Comments on: Google Builds Team in Quest to Conquer China http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/ Startup and Technology News Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:14:45 -0800 hourly 1 By: Google And Tencent Partnership On Search Engine Will End Soon | China Web 2.0 and Asia Tech News, Open Web Asia http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/comment-page-1/#comment-2537790 Google And Tencent Partnership On Search Engine Will End Soon | China Web 2.0 and Asia Tech News, Open Web Asia Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:32:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/#comment-2537790 [...] over 1.5 years, Tencent’s search engine Soso has been powered by Google, i.e. Soso has been using Google’s search engine technology to provide results to to its [...] [...] over 1.5 years, Tencent’s search engine Soso has been powered by Google, i.e. Soso has been using Google’s search engine technology to provide results to to its [...]

]]> By: Tencent (QQ.com) to Build a 3000-person Search Army to Power its Search Engine http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/comment-page-1/#comment-2172164 Tencent (QQ.com) to Build a 3000-person Search Army to Power its Search Engine Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:47:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/#comment-2172164 [...] Techcrunch: Soso.com partnered with Google [...] [...] Techcrunch: Soso.com partnered with Google [...]

]]> By: Untitled - eBay tools and how to Make Money on eBay. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1562495 Untitled - eBay tools and how to Make Money on eBay. Sat, 18 Aug 2007 05:59:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/#comment-1562495 [...] on building partnerships in China, with Google technology powering Chinese search portals Sina.com, Soso.com and 163.com. Google also made a strategic investment in popular Chinese browser Maxthon in [...] [...] on building partnerships in China, with Google technology powering Chinese search portals Sina.com, Soso.com and 163.com. Google also made a strategic investment in popular Chinese browser Maxthon in [...]

]]> By: Google Licenses Gmail In Japan | Tekjuice.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1533451 Google Licenses Gmail In Japan | Tekjuice.com Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:40:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/#comment-1533451 [...] and presence in countries it does not dominate. More recently, Google has licensed search to a number of Chinese search [...] [...] and presence in countries it does not dominate. More recently, Google has licensed search to a number of Chinese search [...]

]]> By: tech blog » Someone May Be Looking To Buy Rediff http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1500787 tech blog » Someone May Be Looking To Buy Rediff Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:00:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/#comment-1500787 [...] Google and Yahoo went gun-ho into China with poor results, and of late Google has chosen to partner with existing players as opposed to buying them. Although India isn’t China, both share a similar demography in [...] [...] Google and Yahoo went gun-ho into China with poor results, and of late Google has chosen to partner with existing players as opposed to buying them. Although India isn’t China, both share a similar demography in [...]

]]> By: Google Partners With Sina.com : Forecast-Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1423517 Google Partners With Sina.com : Forecast-Blog Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:07:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/#comment-1423517 [...] between Google and Sina brings the total number of major Google partners in China to 3. As reported May 18, Google partnerships in China include Soso.com and 163.com. With this deal, Google will power or [...] [...] between Google and Sina brings the total number of major Google partners in China to 3. As reported May 18, Google partnerships in China include Soso.com and 163.com. With this deal, Google will power or [...]

]]> By: Google Partners With Sina.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1423483 Google Partners With Sina.com Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:08:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/#comment-1423483 [...] between Google and Sina brings the total number of major Google partners in China to 3. As reported May 18, Google partnerships in China include Soso.com and 163.com. With this deal, Google will power or [...] [...] between Google and Sina brings the total number of major Google partners in China to 3. As reported May 18, Google partnerships in China include Soso.com and 163.com. With this deal, Google will power or [...]

]]> By: Rick in China http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1385262 Rick in China Sat, 19 May 2007 20:48:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/#comment-1385262 It wouldn't surprise me if that 144 million figure was way higher. From READWRITEWEB: "Tencent’s instant messaging service platform, officially launched in Feb 1999 and announced in its 2006 Q3 report that it has 221.4 million active users. What’s more, the total registered user accounts has climbed to 572.3 million!" I don't know many people here in China who use yahoo as their search engine. Most of my friends all rely on either google.cn or baidu.com for searching. But thinging of these sites as portals, that's when sina.com and 163.com seem to excel. Despite censorship, people seem quite happy with those. It wouldn’t surprise me if that 144 million figure was way higher.

From READWRITEWEB:
“Tencent’s instant messaging service platform, officially launched in Feb 1999 and announced in its 2006 Q3 report that it has 221.4 million active users. What’s more, the total registered user accounts has climbed to 572.3 million!”

