How copying web content can backfire

Marc van der Chijs, co-founder of tudou.com, one of the largest video-sharing sites in China, made some interesting experiences with how copying website content can increase your knowledge about competitors:
We had no clue why, we had gotten a lot of traffic during the day from search engines and sites like hao123.com, but it […]

China Domains for Sale

Here are a few domains that I registered during the past years. I want to either sell them or pick one or two business cases to bring them alive if an investor can bring in some financial backing. The complete list is here. Anybody interested, contact me.
China Dating Domains
Domains for the 15 largest Tier1 and […]

Web 2.0 players in China

Here is a complete list of the most important web 2.0 projects in China. The list was originally assembled by showeb2.0 and translated by Rick Martin. Great stuff!
Social bookmarking: QQ Bookmarks, Baidu Bookmarks, Yahoo.cn My Web, 9fav.com, Chouti, LeShou.com, inu.cc, tolib.com, hemidemi.com, and Otag.cn.
Video storage/sharing: Tudou.com, 56.com, Youku.com, 6 Rooms, hupu.tv, bobouni.com, Mofile.com, UUMe.com, […]

Usability of Chinese websites

Mediaman China conducted a usability test for Chinese websites with a focus on financial and bank websites. The test took place in a usability test lab in Shanghai. The websites of three Chinese banks were tested (Industrial and Commercial bank of China, Bank of China, Hua Xia Bank) and two websites from German financial institutions […]

2007 Venture Capital Investments in the Chinese Online Market

According to the Ernst & Young Quarterly China Venture Capital Report said that there were 22 separate venture capital deals in the second quarter of 2007 in China involving Internet firms that dealt with some form of information resources. The value of those deals was a record $209 million. This is a plus towards the […]

VC for Social Networking Sites in China: Online Dating prevails

ChinaVenture gives a summary of the venture capital investments from 2003 to 2006. The following table is translated and I added some information:

There is a clear focus on online dating communities. Why? Social life changes rapidly in China. Especially young people move to the cities in order to study or find a adequate job. They […]

200 most successful websites

The 2007 Web Trend Map is available. First time including a Chinese line with the most important websites in China (Baidu, Sina, Yahoo, QQ, PCHome, Taobao, Tom, 163, etc.). Fascinating, a great work and a must for every Internet marketing expert. That’s what iA says:
The 200 most successful websites on the web, ordered by category, proximity, success, popularity and perspective. […]