Google Shuts Down Shopping Service in China

Western technology giants are planning to close on of their few offices in China. The search engine Google has taken another step backward to implement downsizing strategy in the country to close
down service shopping.

"In order to better optimize resources, we have decided to close our shopping search service in China. The original intent of this product was to set up a bridge between consumers, retailers and traders. The impact of the
product, however, did not meet our expectations. But we remain committed to helping Chinese businesses export their products to countries around the world and helping Chinese retailers use Google Shopping to reach consumers in other markets. In the future
we will focus on in-app mobile advertising with AdMob, mobile and desktop display, and export-oriented search advertising.” Google’s representative made the statement.

It’s not a case of censorship, but simply the relentless competition of local sites, in this case of Alibaba.

Three months ago, Google also closed its music service. Used to be a leader if you see bright future (as happened with the mail Gmail or the Chrome browser), in China has decided to cut before being nobody in
the country.

The conglomerate Alibaba sites is gaining ground every day, at the expense, among others, the American search engine.

For years, Google decided to leave China and kept their Hong Kong office. This time the reason was not commercial, but quite the opposite: would not submit to the demands of the Government’s censorship of websites. 

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Posted by Farasat Ali on Dec 12 2012. Filed under Sci-Tech. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry