Have you used the internet from within China? Baidu cannot compete internationally on the strength of their technology. The quality of their results is sub-par

Have you used the internet from within China? Baidu cannot compete internationally on the strength of their technology. The quality of their results is sub-par, and subject to gaming if you have enough money to pay them. Their market share is as big as it is because of the fact that Baidu is essentially the Chinese Pirate Bay. Feats somewhat more difficult to reproduce when competing on a level playing field where promoting, aiding and abetting piracy is somewhat frowned upon. Who would want to compete with the deck stacked against you like that? Sure, China's market may be big enough to mask such deficiencies, blinded as everyone is by that 1 billion+ number, but its a net loss, long term, losing access to a quality competitor.