Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Chinese

[kdavid]

I couldn't find any specific place for a software-related post, so I just stuck it here.

Is anyone familiar with building websites in Chinese for the Chinese market, and how SEO works for Chinese search engines such as Baidu?

If so, could you provide some tips, hints, or links to learn more?

Thanks in advance!

[gougou]

Build a website, pay a significant amount of money to Baidu, come out on top. Simple as that.

[imron]

It's funny 'cause it's true.

[Erbse]

get a .cn domain

Have you checked the latest change in regulations for registering .cn? Only Chinese nationals can register from now on. That's after sending fingerprints and personal picture to the authorities :wall

[kdavid]

Have you checked the latest change in regulations for registering .cn? Only Chinese nationals can register from now on. That's after sending fingerprints and personal picture to the authorities

I didn't know this. Can you please provide a citation for this?

[chrix]

http://news.google.com/news?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS312JP316&q=.cn%20domain&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wn Edited March 5, 2010 at 02:08 PM by chrix

[Erbse]

Some guy who owns a .cn wrote about it on some forum. I made the fingerprint part up however.

[chrix]

Well, I heard about it too, a couple of weeks ago, and it was all over the China-related interwebs, but I don't recall any details as I wasn't (and still aren't) looking to get me a .cn domain

[Erbse]

http://english.blawgdog.com/2010/02/wanna-setup-personal-website-in-china.html

[MrTy]

get a .cn domain

Have you checked the latest change in regulations for registering .cn? Only Chinese nationals can register from now on. That's after sending fingerprints and personal picture to the authorities :wall

Is this true?

[Prodigal Son]

It works more or less the same was as SEO does in any language. If you can grasp the essentials of Google/English SEO, you will perform well on Baidu. Like others have mentioned, you'll be competing with paid search results but there's nothing you can do about that.