It’s difficult for us to see through China Internet development as it evolves far more speedy than the social and economic changes in the mainland. TG would like to see someone or some institutions, which are more objective and accurate in conducting research studies, can bring us closer to the dynamic life of the fledgling business environment.
Nielsen Online, a service of The Nielsen Company, has just forged a bond with Beijing Zhongqian Wangrun Information Technology Co., Ltd. (北京华瑞网标信息技术有限公司), and the newly-formed company, CR-Nielsen, announced that they planned to release data for the market publicly.
Beijing Zhongqian Wangrun Information Technology Co., Ltd. is the operator of ChinaRank, in cooperation with the ISC(Internet Society of China). ChinaRank is the only Internet firm authorized to create and publish Web site rankings in China. The joint venture will develop and deliver robust Internet measurement and analysis services in China, the fastest growing internet market with more than 250 million Internet users.
Currently, there are a few research companies are tracking Internet use in China, but they rarely release their information publicly such as, comScore, IRsearch.
CR-Nielsen reported the top 15 Web sites in China between Sept. 8 and Sept. 14
Web Site Name, Unique Browsers (in millions)
1 Baidu 171
2 Tencent (QQ) 117
3 Sina 108
4 Google (China) 81
5 Sohu 74
6 NetEase (163) 58
7 Soso 49
8 Hao123 48
9 Youku 47
10 Ku6 46
11 Yahoo (China) 39
12 Taobao 39
13 Xunlei 38
14 Tudou 38
15 Gougou 28
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