The decision engine is so eager to grab more search market share in the most populous Internet users in the planet as Google was kicked out of the country about one year ago. After launching a beta version in Chinese language which was dubbed as “biying” (or "giving answer" engine) in summer 2009, the decision engine was not able to penetrate the Great Wall of China. “biying” continued to maintain a very small share of China’s search engine market (less than 3% search share). At the same time, about one year ago, Bing top executives hinted that the software giant was not going to take over a very dominant local search engine Baidu or “rabbit engine.”
While Bing executives have been partying with their new toys and in bed with Skype communication technology company since early this week, citing Chinese press several bloggers reported that Bing is in a position to sign a partnership with Baidu. A deal is now on the table and could be signed by both companies within days. According to the Chinese press, Baidu will control pay-per-click search ads on “biying” site while the “giving answer” engine will provide search results in English language for Baidu.
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