Google China Market Share Falls to Lowest Since 2007
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Google Inc.’s market share in China fell to its lowest in almost three years after a dispute with the government prompted the company to review its operations, allowing Baidu Inc. to gain sales at a faster pace, according to iResearch Inc.
The U.S. company accounted for 24.6 percent of China’s Internet search-engine market in the third-quarter, dropping from 26.8 percent in the previous three months, Nelly Jin, an analyst at IResearch in Beijing, said by phone today. That’s the lowest since the fourth-quarter of 2007, she said.