Open Web Developer News Desk
Google Loses Market Share in China
Whether this is the “new normal” remains to be seen
May. 3, 2010 11:45 AM
Google lost market share in China in the first quarter after it threatened to stop censoring its search results. According to Beijing-based Analysys International it went from 35.6% to 30.9% while rival Baidu went from 58.4% to 64%, picking up most of the difference. Whether this is the "new normal" remains to be seen. Google kept the market in suspense from January 12 to March 22 when it moved its Chinese site to Hong Kong and stopped censoring and markets hate uncertainty. The Chinese thought police haven't done much about it since probably so they won't look to the world like, well, the Chinese thought police and raise a stink.
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