Top Ten Popular Chinese Websites (Part 1)

July 2, 2011 9:28 am 2 comments

According to latest stats, the number of Chinese users have outgrown USA with 600mn Internet users in the country. What it eventually did to Chinese Internet Scene is that it brought in many Chinese-owned Websites that compete with the foreign counterpart. Foreign companies will still find it difficult to make any serious inroads in China unless they have something extraordinary to offer. For now. here’s a list of those top 10 Chinese websites

1.www.taobao.com – Online Shopping Website

TAOBAO in chinese means, “Plenty of products at bargain prices” is a popular online shopping website in China comparable to the Ebay inc. In comparison to its foreign counterpart, Taobao has the lion share of online shopping market in China.

Taobao - Online Shopping Site

Pros:

Lots of Variety.

Competitive pricing.

Money Back Guarantee.

Cons:

Sizable number of imitation Goods.

2.www.YouKu.com – Video Streaming Site

With Youtube services blocked in China. Websites like Youku.com has become popular alternatives to the Chinese internet users. Compared to its foreign counterpart, copyright restrictions are on the lenient side allowing users to upload full movies.

YouKu - Video Streaming Service

Pros:

Popular Videos.

Full movies.

Fast buffer for Chinese users.

Cons:

Few HD Videos.

Slow Buffer for

foreign users.

3.www.163.com – Popular Email Service

A service that started in 1997 is now the no.1 email service provider in China. Popular companies Like Gmail and Y!mail has still not found a footing in the Chinese Internet Scene even with better features.

163.com - Popular Email Service

Pros:

Simple.

6GB of mail space.

20mb upload bandwidth.

Cons:

None

4.www.baidu.com – Search Engine Service

The most popular Search Engine Portal among Chinese users. Resembling Google in terms of layout but there are more features like MP3 search option without much copyright restrictions. All these features have kept Google in the dark room for sometime with baidu having the lion share in the search engine market

baidu - Most Popular Search Engine in China

Pros:

Comparable to

Google Search.

Innovative features.

Cons:

Paid Top Listing defeats the purpose for a genuine search.

5.www.sina.com.cn – Popular Infotainment Website

Started in 1999. Popular infotainment website covering daily news to movies to lifestyle. Its foreign counterpart would be Yahoo! and MSN. Both of which are way behind in China. Sina lately started sina weibo a chinese alternative to twitter in china which is also the market leader in microblogging.