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Tencent versus Alibaba: a complete guide to an increasingly fierce rivalry (INFOGRAPHIC)

Tencent versus Alibaba: a complete guide to an increasingly fierce rivalry (INFOGRAPHIC)

Tencent (HKG:0700) is the world’s fourth largest web company, and Alibaba is on the verge of history’s largest tech IPO. Both of these behemoth companies occupy many of the same verticals
Paul Bischoff · · 2 min read
Baidu down, Qihoo up, Google dead: 2013 was a year of drama for China’s search engines

Baidu down, Qihoo up, Google dead: 2013 was a year of drama for China’s search engines

Baidu down; Qihoo up; Google dead. That’s the summary of what happened to search engines in China in 2013. It was a year of big and dramatic changes. Baidu’s (NASDAQ:BIDU)
Steven Millward · · 3 min read
Tencent hits the road (and goes off the beaten path) to create China’s biggest ‘street view’

Tencent hits the road (and goes off the beaten path) to create China’s biggest ‘street view’

Started with just three areas in late 2011, Tencent’s (HKG:0700) street view imagery is now the most comprehensive in China. In a country where Google has not been permitted to
Steven Millward · · 3 min read
Despite $448 million deal, Tencent’s online maps won’t merge with Sogou, will be rebranded instead

Despite $448 million deal, Tencent’s online maps won’t merge with Sogou, will be rebranded instead

Earlier this month Tencent announced that it would invest $448 million into former rival Sogou, merging the latter firm’s search technology with Tencent’s own Soso search service and integrating the
Josh Horwitz · · 2 min read

Tencent soars past $100 billion in value after yesterday’s search engine merger

Tencent’s iconic penguin mascot. Yesterday evening, Tencent (HKG:0700) revealed it’ll take a 36.5 percent slice of search engine rival Sogou for $448 million. The deal should boost both Sogou and
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Chinese web giant Tencent boosts its search engine, takes stake in rival for $448 million

China’s top web companies are on an acquisition blitz this year. The latest big stake grab comes in the realm of search engines, with Chinese web giant Tencent (HKG:0700) confirming
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

These Two Graphs Show Painful Drops for Google and Baidu in China Search Engine Market

Now that it’s July we have market share data for China’s hard-fought search engine sector. The industry was reinvigorated last August by the entrance of Qihoo (NYSE:QIHU) (previously a web
Steven Millward · · 3 min read

Qihoo’s Search Engine Market Share Up 2%, Mainly at Expense of Baidu

When we last looked at search engine market share in China, the bruiser of a newcomer, Qihoo’s (NYSE:QIHU) So.com search service, was slowly making inroads on its major rival. But
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Here’s How Search Engines are Performing in China at the End of 2012

Google had to get used to being in fourth place in China in 2012. 2012 was a year of disruption, frustration, and lost users for search engines operating in China
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Qihoo’s New Search Engine Surges to 10% Share in China, Google Drops to 4th Place

Chinese traffic stats company CNZZ has calculated the impact of Qihoo’s (NYSE:QIHU) controversial new search engine in the China market, and reckons that it has grabbed the second spot with
Steven Millward · · 2 min read