SubscribeGoogle Rolls Out Laiba, Competing With Baidu Postbar
Laiba is the second product Google rolled out today. It’s also hosted on Tianya’s Domain. The product is similar to Baidu Postbar, which enters or generates discussion board based on search keywords.
Likewise, to enter any discussion board, you just type the topic in search box, and click search. If there’s no such board, you [...]
Google Answers Rebirth From China
By the end of last year, Google shut down its paid Q&A service. Then in June, it rolled out a free answers service in Russia. Now the Chinese version of the service launched, under the domain of Tianya.
This is again a free service. Everything seems to be identical to the Russian version. By cooperating with [...]
Tianya’s Topic Advertising Platform
Hainan-based Tianya is one of the most popular integrated communities in China. On July 5, it rolled out a new topic advertising system, called Adtopic, as a monetization approach for IPO preparation.
Unlike those topic advertisement targeting bloggers, Tianya’s system is a combination of corporate blog and Google Adwords like advertisement matching.
To use the system, [...]