i still cannot understand how companies like google or baidu can become such big empires over such a short period, overtaking many traditional big companies which has slogged for decades to gain their current size.Originally posted by hellomotosxq:so today CEO of google come to china .and give google a chinese name :gu ge
.funny .gu ge .
yupz. thats prob the main reason + inertial of courseOriginally posted by Fatum:you know why ? ....
cos you can search for pirated music to download with Baidu mah .... Duh ! ....![]()
I don't understand one thing. Every stocks that are doing well seems to be a growing bubble in which one day it will burst. Is that natural?Originally posted by Li Ka Shing:Hi,
Firstly, I am a US stock market practicioner.
The reason why Google stock is so expensive can be summed up as follows:
1. Google is seen as a promising tech company with the potential to revolutionize the future. Internet search is only one of them. Now google leads the search market, and the online advertising, but it is moving into other areas such as integrating search in multiple-media: radio/ TV/ computer/ etc, it wants us to use computer or IT differently, a paradigm shift. It wants to produce cheap $200 google desktop, not like the expensive computers from IBM or Dell now. Basically google wants to bring a revolution. Internet search is only the beginning, the stepping stone for bigger things to come.
2. Google is filled with computer geniuses.
3. Google so far is a very healthy company with explosive growth in its revenue. Great performace.
4. Technically speaking, Google commands a lot of eyeballs, which resulted in it being a hot trading stock. A lot of hot money. Now it has completely elevated itself from any 'traditional' fundamental analysis into a hot stock.
However,
There are people who believe Google is a bubble waiting to burst.
Nevertheless,
Google is still feeding the dream.

Though Google is stronger, Baidu is definately progressing faster, it provide links for almost every chinese pop song, all latest. Its direct download link, dun even need to leave the Baidu website. China's law does not group this as illegal, since Baidu does not host anything on its own. In fact, China's government can actually use Baidu to bust ppl who host songs and break copyright laws.Originally posted by Black_Horse:honestly goggle i am not so sure... but being in china now, 80% of the chinese here are using Baidu... what do u think???![]()
tat means another step-back to 100% original market.Originally posted by chenc:Though Google is stronger, Baidu is definately progressing faster, it provide links for almost every chinese pop song, all latest. Its direct download link, dun even need to leave the Baidu website. China's law does not group this as illegal, since Baidu does not host anything on its own. In fact, China's government can actually use Baidu to bust ppl who host songs and break copyright laws.
I 100% agree with u, u know the reason, i know the reason, dun tell anyone else .. hehe.Originally posted by Fatum:you know why ? ....
cos you can search for pirated music to download with Baidu mah .... Duh ! ....![]()

and there's the man who sold out the democracy activists in China for the right to stand at some grand launch.Originally posted by hellomotosxq:
What other sites do the chinese use?Originally posted by Black_Horse:honestly goggle i am not so sure... but being in china now, 80% of the chinese here are using Baidu... what do u think???![]()
there are sites that stream TV programs from all over the world ..... like satellite dishes, (yes, I can watch Channel 8 and TCS too ... but I felt my IQ drop 30 point doing that ) ...... there are sites that allows you to exchange and download from a vast depository of MP3s some free, some with only a tiny sign up fee ... (all of which I shall not post up cos I have the typical singkapolean kiasi mentality, you can easily dig them out yourself in anycase )Originally posted by Jock:What other sites do the chinese use?