Also, keep in mind that Baidu has a good founder. Robin Li co-discovered Pagerank (or something similar) a little before the Google guys did. Then he went to Ch

Also, keep in mind that Baidu has a good founder. Robin Li co-discovered Pagerank (or something similar) a little before the Google guys did. Then he went to China, and worked on cornering the market (after a few false starts). It's not like Baidu is just a cheap ripoff, they presumably know what they are doing.