The hottest all over and various blogs today is the possibility of
Facebook’s long over due return to mainland
China, via the largest search area in . has the largest search engine market share in with nearly 80% of users using it’s search service and various applications such as mail and maps, so a tie in between and would mean a huge surge in members for the American base networking site.
Rumors started late last year Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO and creator to
social website
Facebook was
spotted at Baidu’s offices in Beijing sparking reports that the two were planning to work together on a
Chinese only ‘Facebook’
Later reports in
Chinese media stated that
Baidu’s representatives had been to Facebook’s offices in Palo Alto during February.
A re-entry of Facebook’s services in
China is obviously going to attract a lot of extra members and in turn
revenue for both parties, however some large hurdles need to be cleared before this can happen, that largest obstacle being the
Chinese Government who have actively blocked
Facebook in the mainland since 2009.
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