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I don't think this changes much - Google isn't really going dark in China, people will just have to type in google.com (which many of them probably already do)
by garply 16y ago
I don't think this changes much - Google isn't really going dark in China, people will just have to type in google.com (which many of them probably already do) or google.com.hk.
I think much of the damage from Google pulling out has already been done - I know people who've switched back to Baidu because they find little things about Google HK frustrating (for example, Google.cn used to mimic Baidu in that you didn't need to control click to open a search result in a new tab - that was the default - Google HK behaves like Google US does).
- dchest 16y agoYou mean this "在新的浏览器窗口中显示查询结果。" option http://www.google.com.hk/preferences?hl=zh-CN http://www.google.com.hk/preferences?hl=zh-CN ?
- garply 16y agoYup, but you and I are not casual computer users - some people are frustrated by the change and decide it's easier to just use Baidu.
- dchest 16y agoI remember they sometimes set "open results in a new window" option by default for new users (those without Google's cookies). But not always, so it seems like they're split testing it.