baidu

Baidu is arguably the most popular site in all of China, offering its native and non-native users a search engine that finds relevant sites, audio, and images.

Baidu's name comes from a Song Dynasty poem written by Xin Qiji in the 12th century. On Baidu's site, they explain this by saying the following: "Many people have asked about the meaning of our name. 'Baidu' was inspired by a poem written more than 800 years ago during the Song Dynasty. The poem compared the search for a retreating beauty amid chaotic glamour with the search for one's dream while confronted by life's many obstacles. '...hundreds and thousands of times, for her I searched in chaos, suddenly, I turned by chance, to where the lights were waning, and there she stood.' Baidu, whose literal meaning is hundreds of times, represents persistent search for the ideal."

Baidu had its IPO in the United States on August 5, 2005, offering its stock at a price of $27. The stock did not disappoint, opening on the market at $66 and closing at $122.54, a gain of 354%.

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• Shanda Literature Ltd Sues Baidu For Alleged Copyright Infringement

  
  China Legal Blog — Authority: 153
  Xie Yu reports for China Daily about Shanda Literature Limiteds lawsuit against Baidu for alledged copyright piracy. Read more here.
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• Shanda Literature Ltd Sues Baidu For Alleged Copyright Infringement

  
  IP Dragon ????? — Authority: 413
  Xie Yu reports for China Daily about Shanda Literature Limiteds lawsuit against Baidu for alledged copyright piracy. Read more here .
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• Shanda Literature Will Sue Baidu.com In January 2010

  
  China Legal Blog — Authority: 153
  Shanda Literature, the Internet literature subsidiary of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited, has announced that it [...]
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• 3 Count: French Toast

  
  PlagiarismToday — Authority: 422
  Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday . 1: Fine for Google Over French Books First off today, Google has suffered a setback with its Google Book Search project as a court in France has ordered Google to pay 300,000 euros (approx $430,000) to French publisher La Martiniere ...
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• China SEO – Baidu and local China SE optimization?

  
  Internet Marketing Made Easy — Authority: 164
  Although there are vast resources for Google/Yahoo SEO there is little information available in English for optimizing a site for Baidu and the local Chinese search engines. I would like to know as much as possible, links or personal experiences, about SEO for the Chinese SE market, specifically Baidu. References to ...
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• New Japanese IME Has Come From The Origin Of Chinese Characters

  
  Asiajin — Authority: 601
  Following Google’s Japanese IME (input method editor) newly introduced in the beginning of this month, the Japanese subsidiary of China’s largest website search portal Baidu[C] also introduced a new one for our language, which is named Baidu Type[J] (in beta). By referring to the Japanese input method ...
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• Baidu Share Prices BIDU

  
  PPC Blog — Authority: 111
  Chinese search engine Baidu’s business model is similar to that of Google’s. Baidu major revenue depends on how much advertising budget that are spent through Baidu’s paid search auction system . On 1 Dec 2009, Baidu retires the old PPC system (Classic Edition) and switches over to the new system ( Phoenix ...
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• Spotlight on China’s Homegrown Search Giant

  
  sloantech.com — Authority: 123
  Revenues accelerate at Baidu By emarketer.com
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• Chinese Search Engine Providers Sign Self-discipline Compact

  
  ChinaCSR.com — Authority: 475
  Seven Chinese search engine service providers have jointly signed a self-discipline compact in Beijing.The seven search engine providers are Sina, Sohu, Netease, Baidu, Zhongsou, China Yahoo, and Qihoo.The parties have agreed not to spread, publish or provide links to websites or web pages that contain vulgar or ...
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• Baidu hoping to sell on eBay for $1.7m – not to be confused with Chinese search engine

  
  TechCrunch Europe — Authority: 142
  [Netherlands] I’m not sure if this qualifies as domain name squatting but the motivation is the same. Dutch web design company Baidu Europe – not to be confused with the Chinese search engine of a similar name – has put their domain names, brand names and trademarks up for sale on eBay . The starting bid has ...
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• Chinese Search Engine Providers Sign Self-discipline Compact

  
  ChinaTechNews.com — Authority: 517
  Seven search engine service providers from China have jointly signed a self-discipline compact in Beijing.The [...]
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• Telnic Wants to Release .Tel IDNs

  
  Adam Dicker | Domain Expert — Authority: 160
  .Tel registry asks ICANN to let it register IDNs. .Tel registry Telnic has sent a letter to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom requesting permission to issue internationalized domain names (IDNs). The letter ( pdf ) from Telnic CEO Khashayar Mahdavi requests ICANN authorization to release domains that contain hyphens in the ...
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• European Company Threatens Baidu Search Engine

  
  Adam Dicker | Domain Expert — Authority: 160
  Baidu Europe hopes to extort big bucks out of popular search engine. Remember Baidu? Not the Chinese search giant, but the European software company that has promoted its trademarks and baidu.tld domain names for sale The rest is here: European Company Threatens Baidu Search Engine
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• European Company Threatens Baidu Search Engine

  
  Domain Name Wire — Authority: 538
  Baidu Europe hopes to extort big bucks out of popular search engine. Remember Baidu? Not the Chinese search giant, but the European software company that has promoted its trademarks and baidu.tld domain names for sale? Well, it’s putting its brand and domain names up for sale. And it’s not hiding the fact ...
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• Baidu PPC Editor

  
  PPC Blog — Authority: 111
  Baidu recently launched a PPC editor, Baidu Editor 1.0 which is a tool that allows Phoenix Nest advertisers to create/edit campaigns, ad groups, ads and keywords offline. Baidu PPC advertisers can then post their new campaigns or changes to the Phoenix Nest system. Baidu Editor is a tool that should be installed ...
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• Who Indexes Tweets

  
  Robert Accettura's Fun With Wordage — Authority: 458
  I was curious who is indexing the links that people tweet on Twitter. It’s obvious someone does since links get ‘clicks’ almost immediately after submission. To do this presumably they are tapping into the xmpp firehose . Lets take a look: 66.xxx.xxx.xxx - - [06/Dec/2009:20:17:43 +0000] "GET /test HTTP ...
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• Baidu Retires Old PPC System

  
  PPC Blog — Authority: 111
  Baidu officially retired the old PPC auction system, Classic Edition, as of 1 December 2009. All PPC keyword bidding are to run through the new system, Phoenix Nest. The integration of the Classic Edition and Phoenix Nest happened on 30 November. During this system upgrade, Baidu shut down advertisers’ access to ...
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• Frbiz.com Reports Baidu, China Unicom In Wireless Search Pact

  
  SmartHealthForLife.com — Authority: 166
  Chinese search engine Baidu Inc said yesterday that it has signed a partnership with China Unicom to provide wireless search for the carrier 3G mobile subscribers, in a move to fend off Google Inc increasing presence in the world largest mobile population. Baidu will preinstall its services, including text, image, ...
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• (SINA) SINA Corporation Finishes Private Equity Deal

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 460
  SINA Corp. ( SINA ) announced the completion of private equity placement of its ordinary shares with New Wave Investment Holding Company Limited, a British Virgin Islands company established and controlled by Charles Chao, SINA’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and other members of the management. The company will ...
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• Baidu Readying Mobile App

  
  WebProNews Feed — Authority: 691
  All sorts of corporations and individuals have agreed that the mobile market is key in China; many more people can afford Internet-enabled phones than PCs.  Baidu may be onto something, then, as it intends to have an app loaded onto phones before theyre made available for sale. If Baidu can get a solid mobile app ...
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