012
According to EnfoDesk, the total transaction of China online payment market reached 976.4 billion Yuan (USD156.4 bilion) in the third quarter. The QoQ growth was 13.1% and the YoY growth was 73%. Influenced by National Day holidays and other business trips, online payment transaction for travel booking experienced obvious increase. And some emerging markets like […]
China Top 20 B2C Online Retailers by Web Traffic in Sep 2012
In Sep 2012, Tmall was catching up with 360buy and the gap was gradually reduced. Meanwhile, Suning slipped one spot to the fourth and Vancl even dropped off the top 10. With the coming “11.11”, so-called Bachelor’s Day, we can expect to see fierce competition among China B2C online retailers.