Google's China Problem (and China's Google Problem)

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From the NY Times, a ten page piece about Google in China.

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Google Succumbs to Localization in China 48 weeks 1 day ago

It is rather interesting to see Google following the acts of Baidu in China as if Google is the Yahoo/MSN within the US. Google cannot seem to get out there in front and actually do anything new without either changing Google’s MO, copying Sohu, or just being late to the market (eg: Google had no Chinese name in 2005).

Google goes it alone in China 2 years 2 weeks ago

Google continues to lose ground to China's own home grown number one search engine, Baidu.com.

Still, Google Inc. has no plans on doing the eBay Inc. or Yahoo! Inc thing, playing second fiddle to a Chinese partner.

Google's English-language Shanghai map gets major upgrade 24 weeks 6 days ago

VERY COOL! Formerly blurry Google Maps page of Shanghai now shows fully detailed roads.

Awful Google Adsense Ads about China in Google-Israel 2 years 8 weeks ago

There's something wrong happening with Google's Adsense in Israel, running ads like "A girl with no sex organs" and various mis-translations about China like "We

Google releases Pinyin input method for Windows, IE 1 year 40 weeks ago

Google has released a Pinyin-based character-input method for Windows systems. It offers a number of special features … download the program from this page.

China's Environment: Paying for Prosperity 2 years 24 weeks ago

From Public Radio International's program The World: China, the world's largest nation with one of the fastest growing economies, has a world-class pollution problem. In a four-part series, correspondent Mary Kay Magistad examines China's growing environmental crisis and what the country is doing to respond.
This was originally a radio piece, but it has several text and podcast components. The link goes to the feature's main page.

China's 3 Minutes of Mourning Online Affects Google 32 weeks 6 days ago

There was a massive dip in Google search traffic during the three minute moment of silence on May 19 mourning the victims of the Sichuan Earthquake. This chart shows you exactly how much!

Google Apologizes to China for Smut Links 2 days 4 hours ago

Google was among 19 Internet companies singled out by the government on Monday, including China's most popular search engine Baidu. The sites were accused of spreading pornography and other material that could corrupt the young.

Baidu Seeks to Enter IM Market 45 weeks 3 days ago

Here’s one of the areas where Baidu is actually behind in its own market comparative to Google (unlike my previous post on how Google is so far behind in understanding China and in localizing the Chinese market).