Baidu.com is the most visited Chinese search engine.http://www.smartbrief.com/news/aaaa/companyData.jsp?companyId=40020 The site is one of the most visited websites in the World (currently number 9 on the Alexa Top 500).http://www.alexa.com/topsites In compliance with the Chinese government laws Baidu filters content out of their search results.http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/04/baidus-internal-monitoring-and-censorship-document-leaked/

Baidu started as MP3 search site and over the years they have evolved into a search engine and a news website. It offers a really wide variety of services, just like competitors such as Google and Yahoo.http://ir.baidu.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=188488&p=irol-products The site raised a total of one hundred eleven million dollars in several funding rounds according to Crunchbasehttp://www.crunchbase.com/company/baidu

The site has an MP3 search, a collaboratively built encyclopedia, a searchable keyword-based discussion forum and a news site. http://www.crunchbase.com/company/baidu Baidu also has a search engine in Japan and its own brand advertising feature.

• Google

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• Bing