Baidu Cleaning Google’s Clock In China?
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I think with each culture, we tend to flock to the familiar. For those living in mainland China, clearly this is the case with Baidu coming out on top over Google. But to be fair, Google has been fighting Baidu for as long as I can remember.
Apparently for the Chinese, Google is simply not providing a complete enough user experience. And who can argue this? It has been said that Baidu is becoming the People’s Yahoo! in the mainland. And as many of us know already, Yahoo! is a hit among the less tech savvy as everything is slapped together for you on one page.
So it is clear that amongst what the above linked article is calling “high end users,” Google remains strong. But as Google is discovering, Baidu is not something to be toyed with. Clearly, Baidu is winning and Google is on the ropes in China.
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One Comment
Rick Martin
September 24th, 2009
at 3:23pm
Baidu’s mp3 search accounts for a big part of their traffic. Also, consider that most internet cafes in China have Baidu provided as the default search. It’s an Internet Explorer-ish dependency on inertia.
Sure they have way more market share than Google. But Google has been incrementally chipping away at it. Google has the responsibility of not being evil as well. Whereas Baidu can be as evil as they please, and accept cash payments from companies who want higher search results: http://bit.ly/14aUzY