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Xiao Shi COMP 2903 OCT 28, 2010. Baidu vs google. SUMMARY. Introduction of Baidu Contrast between Baidu and Google Difference between Baidu and Google Conclusion. Background. Baidu is the leading search engine in China It was co-founded in 1999 by Robin Li
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Xiao Shi COMP 2903 OCT 28, 2010 Baiduvsgoogle
SUMMARY • Introduction of Baidu • Contrast between Baidu and Google • Difference between Baidu and Google • Conclusion
Background • Baidu is the leading search engine in China • It was co-founded in 1999 by Robin Li • Baidu created a shopping mall of Web offerings
Contrast 1 • Search images of “acadia university” on both search engines
Contrast 2 • Search maps on both search engines
Differences • Baidu: • 1. not very accurate • 2. does not have good search in other languages • 3. limited output • Google • 1. accurate • 2. can search anything by any languages • 3. more outputs
Conclusion • The range of Google search is larger than that of Baidu. • Baidu has good command of Chinese search and it does not do well in English search. • Google is better than Baidu in a large degree.
Sources • The New York Time. 2010. “Baidu Inc.” from: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/baiducom-inc/index.html • Baidu. URL: http://www.baidu.com • Wikipedia. “Google”. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google • CNN. 2010. “Baidu: China’s Google can’t be beat”. From: http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/22/technology/thebuzz/index.htm • Baidu Images: URL: http://image.baidu.com/ • Baidu Maps: URL: http://map.baidu.com/ • Google Images: URL: http://www.google.ca/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi • Google Maps: URL: http://maps.google.ca/