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Former clients claim their rankings fall if they decline to buy sponsored links Beijing - For months, the Web site China City Map ranked among the top results for the Chinese term "provincial map" on Google and other search engines, including China's No. 1 player, Baidu . Then in August, salesmen representing Baidu asked the site to buy ads that would appear after a user typed in words related to maps in China. Chief Executive Michael Chen declined, figuring he was doing just fine without the ads. But in September, the site vanished from Baidu's results, though it still ranked high on Google and Yahoo! Traffic dropped by 90%. "If you have problems with Baidu," says Chen, "you're basically dead." Chen isn't alone in feeling Baidu is abusing its position as China's search leader. Salespeople working for Baidu drop sites from... [read full story]
Making ends meet In the shadow of the Narmada dam, those displaced by the canal once hoped that its water would irrigate their fields. Devilal's father Jatanbhai had already lost seven and a half acres to the dam's main canal...
Residents raise slogans during a rally, protesting against relocating Futenama Marine airfield on the southern island of Okinawa, in Ginowan, Japan, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Days after coming to power in September, Japan's new...
By NASSER KARIMI Associated Press Writer TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A senior Iranian lawmaker warned Russia that its delay in delivering an anti-aircraft missile defense system to Tehran could harm relations between the two countries,...
by: Gary Gordon November 08, 2009 | about: Who doesn’t appreciate the hard work and research that comes from the Bespoke Group? The data that Bespoke compiles always stimulates my brain cells… even when I disagree with the...
