Sep 17
According to China-based consulting group iResearch, SNS (Social Networking Sites) in China recorded 72 million internet users per day in July, compared to 25 million per day in February.
The consulting group noted that the combined market value of networking services in China shot up to 500 million yuan in 2007, of which social networking services accounted for 280 million yuan. It projected the SNS market in China will be taking off very soon.
The high flyer Kaixin001.com remained robust in the market as it blended easy-to-play games with SNS model. Kaixin was found by Mr Cheng Binghao, a former executive at Sina.com. Other emerging SNS sites include foreign players: Facebook, Xing, MySpace, Cyworld; local players: China Mobile, 51.com, Xiaonei.com etc.
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Aug 01
Social Networking sites (SNS) continue to grow strong in China despite the fact that there’s no solid business model. Following Xiaonei.com, which we have discussed earlier, TG found another fast growing SNS Kaixin001.com, literally means ”happy” 開心網 in Chinese.
The SNS is now on beta and it does not take any new registration. Instead it starts using viral marketing approach by encouraging existing members to send invitation to their friends. It was reported that the site has experienced exponent growth in the last three months.
What makes it so attractive to the users? TG learnt that the game applications in the site are very well designed. Many Chinese users got addicted to it.
Forbes Magazine reported that China has surpassed the States and become the largest internet users country in the world. Yet unlike Americans, who look for useful information, Chinese users tend to use the Internet for chatting and playing games.
Internet Users In China
| Location |
Number Of Users (mil) |
% Of Population |
| GuangDong |
14.8 |
17.9% |
| Shandong |
9.9 |
10.8 |
| Shanghai |
4.6 |
26.6 |
| Beijing |
4.3 |
28.7 |
| Henan |
4.0 |
4.1 |
| Hunan |
3.5 |
5.2 |
Source: China Internet Network Information Center, CNNIC.net
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Jun 05
TG just came back from a trip and has a chance to interact with some of our clients to talk about their wish lists in using our web sites.
Most feedback came from people representing the client side who want to know our website terminology in plain language. Certainly it’s not a stand-alone coincident. In the old days, TG always regarded our Math’s teacher in school as an alien, who spoke jargons and formulas in classes. Would he quote examples from commonplace or everyday objects?
To capture or activate new users always presents a challenge. Many of our users are senior citizens. They know little about internet, not to mention how to use the tools in the web site to complete a task. It’s the first hurdle we need to remove, making the tools and devices in the website simple and easy to understand.
Prior to this post, TG has seen a very good presentation in explaining web project management and has written a post in other blog. It may be the right time to do another search and see what else is available in the market we can leverage on.
The search result of Common Craft brings us insight. The company is specialized in making video, using video as an instruction tool to show users what social networking, social bookmarking, RSS, and . TG is fond of its paperworks video in particular.
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\\ tags: Usability, User Experience Design, Video Media, Web 2.0
May 10
Hong Kong Trade Development Council launched a beta site a while ago, which marked a new milestone for the de facto eTrade platform of Hong Kong SAR using Web2.0 and Ajax technology.
It also get herself a new domain name, changing it from tdctrade.com to hktdc.com, which is more accessible and memorable as many users in the trade show field reckon that hktdc stands for Hong Kong Trade Development Council for many years.
The current website was not very well organized and users will get lost easily. The new website user interface puts more highlight on its search box with additional emphasis on her one stop sourcing capability.
Like many other web sites’ revamp, with her sprawling size and massive scale, Hong Kong Trade Development Council still has to fix a couple of inside pages in order to make it perfect. The font size is relatively small to trade show goers, who tend to be senior citizens. TG has seen trade show visitors in the are wearing glasses, looking up big page headers on the computer for keywords.
The font size adjustment at the bottom of the page designed to improve accessibility, however, does not help much.
Yet, TG likes the new information architecture design much better. It has more focus and is clear to users now. Certainly, it gets user experiences improved.
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May 01
Ever since the world is growing to be flat as described by Thomas L. Friedman, TG is under the impression that China is catching up with Japan to become the world’s number one “copy cat”.
Xiaonei.com (校内网), which looks 90 percent similar to Facebook.com has become China’s first and foremost popular social networking site among university students in China. Currently, it enrols 5 million registered users and has 8.8 milllion active users. The site was founded in December by Quingha University graduates. It’s now owned by Oak Pacific Interactive, of which Japan’s Softbank bought 14 percent stake by the end of April, 2008.
Born to be a twin brother of Facebook, Xiaonei.com (校内网) is a fully-fledged site with functions focusing on blogging, photo album, online chat, community and video sharing etc.
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