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2005-April-18 Searching the nearest restaurant on Baidu.com

Soon Beijing internet users can input "Food & Beverage" in the search box and click "search",Baidu.com will return the nearest restaurant according to the user's IP.

Global IPv6 Summit in China 2005

Time: April 4-6, 2005
Venue: Beijing International Convention Center
Host: IPv6 FORUM
Directed: CNGI Expert Committee
Highlights:
1. The summit will adopt the world smallest RFID chip in its audience managing system.
2. The biggest IPv6 ShowNet in China
3. IPv6 Toturials
4. Representatives from ITU, ICANN, ISOC, IETF

Visit http://www.ipv6.net.cn to Keep an close on Global IPv6 Summit in China 2005.

2005-4 China's First E-Signature Law

China's first e-signature law went into effect on April 1, reports eNet. The law was recognized as China's first law in informatization.

2005-3 GAPP To Decrease Audio Visual And Electronic Publication VAT By 4%

The General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) will decrease value added tax on audio visual products and electronic publications from 17 percent to 13 percent.


2005-3 Baidu Signs MOU With Shanda

Chinese search engine Baidu and online game operater Shanda announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to become "strategic partners" according to a ChinaByte report on Thursday.

2005-3 Alibaba Launches Keyword Paid Ranking Service

Chinese B2B portal Alibaba announced the launch of a keyword paid ranking service for Trustpass members on Thursday, eNet reports. According to Alibaba, Trustpass members can pay to have their company listed.

2005-3: Dot CN domain registered by foreign companies

According to CNNIC, lots of foreign companies are registering their brand-related CN domain names.
Panasonic registered 102 cn domains, coming on the heel, Volkswagon brought 67 .CN domains.

CSE Notes: It shows the foreign companies are making a long run plan in China. CSE can help design and register your .CN domain name for you.

2005-3: Hongkong listed No 1 on Nielsen//NetRatings' listing for internet user's online time

According the report newly released by Nielsen//NetRatings, among the 12 countries where the research performed, American internet users spend an average time close to 14 hours per day online, Hongkong internet users spend the longest time online, about 22 hours per day.

2005-3: Chinese search engine market to consolidate

Baidu.com released its hard disk search software on February 28
Zhongsou.com, released its desktop search software NetPig 3.0 version.
Sohu.com also upgraded its search engine website Sougou.com on February 25
The US giant Yahoo!'s Chinese operation also said it would aim to become the biggest player in two years.
8848.com released My Search software...... more

CSE Notes: According to an iResearch report on the Chinese search engine market, the business grew to 1.2 billion yuan (US$145 million) in 2004 with a 74 per cent year-on-year growth rate, China is now one of most important search engine marketing area around world.

2005-2: QQ's simultaneous online user accounts broke 10 million

According to the newly relseased statistic report from Tencent, at 15:21 on February 16,2005, Tencent QQ's simultaneous online user accounts broke 10 million, the number increased 100 times in the fast 4 years.

2005-2: China's sales of online games rose 48 percent in 2004 - to 299 million US dollar

China's sales of online games rose 48 percent in 2004 -- to $299 million -- from the previous year, according to a report released Monday.........

2005-2: Ebay Inc., to invest up to 100 million US dollar in EachNet - China E-commence site this year

EBay Inc., the worldwide online marketplace announced Thursday that it is planing to invest up to 100 million US dollars in eBay EachNet this year, the number one e-commerce site in China.
The market of China's online trading has much potentials and has been growing rapidly. in 2004, the volume of China's online auction has been expected to top the 3.37 billion yuan (about 406 million US dollars) mark......

 

2005-1:15th Statistical Survery Report on the Internet Development in China(Jan.19. 2005)

China mainland internet users soar to 94.0 million according to the latest report from CNNIC. HongKong internet users is now up to 3.39 million.
Leased Line 30.50 million
Dial-up52.40 million
ISDN 6.40 million
Broadban 42.80 million

More about CNNIC 15th Statistical Survey Report on the Internet Development in China released.....
Full report (PDF file )- CNNIC 15th Statistical Survey Report on the Internet Development in China

CSE Notes: Chinese-search-engine.com will provide full report in a few days.

