2. WHY BAIDU?
▸ China has over 642 million internet users
▸ and over 565 million mobile users
▸ There is an estimated 5 billion search queries in China
each day, with over 50% being on mobile.
▸ Baidu has over 79% of the search engine market in China.
6. HOW IMPORTANT IS SEO?
▸ Over 30% of Baidu’s initial search results are to other
websites they own
▸ Baidu Baike: China’s Wikipedia
▸ Baidu Ditu: China’s Google Map
▸ Baidu Tuiguang: China’s Reddit
▸ Baidu’s control makes it difficult to compete for the
remaining search space
9. “IN CHINA AND ON BAIDU, PAID
ADS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN
SEO FOR BUSINESSES NEW TO
CHINA’S MARKET.”
Andrew Erickson
Macro Conscious
10. THE SAME SEO RULES APPLY
▸ Quality content with well placed keywords
▸ Consistent content updates
▸ Have quality inbound links to your website
▸ Intuitive website flow for the user (UX/UI)
11. BAIDU SEO: WHAT MATTERS MOST?
▸ A .cn domain name
▸ Local Chinese web hosting (or at least a hosting service
not banned in China)
▸ Meta tags are important
▸ MUST USE , not just English
▸ Links from .cn domains also improve SEO
▸ Use Baidu Webmaster Tools for analytics
13. BAIDU OUTREACH WILL GET YOUR
BRAND IN FRONT OF MILLIONS OF
WEB USERS, BUT SOCIAL APPS LIKE
WECHAT AND WEIBO ARE ALREADY
BECOMING A HUGE SEARCH
RESOURCE. Stay tuned …