Friday, February 22, 2013

Alibaba rolls-out new Internet search engine


News this week: China’s leading e-commerce company, Alibaba Group, has launched its own Internet search engine, Aliyun, (which is also the name of its mobile OS). The search engine will come under its cloud computing subsidiary – AliCloud.

Search features offered by Aliyun include the ability to search news, sites, images and maps (via AutoNavi). Aliyun was launched as a mobile OS in 2011 and since then Aliyun has launched other web-based applications, such as an Android app store and online maps. The search engine service represents Alibaba’s continued push into all areas of the e-commerce eco-system.

According to a research report released in late 2012, China’s top 10 search engines ranked by page views were: Baidu (72.97%), Qihoo 360 – So.com (9.64%), Sogou (7.83%), Google (4.72%), Soso (3.68%), Bing (0.52%), Youdao (0.31%), Yahoo (0.25%), Zhongsou (0.03%), and Qihoo.com (0.01%).

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