Across mobile and PC games, China is the largest and most lucrative gaming market on the planet, with an annual value of $29 billion. In 2016, mobile gaming alone accounted for 53% of total gaming revenue – reaching $14.6 billion. China is a mobile-first country with cheap, high performing mobile phones, which creates endless opportunities in the gaming market.…
WeChat, the ever-present social networking app, with over 1 billion users, has brands scrambling to set up shop and optimize new ways of engaging with their audience through this all-encompassing platform. WeChat continues to seek opportunities to evolve and finally outdid itself by venturing into e-commerce and even live-streaming. And it makes a great deal of sense as to why WeChat Mini Program has gained a lot of traction.…
In the age of the internet, everyone has something to say. Everyone has a story.
Not only has the internet and its countless platforms given a voice to anyone willing to speak up, it’s also created new lanes in which brands can reach potential customers. If used correctly, these lanes can bring brands closer to their targeted audience through storytelling and conversations.…
When I first moved to China nearly 4 years ago, I paid for most things using cash. Coming from the US where most of my purchases were made with a debit card, this was a real adjustment for me.
The term “cash is king” couldn’t have been more real when I arrived in China. Transactions were untraceable exchanges and the majority of my friends, both locals and expats, had a few stacks at home just for a rainy day (and still do).…
We’ve spoken about what it takes to rank well in Baidu, how to optimize for mobile and how to get into content marketing in China, so this time around it’s time to breakdown the search engine results page. Most of us are well-versed in Google’s search results pages, but what about Baidu? Are there a lot of similarities?…
Before you can expect any sort of traffic or sales online in China, you first need to impress the all-mighty gatekeeper of search engine visibility: Baidu. Just like the west, no holistic digital marketing strategy is complete without a proactive approach to SEO. In this context, proactive means having fresh, useful and consistent content across a variety of platforms; not just on your website.…
For a while, many search marketers were wary of investing in Baidu search. Ranking organically was seen as a difficult task, especially among the plethora of ads littering the SERPs. With new laws and regulations put in place last year, 2016 was seen as a “coming of age” for Baidu. So with that said, here’s why you should invest in Baidu for the remainder of this year and the future!…
When it comes to working on SEO in China, it’s often an exercise in smoke and mirrors. There’s a lot of misinformation floating around which can make ranking within Baidu an even more daunting task than it already is. If you checked out our guide to getting started with Baidu SEO, you already have an idea of what the first steps are.…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve surely heard about machine learning over the past couple years. At its core, machine learning allows computers to continuously learn without needing to be reprogramed; they evolve and change with the data they process.
While you may not realize it, machine learning is present all around you. Everything from those targeted ads you’ll see online to the movies Netflix suggests you is based partially on machine learning.…
As you probably know, the majority of SEO campaigns tend to revolve around the Google algorithm. While most search engines follow in Google’s footsteps algorithm and update-wise, Baidu however, does not. With 80% of searches made in China being through Baidu, it’s not only a force to be reckoned with, ignoring it as a major player would be a huge mistake.…
