News from many outlets the past week is that Google is planning to announce a withdrawal from China today. Google's departure will boost rivals like Baidu.com, but it is a no-win scenario for Google.

It may sound like an illness in China, but Microsoft is aiming at Chinese mobile phone users with a new deal to include its Bing.com search engine on Motorola Android phones sold in the country.

Chinese search engine company Baidu.com has recently adjusted the policies of its Baidu Alliance and will stop business cooperation with some members.

Amidst news of a major security breach and the fleeing of its chief technology officer, Chinese search engine Baidu.com has managed to post increased profit for the end of 2009.

The China Internet Network Information Center has announced that it has increased the price for .CN domain names, and the new price policy went into effect on January 1, 2010.

Chinese search engine firm Baidu Inc. is launching a new company to provide advertising-supported online video services in China.

Seven search engine service providers from China have jointly signed a self-discipline compact in Beijing.

Chinese search engine company Baidu Inc. announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009, and stated though its revenue rose, it forecasts weakness in the Chinese Internet sector.

Chinese search engine company Baidu.com and the Chinese telecom operator China Unicom have jointly announced that the two parties have signed a strategic agreement for wireless search.

The Internet Society of China, China Communications Standards Association, and Chinese search engine company Baidu.com have jointly published the Search Engine Marketing Standard and Regulation.

Chinese market research firm Analysys International has published its latest report on China's search engine market, and the company states that the Chinese search engine company Baidu.com held 61.6% share of the market in the second quarter of 2009, followed by Google China with a share of 29.1%.

Chinese search engine company Baidu Inc. announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009, and stated total revenues were CNY1.097 billion, a 36.7% increase from the corresponding period in 2008.

According to a notice issued by Baidu.com to its clients, the company will gradually close its search engine advertising bid ranking system, which has been operating for eight years.

Chinese market research firm Analysys International has published its monitoring report on China's search engine market for the first quarter of 2009, which shows the scale of China's search engine market has reached CNY1.365 billion, a year-on-year increase of 46%, but a decrease of 11% compared with the previous quarter.

Chinese search engine Baidu.com says its Internet advertising revenue increased and the future looks bright as it announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009.