Baidu To Launch Chinese Blogging Platform

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Chinese search engine Baidu, with a market cap of about $3 billion, will be launching a blogging platform on July 13. Search Enging Journal reports (but without attribution) that Cynthia He, a spokeswoman for Baidu, said in a statement: “There’s a product named Baidu Space. I can’t describe the product or give a date, except that it will be very soon and we are very excited. But we’d like to keep a little mystery for now.”

Blogging in China is tricky business to say the least. And it’s fairly competitive - Bokee, BlogCN, ChinaBlog, Sina Blog and Sohu Blog all have competitive offerings and lots of users. Nevertheless, China is a huge market (the second largest internet audience after the U.S.) and has an active blogging community. And some of the blogs are masssive.

Someday, this massive community of people writing and conversing can bring China out of the dark ages freedom-wise. The more people that blog in and about China, the better.

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anon

June 30th, 2006 at 12:01 am

nothing will change the situation in China until the Chinese people insist on change. that can only happen through an understanding of what they are missing wrt the rest of the world. blogging can help but it will require more. google yahoo and microsft need to do more and stop bending over for the chinese government.
Richard Hong

June 30th, 2006 at 12:13 am

Wow! This is the first time TechCrunch report Chinese internet com.
EmilYang

June 30th, 2006 at 12:40 am

wow,come on,you guys,please!!!I love techcrunch,dont let these chinese shit profane techcrunch.I am a loyal fan of this site.Please keep the purity and virginity of techcrunch.I am a loyal fan, of this site.

By the way,baidu is damn evil….I can smell the strench from hell when i surfing baidu shit.:-(
Indian Raj

June 30th, 2006 at 12:43 am

The next big growth will take place in South Asia. Use of internet is growing very fast in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Within 5 years, this market will become as big as China. So, tech cmpanies should address this market. Yahoo is doing great here but Google is negleting it
Wil

June 30th, 2006 at 5:19 am

Baidu has a tab for searching mp3 online. Now that can be good for user but well… I have mix feeling about that. I will just say this Google or Yahoo will/can never put Search mp3 files online.
Clark Kent

June 30th, 2006 at 5:55 am

The wolrd of Web 2.0 not only happening in Silicon Valley. It is happening everywhere. For TechCrunch, it will be good covering Web 2.0 for China. China has the second biggest internet user in the world after US. It’s no brainer to cover Web 2.0 news from there
Pete Cashmore

June 30th, 2006 at 6:06 am

Mike - they posted without attribution because it came via a press release. I grabbed some screenshots too:

http://mashable...-blogging-site/
Joe

June 30th, 2006 at 8:04 am

As a user, I think Baidu is really really good compared with many other Chinese internet services. Two of my favoriate things in Baidu: map (very complete and easy to use. Maybe not as good as google map yet, but very useful when google and other maps don’t cover China yet); and Chinese classics libary. If you do use Chinese language, those are almost irreplacable by any others; if you don’t, the whole thing just doesn’t matter.
/pd

June 30th, 2006 at 8:07 am

Mike,

Baidu is the strategic tool in the hands of the government. The more people who use it the better for them.. (the regime !!)

you may also want to to readup a bit on what is called as the golden projects and also here a little on ICE

“The more people that blog in and about China, the better. ” — Better for whom ?? yeah, the Chinese parliament is considering a draft law which would - among other things– “reporting breaking news without authorization”

So Mike, in short - as professional blogger and leader in web2.0 , under the current mandates you will never be able to open a techcrunch china — Oh let me retract that -maybe it will happen hmmmmmmm 2050 ?

FWIW–WEb2.0 is not just about technologies , its also about coummities !!
Thomas

June 30th, 2006 at 8:29 am

Wow, it’s amazing how people here in America completely miss an important part about the Chinese: they live very differently and see things very differently than we do. I know many Chinese who, having spent many years in America, are not anywhere near as zealous for change in their home country as you people all seem to be.

The Chinese know things are not ideal in their country, but they also know that no country is perfect. They see many flaws in the American approach, and even many flaws in some of the “freedoms” we insist on here. They’re more cautious about it, and they usually don’t appreciate people like us holding our bleeding hearts in one hand while as talk about how China is “in the dark ages.”

China is a different country with different people and a different perspective. Come down off your high horse and let them sort it out for themselves if they wish to.
Thomas

June 30th, 2006 at 8:31 am

Doh, should have proofread it. That last bit should be “while we talk about how China…”
/pd

June 30th, 2006 at 9:05 am

oh heres another linky which is of interest

http://www.virt...baiduspace.html
deirex

June 30th, 2006 at 9:32 am

EmilYang ,did baidu fire you or something?
xiliang

June 30th, 2006 at 11:25 am

EmilYang: I think your word regarding the Baidu Space is kind harsh, at least not appropriated for this audience. Just dont know what makes you think that aidu is a piece of shit?

