Google China

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Google Information Technology (China) Co., Ltd.
Type of site
Search engine
Founded12 April 2006; 18 years ago (2006-04-12)
Headquarters
Beijing
,
China
Area servedChina
ParentGoogle
URLwww.google.com.hk?hl=cn
Current statusLimited access; redirects to Google Hong Kong
Google China
Chinese谷歌
Literal meaningThe song of the valley. (Also the song of sowing, expectation, harvest, and joy.)[1][2]
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGǔgē

Google China is a subsidiary of Google. Once a popular search engine, most services offered by Google China were blocked by the Great Firewall in the People's Republic of China. In 2010, searching via all Google search sites, including Google Mobile, was moved from mainland China to Hong Kong.

By November 2013, Google's search market share in China had declined to 1.7% from its August 2009 level of 36.2%, though it has slowly risen since, representing 3.8% of the search engine market by July 2020.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "谷歌(Google)--IT--人民网". it.people.com.cn (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. ^ "谷歌的诞生" (in Simplified Chinese). Google 中国的博客网志. 13 April 2006. Archived from the original on 17 April 2006. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  3. ^ Microsoft blocks censorship of Skype in China: advocacy group. NBC News.com. Retrieved on 29 November 2013.
  4. ^ "StatCounter Global Stats - Browser, OS, Search Engine including Mobile Usage Share". StatCounter.com. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  5. ^ "StatCounter Global Stats - Search Engine Market Share China". StatCounter.com. Retrieved 6 August 2020.