Google apparently experienced some nice growth in China as well from a monetary standpoint but there were no details given by the worldwide leading search engine. One has to suspect that losing the battle in the largest growth market is not something that sits well with Google’s leadership but there may also be a growing resignation to the fact that China is just different and poses unique problems; even for Google.
http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/07/chinese-search-giant-baidu-posts-gains.html
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