A Tale Of Two Cultures

... was that China presented a puzzling situation. The juggernaut that is Google in North America has struggled in China. The homegrown competition, Baidu, has a 62% market share. Google has a 20% market share. And Google seems to be struggling to grow its market share. In fact, it’s been slipping single ...
Related Searches: Eye Tracking

Jun. 1, 2007 at 6:52am Eastern by Gord Hotchkiss

Report: Google Gaining, But Baidu Still Dominates In China

... continues to dominate in market share for both organic and paid listings, but apparently Google's increased investments in China are paying off. Baidu also believes the opportunity in Japan will be significant longer term and they believe they have local market advantage vs. U.S. players. Video sharing ...

Mar. 6, 2007 at 2:49pm Eastern by Chris Sherman

Report From The Field: Search Engine Strategies China

... on the Chinese internet and how it compares with western players. In terms of market share in China, Yahoo is the #3 player, behind market leader Baidu with 65% share and Google with about 20% (these numbers are approximate averages of market share numbers from several sources that monitor Chinese internet ...
Related Searches: Chinese Searcher Behavior

May. 29, 2007 at 12:54pm Eastern by Chris Sherman

Microsoft China To Display Baidu's Search Ads

MarketWatch reports that Microsoft and Baidu struck a deal where Baidu will be powering the paid search ads at Microsoft's MSN, Live.com and other China based services. Again, Baidu is to power Microsoft's ads in China, not the other way around. Baidu has the official press release. From the top of ...

Dec. 14, 2006 at 9:48am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

The "Slums" Of Search

... eye tracking study, where we were amazed by how rapidly users scanned over the first five or six results. We saw this behavior both on Google and Baidu in China. See below for a second by second time lapse of a typical interaction with Google in the US, compared to Google and Baidu in China: Notice ...
Related Searches: Chinese Searcher Behavior

Jun. 29, 2007 at 8:27am Eastern by Gord Hotchkiss

Did Dalai Lama Award Cause China To Redirect Google, Yahoo & Microsoft Search Traffic To Baidu?

Reports have been coming in that people trying to reach Google, Yahoo and Microsoft from within China or via Chinese ISPs are being redirected to Baidu. Some have accused Baidu of hijacking the traffic, but we think it's likely that China is upset with the US over the award it granted to the Dalai ...

Oct. 18, 2007 at 7:18am Eastern by Danny Sullivan

China Now Number One Internet Market, Surpassing US

... as well. Google has said it wants to be the search leader in China in five years, which will be a challenge given how far the company trails Baidu in market share. Because of its sheer size, and in terms of business considerations, China is a crucial market for US search companies. However, the censorship ...

Apr. 21, 2008 at 8:58am Eastern by Greg Sterling

Search Month: January 2008 Search News, In Review

Search Month is a monthly newsletter that recaps stories covered on Search Engine Land over the past month. It's also available by feed here. Below, news about Search Engine Land itself, then our 10 most popular stories from January 2008, then a major story for various search topics along with other ...
Related Searches: Vertical Search

Feb. 7, 2008 at 10:27am Eastern by Danny Sullivan

SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 8, 2008

... Gmail searches, News.com Business Issues "Deep Integration" Between Google Apps and Salesforce to Be Announced Next Monday, TechCrunch Baidu Signs Cooperative Agreement with China Netcom, CNN Money Marin Software Raises $7.25 Million Second Round For Search Marketing Software, paidContent ...

Apr. 8, 2008 at 4:48pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 15, 2007

... a Tool for Marketing and PR, Online Marketing Blog Video, Music & Image Search Online Video: Hulu to take on Google in video search, Valleywag Baidu Ranks Video Sites, Promotes Own Service, Pacific Epoch Taboola Lands $1.5 Million, Powers Video Discovery, TechCrunch Web Analytics BidHero Combines ...

Nov. 15, 2007 at 3:58pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz