Popularly known as Google trouncer in China, Baidu is the No. 1 serach engine in China and was the third-largest worldwide search property with 3.4 billion searches in December 2007, capturing 5.2 per cent of worldwide search share and beating Microsoft Sites for third place, according to comScore.
In China, Baidu.com leads the search engine market with as much as 61 per cent marketshare, Google comes a distant second with a 25 per cent share, followed by Yahoo China with 9.6 per cent.
In December 2007, Baidu became the first company from China to be included in the NASDAQ-100 index. The site's name Baidu has been inspired by a Song Dynasty poem written by Xin Qiji in the 12th century.
One of the most popular features on Baidu is its music search, called "MP3 Search," which includes Baidu 500 a comprehensive listing of popular Chinese music. Baidu started its own search engine in Japan known as www.baidu.jp. The company recently announced public tests of its new voice-activated search.
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