2004-12:Chinese-search-engine.com provide Yahoo China PPC service

Now Chinese-search-engine.com provide three major Pay Per Click search engine service in China till now. Baidu Pay-Per-Click (PPC) service, Google Adwords China and Yahoo!China PPC service.

2004-11:Netease Q3 Revenues Up 15.4% QoQ EARNINGS

Chinese Internet portal Netease reported third quarter revenues of US$28.8 million, up 15.4 percent on second quarter revenues of $25 million. Net profit grew 11 percent quarter on quarter from $11.9 million

2004-07:Internet users in China has reached 87.0 million and 37.9% of which chose to pay for the purchases online either by credit card or debit card online

On Jul 20, 2004, China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) published the "14th Statistical Survey Report on the Internet Development in China" in Beijing. According to the report, many macro data kept rapid increase. By Jun. 30, 2004, the total number of Internet users in China has reached 87.0 million, which increases by 27.9% over a 12 month period. In the mean time, the number of computer hosts in China has raised to 36.30 million. The bandwidth of international connection has reached 53.9 GB, which is an increase by 190.3% over the same time of last year. Also, there have been 382216 CN domain names. In this report, surveys on the issues like the online chatting services and the online recruitment services have been conducted for the first time.

All the main figures have clearly shown that Internet has pervaded into each corner of our lives. Moreover, Internet has become one of the most influential, rapid-developing and promising industries in China.

As indicated by the report, there have been 13% more Internet users to use Internet banking to make payments than those who make payments on delivery. As many as 37.9% of the Internet users chose to pay for the purchases online either by credit card or debit card. Additionally, more and more users are looking for e-banking systems. It is estimated that the number of the Internet users who do online shopping will increase by 190.3% in the coming year.

By June 30, 2004, the number of WWW sites has reached 6.27 million, increasing by 32.2% over a 12 month period. Geographically, most WWW sites (84%) are located in Northern, Eastern and Southern China. The site number has increased in North east, South west and North west of China. All of these have indicated that the Internet development situation is not equal among different regions of China although the trend of the overall Internet development in China is still growing up.

The English version of the "14th Statistical Survey Report on the Internet Development in China" can be downloaded from: http://www.cnnic.cn/en/index/0O/02/index.htm

2004-07:German Publishing Giants Enter China's Cartoon Market

Germany's Mesago Holding and CNV Publishing House have reached an agreement with China Animation Film Association and Beijing Exhibition Center to cooperate in the China and international cartoon markets. The German and Chinese partners will work together on hosting international animation exhibitions, as well as cartoon program production and trading, cartoon CDs and book publishing, and high-technology equipment imports...

2004-06: Yahoo! China launched a Chinese search portal launch Yisou.com

Coming on the heels of Google's investment in Chinese search presence, Baidu.com, Yahoo has announced the release of their search website www.Yisou.com. The name of the search engine translates to "No.1 Search"......

CSE Notes: Chinese-search-engine.com is now registering your URL on YISOU.com free of charge. Please contact CSE with your URL at and we will send you a brief report after implementation of your request.(Yisou.com free submission channel has been closed now!)

2004-06: Fair Play - Google Joins Baidu To Tackle Spyware and Cheats

After making an investment in Baidu early this week, Google is now working with the Chinese search engine to foil search cheats. Baidu CEO Robin Li told the Beijing Morning Post that the two companies will work together against spy software and websites that cheat on search results. .

2004-06: DSL Sets Record Growth in Q1 2004 - China, the US and France added the most subscribers

The number of DSL subscribers grew at record rates in the first quarter of 2004 to reach 73.5 million worldwide. China, the US and France added the most subscribers, but Peru and Malaysia experienced the greatest subscriber growth.

China added one of most subscribers in Q1 2004

2004-06: ICQ Eyes China Market

AOL's ICQ will enter China's heated instant messaging market soon, ICQ general manager Orey Gilliam told QianLong during an interview published this week. Gilliam claims that the China market is important to ICQ's strategy and the company has sent several delegates to meet potential partners in China...

2004-06: DFJ Leads Baidu Investment, Google Takes A Stake

Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) has teamed up with seven firms to inject additional capital into Chinese search engine Baidu, reports ChinaByte. ChinaByte's source reveals that total additional investment is approximately US$100 million. Google is reported to be one of the seven companies and has reportedly ponied up $10 million...

