Posted on Thursday, August 24th, 2006 at 3:58 pm
In terms of revenue, Google ranked third among search engines in China with a 13.2 percent share of the market. Baidu.com, China’s most popular search engine, ranked first, with 43.9 percent of the market, Analysys said in a report. Yahoo China, which is operated by Alibaba.com, had the second-largest share of the market, with a 21.1 percent share. Yahoo holds a 40 percent stake in Alibaba.
Sohu.com’s search engine came in fourth, with 9.2 percent of the market.
Overall, China’s search engine market was worth 303 million renminbi ($37.7 million as of March 31, the last day of the period) in revenue during the first quarter, Analysys said.
