It said that when people used its new engine to search for a Baidu-related service, its rival re-directed them to its own search page.
China-based Internet search giant Baidu this afternoon reported mixed results for the third quarter.
Baidu also allows sites to pay for higher placement in search results, a tactic that Google has been careful to avoid.
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While Baidu has promised to more clearly differentiate organic and paid search results for a long time, it has still failed to do so.
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The Baidu partnership could come in handy for Dell as the Chinese search giant itself is making a push into the mobile search market.
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With Google fading from the search picture in China, it leaves further room for Baidu to establish a strangle-hold on market share.
Instead of automatically connecting to Google for browsing, the devices will link to the popular Chinese search engine Baidu.
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Besides mobile search, traffic growth is increasing in other areas that may be harder for Baidu to make much money from in the near term, such as online video player iQiyi and travel site Qunar.
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As a provider of a popular Web browser, Qihoo was well positioned for a rapid takeoff in the search sector, and in fact appears to be causing considerable trouble for sector leader Baidu.
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China search engine, Baidu (BIDU), said last week that it was acquiring CTrip rival Qunar for an undisclosed amount.
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Meng says that the shift of some Internet search traffic to Qihoo from Baidu is likely to result in Baidu missing current Street profit and revenue estimates for the fourth quarter and beyond.
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