I don’t know many people here in China who use yahoo as their search engine. Most of my friends all rely on either google.cn or baidu.com for searching.

But thinging of these sites as portals, that’s when sina.com and 163.com seem to excel. Despite censorship, people seem quite happy with those.

]]> By: Google为腾讯soso提供搜索结果 : catch the digital flow http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1384983 Google为腾讯soso提供搜索结果 : catch the digital flow Sat, 19 May 2007 13:40:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/#comment-1384983 [...] PubTime 13:38:05 | Under Google | 8 Views Tags:腾讯 Google soso Google中国（谷歌）可能感觉到日子不好过了，开始拉拢一些名不见经传的搜索引擎如腾讯soso、网易163建立联盟并开始为他们提供搜索结果，目的是与百度抢夺在搜索引擎方面的市场份额，不过，这样做真的有用吗？我不是学经济的，不懂市场营销。只有一点，Google为了巴结比一两年后的美国市场还大的中国1.5亿在线用户（出自《Google Builds Team in Quest to Conquer China》），的确是放下了身段，也费足了脑筋。 [...] [...] PubTime 13:38:05 | Under Google | 8 Views Tags:腾讯 Google soso Google中国（谷歌）可能感觉到日子不好过了，开始拉拢一些名不见经传的搜索引擎如腾讯soso、网易163建立联盟并开始为他们提供搜索结果，目的是与百度抢夺在搜索引擎方面的市场份额，不过，这样做真的有用吗？我不是学经济的，不懂市场营销。只有一点，Google为了巴结比一两年后的美国市场还大的中国1.5亿在线用户（出自《Google Builds Team in Quest to Conquer China》），的确是放下了身段，也费足了脑筋。 [...]

]]> By: David Frank http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1384909 David Frank Sat, 19 May 2007 12:15:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/#comment-1384909 I worked as an UI design intern in SOSO's mother company "Tencent" last summer. Once I asked their officials about the similarity in search results between SOSO.com & Google.cn, they replied that it's true Google is providing SOSO a part of their database. I questioned further in regard to whether this is a business secret, they said it's an open-secret, and were not intended to hide it from public. Noted that what google provided SOSO was just a very slim slice of its chinese database. Now with this official logo embed, I expect SOSO get a better share of google's "censored" database. SOSO isn't close to popular in China, intergration between Tencent's famous QQ (IM product) and SOSO.com aren't complete, this collaboration still have a long way to go. I worked as an UI design intern in SOSO’s mother company “Tencent” last summer.

Once I asked their officials about the similarity in search results between SOSO.com & Google.cn, they replied that it’s true Google is providing SOSO a part of their database.

I questioned further in regard to whether this is a business secret, they said it’s an open-secret, and were not intended to hide it from public.

Noted that what google provided SOSO was just a very slim slice of its chinese database. Now with this official logo embed, I expect SOSO get a better share of google’s “censored” database.

SOSO isn’t close to popular in China, intergration between Tencent’s famous QQ (IM product) and SOSO.com aren’t complete, this collaboration still have a long way to go.

]]> By: strange! http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1384524 strange! Sat, 19 May 2007 04:08:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/#comment-1384524 soso logo have google colors!!! soso logo have google colors!!!

]]> By: Parenting Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1384521 Parenting Blog Sat, 19 May 2007 04:03:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/#comment-1384521 Google Will help China Dominate and China will help Google to dominate. Google Will help China Dominate and China will help Google to dominate.

]]> By: Kewtr http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1384487 Kewtr Sat, 19 May 2007 03:21:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/18/google-builds-team-in-quest-to-conquer-china/#comment-1384487 The whole China-censorship ethical question doesn't bother me in the least. In the years prior to Yahoo and Google doing business there, nowhere near as many people talked about China's censorship problem as they do now. You do business, you do business under the rules where you operate, and you get on with it. Nothing is better for a place like China than more exposure to the outside world. Google and Yahoo are right to be there regardless of the government's idiocy. Anyway good luck to them both over there. The whole China-censorship ethical question doesn’t bother me in the least. In the years prior to Yahoo and Google doing business there, nowhere near as many people talked about China’s censorship problem as they do now.

You do business, you do business under the rules where you operate, and you get on with it. Nothing is better for a place like China than more exposure to the outside world. Google and Yahoo are right to be there regardless of the government’s idiocy.

Anyway good luck to them both over there.

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