Google Trends is a relatively new tool. Launched in May 2006 it gives insight in what people all over the world are searching for. Not in absolute numbers but by using graphs to show a trend.
Google Trends
In their own words:
Google Trends analyzes a portion of Google web searches to compute how […]
It gets a bit of a nuisance using gmail in China.
Instead of operating as it should, it regularly shows the message “We’re experiencing difficulties that may prevent your chats from being sent.”
This is a bit of a white lie, as at such moments I can’t read emails or send any. I am […]
The latest numbers from CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center) about internet usage in China show that usage is rising faster than before. CNNIC says that China now (July 2006) has 123 Million users. That’s 12 million more than the last survey.
January 2006 vs July 2006
The last time CNNIC published numbers was in January […]
Linese.com is China’s attempt at the online learning experience. Launched a couple of days ago it’s time for a review.
Linese.com Review
Well that’s what I thought before, but I learned from a comment on the Peking Duck that it’s actually a private backed venture so I am not going to waste much time on […]
I stumbled on Yahoo Answers (a service where visitors can ask questions and others provide the answers) a week ago and searched for questions on China.
It’s a small zeitgeist
There are business questions:
E.g. How can I find cheap products or I need an agent for x?
There are practical questions:
E.g. Where can I find sheet music […]
MI 3 and Laundry
The always amazing SARFT (State Administration of Radio, Film & Television, search for it on Google and you’ll find more highlights of this small club that decides what is appropriate to view in China) is not so happy yet with the new movie of T. Cruise, MI3.
It was filmed for […]
The National May holiday is almost at its end. Friends in China send sms messages to wish eachother a happy holiday. Many of them consist of a funny short story that make light of life. It happens that the more popular ones are received more than once as everyone forwards them.
Here a translation of […]
Google China has a new name and the linguists are still out on the right meaning.
The current translations are “Valley Song”, Harvesting Song, Song of the Grain, Song of the harvest of grain and even Happy Song. Eric Smidt, CEO of Google, calls it a “Fruitful and happy song”.
The whole renaming seems to […]
In a drive to purify the internet even further the leading Internet portals (among them Sina.com, Sohu.com, Baidu.com, and Yahoo’s Chinese Website) have drawn up a joint proposal to stem “unhealthy Internet cultures.”
“No indecent texts and photos, no search agents for such contents, no links to unhealthy websites, and no carrying games with sex […]
CCTV has a new website for all English speaking people around the world.
The American Fox Cable network is one of the partners which seems a match made in heaven.
Biased + Biased makes Unbiased?
I have visited the site a couple of times and at least half of the time pages don’t render.
Their slogan is […]
Unsettling, and insistently gripping story of 3 generations of Chinese women
A must read for anyone considering doing business in China
