Comments for Google Launches Answers in China

Google Launches Answers in China

2007-08-20T08:54:09Z

Google China has released a Q&A site, in partnership with Tianya Club. The Make Meaning blog notes that Tianya Club was founded in 1999 and is one of the most popular discussion forums in China. Tianya has almost 20 million registered users, 80% of whom are 18-35 years old.

]]> As we wrote in July, social search is something that Google is potentially vulnerable in - as Yahoo in particular is enjoying success with its Answers product. Google recently launched an Answers product in Russia and the new China version seems very similar.

The China Web 2.0 Blog also notes some privacy implications: "the first time you use the service, it will give you a privacy alert that your IP information will be recorded for at least two months. And it will be available for authority on request."

Comment from doug on 2007-08-20

2007-08-21T02:23:30Z

That is a change, alerting the reader/user that their ip information is stored and open to privacy infringement or police use.

A step forward?

Comment from Batteries for laptop-camcorder-camera-pda on 2007-08-20

2007-08-21T02:56:56Z

Just keep hearing from Google China

Comment from bblong on 2007-08-20

2007-08-21T05:20:07Z

The battle between Google China & Baidu has upgraded. But in order to win the victory, Google China still has a lot to do with localization. At least, to further combine the new Answers with its search operation. As Baidu gives a relatively higher rank to Baidu Zhidao, its Q&A product, in the search result pages.