This reporter recently learned, Google (Google) Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt will visit China this week, and today (March 17) met the media to discuss business and future development of the Internet and other issues.This is the fourth time China Schmidt.China as the world's second largest Internet market, Google has become a hit, "Waterloo" of the land, which makes Google the board is dissatisfied with speculation that Google may have recently taken the Chinese market, "special measures."
Analysts pointed out that China last April as it was when Schmidt is still to give the incumbent vice president, China President Kai-fu Lee scoring, but Google so-called growth of the number of users, user satisfaction does not make a higher evaluation of Kai-fu Lee.
Data show that the development of Google in China weak: new survey from consulting agencies are looking, "the third quarter of 2007, the main search engine advertising report" shows that Baidu and Google in China, three quarters of the amount of search engine advertising market share was 62.0%and 22.7%.Moreover, Google in negative press coverage in 2007: blind test results false controversy, Sogou input method input method thesaurus copying events, the global culture of poor products ... ...
In contrast, there are rumors that John Liu will probably take over the work of Kai-fu Lee to let Google know more about China, and more localized.January 7, Google announced the appointment of former executives of SK Telecom as Vice President Dr. Liu Yun, head of Greater China sales.With the insider as saying, "For John Liu, a lot of room for imagination."Insiders pointed out that the revenue targets, Google (China) have not been able to produce good responses, which is Google to find John Liu, and Kai-fu Lee granted the same level with the main reason for this post since the end of 2006 after leaving angrily Johnny Chouhas been vacant.