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Exhibit 99.1


2010


iResearch: 2010 Annual Data Release of Search Engines in China


2010109.8亿 


Market size: Chinese market for search engines reached 10.98 billion Yuan in 2010, with a fast expanding


iResearch2009-20102010109.8亿16.5亿200969.6亿57.7%


According to the statistics in the upcoming 2009-2010 Development Report of Search Engine Industry in China by iResearch, the search engine market size in China calculated in line with the statistics by network operators has reached 10.98 billion Yuan (1.65 billion US dollars), which amounts to 57.7% yearly growth compared with the 6.96 billion Yuan in 2009.


2010广广广广CPCARPU


After analyzing the above statistics, iResearch thinks that the search engine market in China is rapidly expanding because of the following reasons: firstly, the economy was recovering in 2010 so that advertisers, especially the ones from SMEs increased their marketing budget; secondly, in the period of economic crisis, the brand advertisers tried tentative advertisement and were caught in inertial consumption; thirdly, the strategic adjustment of Google has shortened the adjustment phase of Baidu, which increased its click rate, tags for selection and CPC, and further increased its ARPU.


2011广2010广201155%







iResearch predicts that in 2011 in the search engine market in China, Baidu will have a stable increase of advertisement income because of its successful system switch in 2010; network operators such as Sogou and Soso will also have an increase in marketing revenue because of traffic accumulation. iResearch predicts that in 2011 the search engine market in China will have an increase of about 55%.


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2005-2014 Market Size and Predictions for Search Engines in China

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Source: financial statements of listed companies, interviews with companies, prediction model statistics and preliminary estimates of iResearch. Market size is defined as total revenue scale of network operators. The statistics of 2010 is a predicted value, and will be modified in 2010-2011 Development Report of Search Engine Market in China.


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Data of the industry: the proportion of search engine market size in the online advertising size is reduced in 2010


广201030.8%广


According to statistics of iResearch, the proportion of search engine market size in the online advertising size was 30.8% in 2010, and this proportion was stabilized in the context of great increase in brand advertisement attracted by hot events.


2011广2010广20112010广广广201133.2%

Search Engine Market Size in China (¥100 m)


 Annual Growth Rate (%)




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iResearch predicts that in 2011, the proportion of search engine in China in online advertising market will increase because of the following reasons: firstly, in 2011,  the growth state of brand advertisements that had been affected by hot events in 2010 will return to their marketing scale; secondly, with the general acceptance of advertisers for the newly promoting system in 2010, the concepts of accurate marketing and effect marketing were gradually popularized, so that the search engine will gain recognition from more advertisers. iResearch predicts that in 2011, the proportion will reach to 33.2%.


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2005-2014 Proportion Increase of Search Engine Market Size in the Online Advertising Size

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Note: Online advertisement market size = search engine market size + brand advertisement market size, and brand advertisements include graphic ads, rich media ads, email ads, classified ads and fixed text chain ads, etc.


Source: financial statements of listed companies, interviews with companies, prediction model statistics and preliminary estimates of iResearch. Market size is defined as total revenue scale of network operators. The statistics of 2010 is a predicted value, and will be modified in 2010-2011 Development Report of Search Engine Market in China.


20103.8亿82.3%


User size: users of search engine in China reached 380 million, accounting for 82.3% of user coverage


CNNICiUserTracker20103.8亿20093.2亿18.8%20114.5亿20146亿

Proportion of Brand Advertisement Market Size (%)


Proportion of Search Engine Market Size (%)




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According to the statistics of CNNIC on the number of Internet users in China and the newest statistics of iUserTracker (continuous user action research system of net citizens), iResearch has found that the user scale of search engine in China (definition: the number of users who have requested for one search in 6 months, excluding the number of site navigation user) in 2010 would be 380 million, with a 18.8% annual growth compared with the 320 million in 2009. The predicted number of 2011 will reach 450 million, and about 600 million for the year of 2014.


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According to the analytic statistics of iResearch, the user number of search engine in China accounts for 82.3% of the total number of net citizens in China, with a slight increase compared with that of 2009. In coming years, the coverage rate of search engine users will continue to have a slight increase, because on one hand, vertical search engines such as etao.com bring more vertical search engine users into the figure, thus increasing the number of search engine users; on the other hand, the number of new Internet users is large, but the number of those who have skills such as input methods and can produce search requests is relatively small, so that the proportion of those who use search engines will decrease, and the speed increase will be slowed down compared t with early years. The analytic statistics of iResearch shows that the further percolation of the Internet and the search engines will lead to steadiness and slight increase of search engine coverage rate. But compared with the total population of China, the number of search engine users accounts for less than 15%, so that there are still upside potential for the search engine user scale.



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2002-2014 Coverage Rate of Search Engine Users in China

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Note: Search engine user coverage rate in China means the proportion of search engine users in the total number of Chinese net citizens. Definition of user scale: the number of users who have requested for one search in 6 months (excluding the number of site navigation user), and before the end of the year.

Source: prediction model statistics and preliminary estimates of iResearch. The statistics of 2010 is a predicted value, and will be modified in 2010-2011 Development Report of Search Engine Market in China.


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Current situation of competition: further centralization of search market, and second-line network operators exploring the market


201097.6%线


Market centralization increased in search engine market in China in 2010: market share of Baidu and Google accounts for more than 97.6%, basically dominating the search engine market in China. And after the Google Incident, a new market gap emerged, so that second-line network operators actively explored search industry for market expansion.


User Scale of Search Engine in China (%)


User Coverage Rate (%)




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2010退google.cngoogle.com.hk26.0%20096.271.6% 线


In 2010, Google retreated from the Chinese market, and google.cn stopped operation. The domain name of it has jumped to google.com.hk, which would provide Chinese search service. Affected by this incident, its market share dropped to 26.0%, 6.2% lower than that of 2009, and the market gap was thus created. At the meantime, by relying on existing resources, product advantage and further innovation, Baidu accounted for 71.6% of market share, continuing its leading position in the market. As for other operators, Souhu officially announced that Sogou, a unit of its brand, was to establish a joint venture with Alibaba for independent operation; Tencent announced that Soso Business Division was established for search operations, and that they would innovate and optimize the search engine for resource reserve. The rapid development of second-line network operators intensified market competition, and the development trend is worth noticing.


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2010 Revenue Share of Search Engine Market in China

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Total revenue of search engine market in China in 2010 is 10.98 billion Yuan

Source: financial statement of listed companies, interviews with companies, prediction model statistics and preliminary estimates of iResearch. For reference only Market size is defined as total revenue scale of network operators.



Development tendency: search engine market in China will have another round of increase


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After analyzing the development tendency of the search engine market in China, iResearch thinks that this industry will have a sustainable development because of the following two reasons: first, further popularization of Internet in China and growing awareness of effect marketing; second, rapid development of e-commerce brings about rigid demand of search marketing. In the aspect of market competition, the Google Incident of 2010 resulted in the development of operators such as Soso, Sogou, Etao and Youdao, making it possible for diversified competition in future market. In next three years, contention and competition on traffic  will be fiercer. In the aspect of product, firstly, the combination of desktop software (IM/dictionary/browser) and search engine will be more common, and even be the breakthrough point for new operators to enter into the market; secondly, it is sure that vertical operators of good credit will enter the search market through cooperation or independent research and development; thirdly, rapid development of micro blogs makes it possible for the development of real time search.



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