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Hao123 has more visitors than other popular Chinese Web sites such as CCTV.com, the Web site of state-run Chinese television, 263.net, and cn.Yahoo.com, the address of Yahoo in China., according to statistics compiled by AlexaTraffic.
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A survey by Chinese Internet research center iResearch found that Baidu is nearly twice as popular among Chinese Internet users as Google, the company said in a statement.
Baidu already has an incredible lead in this market. A few years ago before the Google blocking incidents in China I would have said Google's technology would have had the edge over a lot of the existing stuff then available in the Chinese search market. With this acquisition Baidu is further solidifying its position at the top of China's growing market.