subject: In China, Baidu Combat Control Search Google Android [print this page] Baidu, Chinas largest search engine, is working with handset makers search box defaults to Googles Android phones on the market Chinese. Robin Li, founder and CEO of Baidu, wants a search box prominently on the phone screen, says the WSJ. Li initiative could be implemented in a simple widget Baidu search, but a much larger attack would be if Baidu is replaced by Google as default search engine when you Android phone presses a dedicated search button on the handset.
Such a move would surreptitiously Baidu brand identity and ad revenue Googles own mobile platform. Currently, Google does not charge any handset makers licensing fees to use the Android operating system , Google earns more revenue from advertising on mobile through internet searches. Google well as income from shares, including phone manufacturers , so from a certain perspective, Android phone makers like HTC, Motorola and Samsung are paid for the construction of smartphones Android. As a result, Baidu may be necessary to offer many of the same, to encourage a switch from Google the default search engine Baidu for future Android phones.
Although it isnta Baidu advantages far beyond China, is is the most popular search engine in the country. According to data from the last week of StatCounter , web-tracking service, Baidu has been used for 62.31 percent of all searches in China, nearly two times greater than 35.84 percent of Google . Other estimates have a Baidu search share approaching three quarters of all searches in China. Due to the large Chinese population, currently estimated at over 1.3 billion people, Baidu 4.6 percent share in the global search market that rivals already 4.8 percent Microsoft . I almost two thirds of Chinese mobile phone , so Baidu wants to continue the dominance of the search for more Chinese consumers to join the mobile Web.
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In China, Baidu Combat Control Search Google Android
