Social shopping websites like Meilishuo and Mogujie are gaining popularity and about a quarter of downstream visits go to Taobao. Why doesn’t Taobao simply make one of its own? It just did. Wantu, or naughty rabbit, is launched but not as good as Meilishuo or Mogujie. Users can only login with Taobao ID at the […]
Chart: Tencent’s Social Media Empire
The latest financial report revealed that Tencent’s QQ has over 700 million users, more than the total of China Internet users reported by CNNIC. Tencent launched various social media applications like Qzone, Pengyou, Tencent Weibo and most recent Weixin which all have grown very fast with its huge user base of QQ.
Demographic Profile of Smartphone Users in China
According to Q1 2012 data from Ohio-based research firm ProsperChina’s InsightCenter, China smartphone users resemble the survey sample in terms of both gender and age, but index significantly higher among wealthier internet users.
Top 10 Instant Messenger in 2011
Tencent QQ, Alibaba’s Wangwang, and China Mobile’s Fetion (Feixin) were the top three most popular instant messengers in China last year.
This Chart Shows How Important It Is to Engage Users on Weibo
Both Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo disabled their comments last Saturday morning and no one could comment since then until 3 April 2012. Average time per visit on Sina Weibo dropped by 5.8% last Saturday, according Hitwise. “Comments”, for companies, is one important way of engaging fans and customers. Follow us on Facebook for more […]
Top 10 B2C Websites in 2011
No one seems to be able to replace Taobao as the number one online shopping portal whose total sales last year exceeded 100 billion yuan (about USD $15.88 billion) with strong growth in mobile.
Google Decorates Its SERP for Chinese Qingming Festival
Qingming Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival on the 108th day after the winter solstice. And, Google has just decorated its search results pages on Qingming Festival or Qingming. Besides a Chinese painting showing a willow and a poem, you will also see an animation. If you click on the white […]
It Took Tencent Weixin 433 Days to Reach 100 Million Users
Weixin, launched by Tencent on January 21 2011 as a iPhone App, is a free mobile communication tool. You can send voice, video, photo and text messages on Weixin, do group chatting, and find people nearby according to location data. If you are familiar with Talkbox or Whatsapp, you roughly know how Weixin works; it […]
What Make Chinese Go Shopping Online?
In a recent survey conducted by DCCI, the flexibility of online shopping—shop anytime, appears to be the number one reason why many consumers in China shop online.
Over 130 Thousand Companies Opened Account on Sina Weibo
By the end of February 2012, a total of 130,565 companies opened Sina Weibo accounts, among which the most popular category is Food & Beverage with about 50 thousand companies set up on Sina Weibo. On average every enterprise Sina Weibo account has over 5,000 fans; every Sina Weibo user follows on average four enterprise […]
Taobao Mobile Login Users Exceeded 100 Million
Taobao mobile users totaled over 100 million milestone, revealed at Mworld 2012 conference. According to its official data, Taobao Mobile generated a total of 11.88 billion yuan (about USD 1.88 billion) in revenue last year, more than six times earnings in 2010 (1.8 billion yuan).
Online Word-of-mouth Source Credibility in China
CIC, a social business intelligence provider in China, shared a research finding about source credibility of online word-of-mouth in China, conducted with Yicai; it revealed that user review and recommendation websites like dianping.com are the most credible source for online WOM in China.
China Now Leads In Smartphone Adoption
According to Flurry, China now leads in new smart device adoption (iOS and Android smartphones and tablets) and leads the world in app session growth, with an enormous growth rate of more than 1100% between Q1 2011 and Q1 2012.
Baidu SERP Integrates Baidu Maps Listing
Baidu has recently integrated its Maps listings into search results pages, just like what Google has been doing.
China Ranked the 6th Most Optimistic Country Last Quarter
After Chinese confidence levels fell to 104 and 105 index points in Q2 and Q3, Chinese consumer confidence in Q4 returned to Q1 levels, ranked the sixth most optimistic country last quarter, according to Nielsen’s China Consumer Confidence Report. China and the U.S. posted two of the strongest gains of 108 and 83 points respectively, […]