JS_Harris - 3:17 am on Nov 29, 2008 (gmt 0)

I doubt that johnnie, the average Joe doesn't care about such things and uses the search engine packaged by default with their computers browser. I highly doubt anyone would refuse to use Baidu over this, if anything they'll remember the name and use it more often.

Getting a search engine packaged into the most widely used browser which is then installed on new computers is the primary force deciding the level of success for any search company. Everything else is incremental at best... bad press included.