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Social media in China: Alibaba planning to buy stake in Twitter rival Sina Weibo?

Nov 19, 2012 | China, Social media, Twitter marketing

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba is reportedly planning to invest in micro-blogging platform Sina Weibo, as it looks to expand its social media reach in China. The report, from China Business News, states that Alibaba plans to buy a 15-20% stake in the Twitter rival,...

Global online ad revenue to reach $143bn by 2017: US, China and UK lead the way

Nov 15, 2012 | China, Russia

Global online advertising revenues will reach $143 billion in 2017, with the US still leading the market, with China catching fast, according to a new report. The Online Advertising Forecasts report, from Digital TV Research, estimates that the 2017 total is more than...

China: Mobile users Vs laptop and PC users

Nov 1, 2012 | China

This chart shows the rise of smartphone owners compared with previous PC and laptop owners. The growth in PC has slowed considerably since June 2011. The adoption of smartphones over this period has increased dramatically, with smartphone ownership exceeding PC...

Smartphone owners: China

Nov 1, 2012 | China

Chinese smartphone owners are one of the key drivers for rising web use. This chart shows that in less than 5 years the number of smartphone users has grown by over 33 million, accounting for 72.2% of total web users. One of the main reasons for this growth is...

China ad spend ‘to increase 13.4% in 2012’

Oct 30, 2012 | China

China’s online ad spend is forecast to increase 13.4% to reach 394 yuan ($63bn/ £39bn) during 2012, despite uncertain outlooks in both the Eurozone and the U.S. economy, according to a report. The forecast was made in GroupM’s “This Year, Next Year: China Media...

The rise of social media in China

Oct 30, 2012 | China

Chinese social networks are growing at a brisk pace though, with 95% of Chinese residents in the major cities use social networking sites. The infographic, provided by BestFreeOnline, shows that the number of Chinese Internet users is increasing at a dramatic pace —...

ASOS planning China and Russia launch

Oct 29, 2012 | China, Russia

ASOS has set its sights on launching in China and Russia within a year, as the online fashion group targets two of the biggest retail markets in the world. The internet retailer currently sells to China and Russia, but will develop local language websites in the next...

China online retail trends: Sales hit $45bn in Q2 as Taobao dominates

Oct 17, 2012 | China

China’s e-commerce sector grew a massive 45% year-on-year in the second quarter, accounting for 12.5% of the country’s GDP, according to new research. The study, from Analysys International indicates that total sales in China was 278.84 billion yuan...

Google axes music service in China

Sep 24, 2012 | China

Google has pulled the plug on its music search and download services in China from next month after a ‘disappointing’ response from users. More than two years ago, Google effectively shut down its Chinese search engine, providing mainland users with a...

Yahoo sheds half of Alibaba stake for $7.6bn

Sep 20, 2012 | China

Yahoo has sold back half of its stake in Chinese internet giant Alibaba for $7.6bn (£4.7bn), in a move that has fuelled speculation that the firm could use the cash to bid for a hot web property, such as Pinterest or Foursquare. Yahoo originally bought into Alibaba...

Microsoft hires 1,000 staff for China expansion

Sep 11, 2012 | China

Microsoft is recruiting over 1,000 additional employees in China this year and boost research and development spending by 15% as the software giant looks to boost its mobile reach in the highly lucrative region. Microsoft is promoting its Windows 8 mobile operating...

Baidu strengthens Chinese internet marketing with browser and cloud launch

Sep 4, 2012 | China

Chinese internet marketing giant Baidu is stepping up its product portfolio with major launches in cloud computing and a suite of mobile internet browser tools. Baidu is now looking to markets beyond China and revenues beyond search, directly competing with European...

Baidu targets travel sector with international deals

Aug 24, 2012 | China

Chinese search engine Baidu has inked a deal with Edinburgh-based flight search company Skyscanner, posing a challenge to Google’s advantage in the lucrative online travel sector. The move will give Baidu users flight information presented with results from...

Top Chinese browser Qihoo ditches Google for own brand search engine

Aug 23, 2012 | China

China’s most popular Web browser Qihoo has replaced Google with its own newly launched search engine as default choice. The firm said the move was prompted by a decline in Google’s customer service declined since its exit from China in 2010. The new search...

Mobile advertising forecast data – market to triple

Aug 17, 2012 | China

The latest mobile advertising forecast data suggests the big boom is yet to come, with the market trippling in side within the next 4 years, Yankee group are forecasting more than $11 billion being invested by brands just in mobile media space, before considering the...

Chinese internet market – search engine Baidu toughens stance on corruption

Aug 9, 2012 | China

In the Chinese internet market, the search engine Baidu dominates traffic generation to websites. This week it announced that four of its staff have been dismissed following corruption allegations that posts were deleted on its websites in exchange for personal...

Asia Pacific ad spend growth in 2012

Aug 8, 2012 | China

Television is the only media that decreased in ad spend in the Asia-Pacific region. Cinema ad spend showed the most growth with a 27.1% increase from the previous year. View larger image

Baidu staff arrested for ‘deleting negative forum comments’

Aug 7, 2012 | China

Chinese search giant Baidu has become embroiled in a bribing scandal, with four of its employees suspected of accepting payments to delete posts on the company’s forum. Baidu has already fired the four staff members involved – of which three have now been...

‘Map of the internet’ shows size of web giants

Aug 3, 2012 | China, Facebook marketing

Google, Facebook and YouTube are the biggest sites in the world, followed by the likes of Baidu and qq in China, according to a new graphic looking at global web use. The map, depicting the size and relationships of the biggest 350,000 websites in the world, was...

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