By A Bisht
--Chinese search market standings(according to Analysis International) in 2008:
Baidu________________________62.2 percent
Google.cn (Google in China)_____27.8 percent
--Chinese search market standings(according to Analysis International) in 2007:
Baidu________________________59.3 percent
Google.cn (Google in China)_____23.4 percent
--Growth for Google China and Baidu in 2008 over 2007:
Baidu ____________5 percent
Google.cn________19 percent
--Baidu is the third largest search company worldwide (according to 2008 data)
Interesting Facts:
Recently China accused Google China of spreading pornographic and vulgar content and imposed restrictions to Google.cn.
In contrast, Baidu offers its users access to unlicensed music downloads.A service often considered one of the main factors behind its success in China over Google.Google doesn't offer such a service at present. Google plans to start a free music-download service in China, with Top100.cn.
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