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"A report from China IntelliConsulting Corp. has shown that Google  is losing more ground to China's Baidu, which has increased its lead in China's top cities.  Yahoo China has fallen in ranking as well.\nWith Baidu holding a 69.5% market share in Bejing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, up 7.6% from last year, it's a warning sign to Google and other search engines in China.  Google has only fallen 1.1% to reach the 23% mark, but the growth rate of Baidu is probably a concern for the search giant.  Several have stated concerns over Google's fast expansion in China, with the hiring of a large staff and a move into a larger office.  This was highlighted as a point of concern when Google admitted it used a database from rival Sohu in order to help build a software tool released by its Chinese office.\nThis report comes at a somewhat sensitive time for Google, as the company is currently making its rounds to several countries in an effort to create and promote search privacy standards, and China has taken an opposite stance on what Google proposes.  \n[via  PC World]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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