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Baidu VS Google – Final Smackdown

Posted by on Apr 30, 2009 | 3 Comments

baiduCan Google really, honestly see gains on the Baidu front? Apparently, Google seems to think so. A big part of the reason for this new found confidence centers around the fact that Google is going to be launching search products for music, mobile and maps this year alone.

So despite Baidu seeing strong first quarter earnings, the idea that they will be able to beat out Google in the end is seeming more unlikely by the day. The sad fact of the matter is Google rules the world of search. Not just here in the US, either, but all over the world. While Baidu has a firm grasp on its Chinese market, the fact of the matter is that Google is among the best at expanding into other technolgies.

Will Baidu be able to make it through Google’s advances? Yes, but I am doubtful they will have the same impact on the mobile and music front as Google. After all, one only need remember that Google has been at the search game with the cards stacked against them from day one. Yet they still manage to win regardless.

  • http://twitter.com/stephencoles Stephen Coles

    I doubt that number is much higher, if at all. People rarely, if ever, get virus emails anymore (I haven’t seen one in many, many, many years). Clueless people tend not to go to sites or download items where viruses, worms, trojans, etc. are common (warez sites, torrents, etc.). Those who do go to those types of sites are usually smart enough to know what not to open questionable files and if they do, they can usually figure out that they just got infected and need to clean their systems. Bad Facebook apps tend to just post crap everywhere and your friends will point that out to you. ISPs provide free antivirus software and most computers come with at least an antivirus trial, so there aren’t that many people out there without any antivirus protection. If a virus disables your antivirus, you will usually notice eventually. Overall, I think most infections tend to be pretty temporary. Yeah, 5% of people out there probably are clueless enough to get infected and stay infected because they don’t know better, though.

  • http://www.terenceoneill.com Terence O’Neill

    Thanks for posting Ron, I’ll be sure to run the scan.

  • http://twitter.com/meganberry Megan Berry

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    -Megan
    Marketing Manager, Klout