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Both Yandex and Baidu are just copying Google's every move though. It's competition, but there is little innovation going on.

• seanmcdirmid 12y ago
  Isn't that pretty much the whole Chinese internet industry? At any rate, there isn't much reason to use Baidu outside of china.
  • jpatokal 12y ago
    It's easy to be dismissive, but the West has nothing like Alibaba: think Ebay for businesses selling to businesses. Which is why its IPO seems likely to top $20 billion.
    • seanmcdirmid 12y ago
      Amazon at the consumer level is a more appropriate comparison.
      • bd_at_rivenhill 12y ago
        Why? I don't see sellers on Alibaba advertising the number of units that they can produce per month. Aliexpress is much more like ebay if you always filtered search with "buy it now" (except that the prices are generally lower and you have to deal with longer lead times). Amazon kills it with breadth of selection and fast delivery times; I haven't seen anything out of China that compares, but the Amazon prices are higher for comparable items.
        • seanmcdirmid 12y ago
          Amazon acts as a storefront for many independent merchants, just like Taobao does. This mirrors the way my wife uses amazon and Taobao, but we find Amazon to be more reliable in quality. And then there is jd.com....