Een branche rapport dat afgelopen vrijdag gepubliceerd werd, geeft aan dat de online zoekmarkt in China over 2004 sterk gegroeid is ten opzichte van 2003.
The report released at a meeting on the development of China’s search engine industry held in Xiamen City, eastern Fujian Province, showed that the market of the online service hit 1.25 billion yuan (151 million US dollars) in 2004, rising 81 percent from the previous year.
The report also predicted that the market of online searching engine in China would reach 2.3 billion yuan (278 million US dollars) this year, and might rocket to 5.62 billion yuan (680 million US dollars) by 2007.
Ongeveer zo’n 50 miljoen Chinezen per dag gebruiken zoekmachines.
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