CSE notes: Chinese Search Engine Baidu is now playing a more and more important role in chinese search market. See Chinese-search-engine.com Baidu Report and Baidu PPC service

2004-04:Chinese-Search-engine.com Provide Google Adwords Chinese Service

2004-02: Google To Launch China Bid Ranking Service CHINA ENTRY

China's Internet audiences grew rapidly in 2003 according to a Tom.com report. Based on this rapid growth search giant Google plans to launch its advertising services in mainland China, including bid ranking service, according to the Tom.com report. Google already offers traditional Chinese bid ranking to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan audiences...

2004-01: Baidu and SOHU partnership ends at 8th, Jan. SOHU Renews With Baidu, Changes Results
Baidu and Yahoo!China partnership ends at 31th. Yahoo!China Changes Results.
Baidu new partners

Read more (in Chinese) http://www.baidu.com/shifen/tongzhi/tzhz.html http://www.baidu.com/shifen/tongzhi/tzhz.html

CSE notes: Till now, we haven't noticed any notable changes in the total clicks Baidu PPC generates. We welcome your comments on this change especially if you are currently bidding on Baidu. Please email us at info@chinese-search-engine.com

2004-01: Baidu 's latest partners

<source :baidu >
Tom.com / Jingxi Online / Minaol.com / Qingdao Hotline / Langfang / zjkinfo.net / shunde.net.cn / hdt.net.cn / cangzhou.net.cn / wh.ah163.net / jzinfo.com / jy.js.cn / lhinfo.ha.cn
.xyinfo.ha.cn / xilu.com

CSE notes: Besides Tom.com, the others are all local websites.


Baidu Timeline by Chinese-search-engine.com (Updated on November 14, 2004)

November 2, 2004 Baidu.com can be accessed from mobile phones from http://pda.baidu.com.

September 15, 2004 Baidu.com launches file type search and expands its search into a dozen formats like .doc, pdf, xls,ppt,rtf etc.

June 1,2004 Baidu.com ranked No.4 in the world regarding its pageview (http://www.southcn.com/it/itgdxw/200406010644.htm) CSE notes: When Southcn.com mentioned Baidu.com is ranked No.4 in the world, the source is from Alex.com.

March 2, 2004 According to iResearch.com, Baidu.com occupies 48.5% of Chinese Search Market.

February 27, 2004 According to iRsearch.com, Baidu ranked No.1 in Chinese search engine market.

January 9, 2004 Baidu.com CEO Robin Li told the Reuters Shanghai press that he wants Baidu to be Chinese Google, Robin Li now hopes his Web site will join a handful of Chinese dot-coms listed on the Nasdaq.

2nd, Jan, 2004. Baidu and SOHU partnership ends at 8th, Jan. SOHU Renews With Baidu, Changes Results http://www.baidu.com/shifen/tongzhi/tzhz.html
Nov. 2003 baidu new partners http://www.baidu.com/shifen/tongzhi/tzhz.html
Nov. 2003 Baidu and Yahoo!China partnership ends at 31th. Yahoo!China Changes Results.
http://www.baidu.com/shifen/tongzhi/tzhz.html
27th, Aug, 2003
Baidu releases its power
0.2seconds The time baidu searches its database
13,888 people /minute On 9th, May,2003. Baidu serve 13888 people per minute
According to the IP , Baidu's audiences cover 135 countries and areas.
http://www.baidu.com/news/news/n20030827.html
21st, Jun, 2003 Baidu Image search function released
6th, Jun, 2003 report: Baidu wins google China
http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/c/2003-06-06/1020195285.shtml
29th, Aug, 2002 SOHU.com joins Baidu PPC
21th, Aug, 2002 Sohu uses Baidu search technology
Aug 2002 Baidu and Sina.com partnership ends
18th, Jun,2002 Baidu brings out its toolbar
http://bar.baidu.com
20th, Nov, 2001 Netease.com joins baidu ppc
20th, Nov, 2001 Baidu starts its PPC--- the first Chinese PPC search engine
20th, Feb, 2001 Tom.com uses baidu search technology
15th, Jan, 2001 www.263.net uses baidu search technology
16th, Nov, 2000 Sina.com use baidu search technology