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