Clark kent + Thomas: Totally agree with what you said. China is a such different country with different culture and different perspective. Like America, they are also innovative and hard-working people. They have the cool ideas. The best thing is to talk and share with each other, rather than just shut door to each other.

As the matter of fact, eBay China got beaten by a local china company, Yahoo China also got bought out to the same local Chinese company named “Aribaba”, and Google is also facing great competition thanks to baidu’s right strategy and strong performance. Chinese companies, including Baidu, reserve the respect, at least to some extend.
maggie_yan3

June 30th, 2006 at 3:00 pm

To EmilYang:

How dare u speak baidu seo like this way!!
really not smart
xiangge

June 30th, 2006 at 4:35 pm

hehe,good news for us!
ben

June 30th, 2006 at 8:44 pm

Baidu is great company although it’s not perfect. it does create value for chinese, and i would like to say Baidu is not a “so so substitute of Google”, but a great competitor of Google.
Clark Kent

June 30th, 2006 at 9:38 pm

Baidu has promosing future and playing in a big highly growing market in China. Need to follow where the money are.
盗盗

June 30th, 2006 at 10:52 pm

^_^ baidu is a powerful in china!
inthesky

July 1st, 2006 at 9:37 am

i love baidu,i love china!
LAS

July 1st, 2006 at 9:36 pm

i love baidu, i love blog, so … i love baidu space!

hahahaa……..
yaosideren

July 2nd, 2006 at 5:38 am

外也就那求样!
Mike

July 2nd, 2006 at 8:59 am

不管怎么说.我都爱我们中国自己的搜索引擎
可能我们的技术赶不上美国的GOOGLE和YAHOO
但是我们永远是百度的忠实拥护者
因为我们是中国人
Richard Hong

July 2nd, 2006 at 3:33 pm

I just discovered how many Chinese readers you have here, Michael! I aslo found out one thing - if you write something about China, there are always a lot of comments you can earn, especially in a popular blog like TechCruch.
Veryfine

July 2nd, 2006 at 8:38 pm

哈哈哈，我也是中国人！！
Emily Yang is a big shit!! Ni Gan Kuai Qu Si!! BS 你这头猪！
EmilYang

July 2nd, 2006 at 9:26 pm

Coward…veryfine,you are a total coward.
daphne

July 2nd, 2006 at 10:43 pm

it’s not a good idea for baidu to launch its space. search engine as well as blog. it may confuse users.
Veryfine

July 2nd, 2006 at 11:17 pm

EmilYang 是头猪呀！中国人都来干他niang呀！！
happy pulse

July 3rd, 2006 at 12:49 am

happy pulse
www.hpuls.com

男人一定要看的网站，女人一定要用的东西
Ashley

July 3rd, 2006 at 5:16 am

Do not reject things from other country.If u dislike them,just stand by and do not say any thing,nobody there is threating u to come to this thread and comment.Plus,everything has two sides,there must be something usefull from Baidu that people can get some kinda apocalypse.
If u want a debate,AIM:wyy126,MSN:also my email.
ppp

July 3rd, 2006 at 5:58 am

Veryfine不对呀,我对动物没兴趣应该是 call all pigs to fuck his/her mother
Gin(杜松子)

July 3rd, 2006 at 7:17 pm

EmilYang ,I think your behavior makes others look down upon you .
Since you are a Chinese,y did you say such things here?

if u say”chinese shit”, you are cursing you and your parents as “shit “at the same time.Why do you call yourself “shit”?

Chinese people look down upon you,and people from other countries also look down upon you.

You made us sick!
你根本不配做一个中国人。你骂了中国的同时也是在骂你和你娘是吃屎长大的。你真恶心！
ouyang

July 3rd, 2006 at 9:10 pm

i love baidu! - ouyang
——————————
http://wapdh.com
109度

July 4th, 2006 at 6:27 pm

强者的定义在于有ＮＮＮ多人拥护它．
gilbert

July 4th, 2006 at 10:23 pm

i am glad that everyone talk in a middle way.
The people who said china at a darkage should come to china and will find somthing different
Flykye

July 5th, 2006 at 9:12 am

支持国产，希望Baidu越来越强。
wwww

July 8th, 2006 at 8:26 pm

电脑维修联盟网
htttp://www.wxwxwx.net

同意支持
conyee

July 11th, 2006 at 3:42 am

I am Chinese, but I do not like Baidu. But I support Baidu and hope that he can produce more of their innovation!
jay

July 27th, 2006 at 11:58 pm

I am Chinese. I like Baidu mood. Google, as you like. . .
EmilYang is a shit

September 13th, 2006 at 4:07 am

to EmilYang: I really want to kown why your shit mouth is always full of shit?please tell me
castr

October 15th, 2006 at 10:07 am

support.
净化

October 15th, 2006 at 10:09 am

support again.

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