Chinese search engine Baidu.com has upgraded the credit system of its Internet shopping platform Youa, providing comprehensive credit information of vendors.

Executives from the Chinese Internet search engine Baidu talked over the past weekend with striking workers who protested against the company's salary cuts and its new sales commission policies.

According to Sohu.com's IT channel, the Chinese search engine giant Baidu.com will formally launch the professional edition of its new Internet search engine advertising program, Phoenix Nest, on April 20, 2009.

Total revenues for the fourth quarter of 2008 rose to CNY902.1 million for Chinese Internet search engine Baidu.com, as it today announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.

According to a report on Chinese search engine market in 2008 released by the Chinese market research firm Analysys International, Google (GOOG) China made CNY973 million revenue in the first three quarters of 2008.

Signaling that advertisers might shun Internet advertising in an economic downturn, and just weeks after it was hammered by investors for selling illegal medical advertisements, Chinese Internet search engine Baidu.com (BIDU) has rightfully adjusted its revenue expectation for the fourth quarter of 2008 to between CNY890 million and CNY900 million, decreasing CNY100 million compared with [...]

Local media is again reporting that a Chinese Internet company — in this case, Alibaba.com — has suspended advertising on Chinese search engine Baidu.com (BIDU).

Chinese search engine Baidu.com (BIDU) says its revenue, net income, and active online customers all increased as it reported its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008.

Google's (GOOG) China website and Top100.cn have jointly announced that the two companies will launch a music search service in the integrated searching functions of Google.cn.

According to a quarterly report on China online advertising market in the second quarter of 2008 released by Analysys International, the online advertising market of China reached CNY2.808 billion, which increased by 33% compared with the first quarter of 2008 and a year-on-year increase of 72.5%.