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Web News: China's Internet Boom, Yahoo Panama Launched, Google Integration, Digg Anti-Gaming

Written by Richard MacManus / February 5, 2007 1:46 PM / 2 Comments

These summary posts are designed to be a 'quick fix' of the top Web news, for those people who don't have time to read the full articles but who want to stay informed.

- Internet Boom in China Is Built on Virtual Fun; NY Times continues the western fascination with all things China. This article profiles Tencent and their dominant mobile entertainment and IM service called ‚ÄúQQ‚Ä? - which "has reached more than 100 million users, or nearly 80 percent of the market." The crux of the piece is that US companies like Google and Yahoo have largely not succeeded in China because they haven't adapted to China‚Äôs Internet market, "which is geared primarily to entertainment and mobile phones".

- New Panama Ranking System For Yahoo Ads Launches Today; as Search Engine Land explains, Yahoo's Panama ad system is designed to take "ad quality and other factors into consideration in determining how ads are ranked on search results pages (a system similar to that long used by Google)." The high level question most are asking is whether Yahoo has left this move far too late, to seriously challenge the dominant Google AdWords?

- New Google Mini Integrates Google Analytics; more evidence of product integration happening at Google.

- Digg further reduces the influence of top diggers; what makes this so fascinating is that Digg is trying to make their site more democratic, but at the same time not piss off their top users (too much). It's a delicate balancing act for Digg.


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  1. I'm counting on my good Flickr friend CharlieBrown8989 to make a Splash with YuPoo over in China!!

    That market is sooooo HOT right now!!

    but yer right U need someone who knows & understands the Chinese market!!

    Cheers! Billy ;))

    Hopefully our UWAYCOOLr Widget Fires up the Long Tail there!!

    Posted by: BillyWarhol | February 5, 2007 11:00 PM



  2. Most Chinese users do not have a credit card, but have a mobile phone. They take good care any of the online shopping bills, but not the mobile phone bill. Why? Because they are too used to the over charged mobile phone bill with tons of nonsense but small items.

    Most of the big companies like Google do not over charge their consumers in U.S., right? And they do not want to over charge Chinese mobile phone bills like just what Tencent always does? Oh, they really don't want to earn money in China.

    Posted by: Cat Chen | February 11, 2007 8:00 AM



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