Tencent Weibo in March, Qoocu.com (a blog focusing on products of Tencent) released some screenshots of the internal beta test of Tencent Weibo. On April 1, Tencent began its public beta test, people with an invitation code might take part in the test. And on the same day, Tencent released its QQ2010 version Beta3, with the microblogging feature included. In the second quarter of 2012 it had 469 million registered users. On July 23, 2014, Tencent Inc announced that it will integrate its micro-blogging service's operation team into the company's news team, after media reported that it has dismissed its micro-blogging department
Search Engine Marketing in China Search Engine Marketing in China Currently, the largest internet enterprise are Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba. Followed by Soso, Sogou, Bing, and Yahoo. Google had been in the list from 2000, until a heated dispute regarding cyberattacks, which forced Google to pull its search engine in March 2010. Not only that, they have removed and created their own Twitter and YouTube in a form of Sina Weibo and Youku. With the Great China Firewall keeping closed doors around their firms and agencies, international businesses won't be able to interfere with China's market. By doing so, it gives local businesses to compete against