[OC] Microsoft Bing: A forgotten $10B+ businessSubmitted by jtsg_ t3_11xvoln in dataisbeautiful
INeedCheesee t1_jd6d2vj wrote
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Most people just use Baidu in China
Exotic-Today3865 t1_jd71cmn wrote
Baidu kinda has a bad image in China and a lot of the younger tech savvy people actually prefer Bing or the Quark Search by Alibaba Group.
scooterbuhddy t1_jd85ska wrote
That’s interesting! Why does baidu have a bad image in China?
Exotic-Today3865 t1_jdby2k8 wrote
They had search results link to a private hospital group (since it was paid ads). However the group is shady to say the least and would also charge absurd amounts of money and so on. China has huge trust issues towards both what the government and private enterprise says. Let’s just say foreign companies are trusted more than a lot of the local companies, no matter how hard the government and local conglomerates try.
soldforaspaceship t1_jd6fp75 wrote
Depends what they are searching for. Even local friends preferred Bing for international searches. I only used Baidu for searches in Mandarin on local stuff. Obviously can't speak for the country!
DaBIGmeow888 t1_jd7oob5 wrote
Bing is for foreigners searching international stuff. Most locals use Baidu.
soldforaspaceship t1_jd7wg1v wrote
Absolutely. But some locals use Bing for international searches. That was my experience at least.
Shadecraze t1_jd9e47a wrote
here are some stats i could find for anyone else curious about the numbers
soldforaspaceship t1_jd9gv87 wrote
That's about what I expected but thanks! 14% of market share in China would push their numbers enormously!
biebergotswag t1_jd73r3p wrote
baidu is famous for being absolutely useless, you can search for dingtalk on baidu, and the first link may be a virus.
Baidu's absolute uselessness is what allowed the APP market and wechat miniapps to bloom.
DaBIGmeow888 t1_jd7p1kr wrote
China search engine marketshare
- Baidu: 65%
- Bing: 11%
https://www.statista.com/statistics/253340/market-share-of-search-engines-in-china-pageviews/
biebergotswag t1_jd7z1z0 wrote
When you include the truly big alternatives such as alibaba(including amap), wechat search, toutiao, meituan, dianping ect baidu is not big at all.
Search engines are not that big in china. Baidu don't nearly have the monoply as google has in the west
Enfiznar t1_jd9651g wrote
65% is big. Not google big, but big, more so in china.
biebergotswag t1_jda8eo2 wrote
It is a much smaller market, because the users of browsers and search engines are much fewer.
DaBIGmeow888 t1_jd7p0sl wrote
China search engine marketshare
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