SubscribeThe Secrets of Baidu’s Investment
Ku6.com, a video sharing sites in China, is the exclusive video service provider for Baidu’s very popular Tieba, or Baidu Postbar service. In Jan. 2008, Kevin Lee, founder of Ku6.com confirmed the long time rumor that Baidu is an investor of Ku6.com.
However, an article in the first issue of CBNWeekly disclosed some inside story [...]
Who is Leading China’s Blog Market?
Among all China’s blog service providers, who is the leading player? Is it Sina blog which hosts many blogs of celebrities, is it Sohu blog who just open a widget platform, or Tencent’s Q-zone? A report released by Baidu today may answer this question. (Jan. 30th, Update: Interestingly, SearchLab, an research institute established by Baidu [...]
Baidu Zhishi: User Generated Knowledge Aggregator on Baidu Zhidao
Baidu quietly launched a new product called Baidu Zhishi (百度知识掌门人) in last week, which shows Baidu’s further intention to build rich content around Baidu’s existing products and services.
Baidu Zhishi is a new service based on popular Baidu Zhidao (Q&A service), which has helped answer over 25 million questions so far. Baidu Zhishi allows users [...]
Baidu Launched Entertainment Channel
As expected, today Baidu launched another content channel, entertainment channel, or Baidu Yule, after its finance channel and 2008 Beijing Olympics channel. Since the end of last year, Baidu has set a countdown to the launch of entertainment channel with celebration videos from about 100 famous entertainment stars.
As Baidu Finance and Beijing Olympics [...]
Baidu Invested A Video Ads Service Provider
AdsIt, an online video ads service provider, announced it received several million USD investment from Baidu, Intel Capital and Farallon Capital. A report of 21st Century Business Herald said the investment is about $4-6 million.
Actually, AdsIt has a strong partnership with Baidu, it is the exclusive operator of video ads of Baidu, or Baidu [...]