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- They didn't seem to have many moral problems for the first 4 years. The reason Google didn't have a problem for the first 4 years, is because for the first 4
by fnid2 17y ago
- They didn't seem to have many moral problems for the first 4 years.
The reason Google didn't have a problem for the first 4 years, is because for the first 4 years it wasn't clear who was going to win the search engine war in China. Now it is clear, the winner is Baidu.
Google is leaving China because they have clearly lost in China and rather than take second place, they are inventing a principled stand and forcing China to kick them out.
Baidu has 3/4 of the search market in China and it's growing.[1] Rather than Google search traffic hitting zero, they're leaving in a political charade. What better excuse for losing to Baidu?
[1] http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/12/28/google-v-baidu-which-company-will-win-china/ http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/12/28/googl...
- richardw 17y agoGoogle has 1/3rd of the Chinese market, which it got after Baidu was entrenched. That is pretty much what MS and Yahoo have collectively (IIRC) in the rest of the world, but nobody says they don't factor. Google is very much aware of them, as Baidu is of Google in China.
- fnid2 17y agoI'd like to see a source for that claim, because the source I provided above says google has 17% or so.
- gscott 17y ago30% of a market the size of China doesn't seem like loosing. Companies survive off of much less, 1% of the market is often plenty enough.
- fnid2 17y agoExcept they have barely half that percentage and it's declining.
- gscott 17y agoThe problem is dealing with a socialist country you never really own what you have made. They can come in anytime and take away your manufacturing plant, confiscate your physical goods, or block your website. It always happens without fail.