【英语科技】百度还要当国内移动搜索老大？

Google's (GOOG) Android operating system is well liked by gadget enthusiasts in China, but Baidu (BIDU) may be set to dominate the country's mobile search market just as it holds the top spot in overall Internet search.

Baidu fielded the most mobile searches of any company in China in the second quarter, accounting for 34.3% of total searches after a rise of about five percentage points from the first quarter, local research firm Analysys International said Monday.

Meanwhile, Google's share of the mobile searches fell by about five percentage points to 12.3% in the second quarter, moving it from second to third place behind local mobile search provider Easou.com, Analysys said.

Baidu is in talks with multiple handset makers about embedding a Baidu search box on their smartphones in China that use Android, Baidu Chief Executive Robin Li said in a recent interview. The company is in similar talks for phones with other operating systems, he said.

Sealing such deals could help Baidu extend its lead in mobile search, where Google's position already appears to have weakened since the U.S. company said it would stop following Chinese government requirements to censor its search results, and in March moved its China search service to Hong Kong.

That move raised fears of potential government retaliation against Google. Google has marked its mobile services as partially blocked on-and-off in China ever since the company began reporting their status on a webpage around the time of its move in late March. It's unclear exactly which mobile services that Google status label refers to.

Baidu gave few details on its pursuit of mobile search deals, but its comfortable lead already suggests it will be difficult to challenge as the market matures. Google did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

谷歌(Google)的Android操作系统颇受中国电子产品爱好者的喜爱，但百度很有可能在高居中国整个互联网搜索市场榜首位置的同时，成为这个国家移动搜索市场的霸主。

北京咨询公司易观国际(Analysys International)周一说，第二季度，百度处理的中国国内移动搜索数量超过其他任何公司，在总搜索量当中占据34.3%，较一季度上升约五个百分点。

Reuters易观国际说，谷歌二季度在移动搜索市场的占有率为12.3%，较二季度下降约五个百分点，从第二名滑落到第三名，排在了本地移动搜索提供商宜搜(Easou.com)后面。

百度首席执行长李彦宏(Robin Li)近期接受采访说，百度正与多家手机生产商谈判，希望它们在用于中国市场、采用Android系统的智能手机上植入百度搜索框。他说，公司也在就采用其他操作系统的手机展开类似的谈判。

这类交易如果能够达成，则可能有助于百度巩固它在移动搜索领域的领导地位。至于美国公司谷歌，在它说将不再按中国政府要求审查搜索结果、并于3月份将其面向内地的搜索服务搬到香港以来，其地位看起来已经遭到削弱。

谷歌的举动让人担心中国政府可能采取报复措施。3月下旬采取上述措施前后，谷歌开始在一个网页上报告其各种服务在中国的状态，迄今一直将其移动服务报告为时断时续地被部分屏蔽。谷歌这里说的究竟是哪些移动服务，并不完全清楚。

百度对它所谋求的移动搜索方面的交易基本没有给出什么细节，但其安稳的领导者地位已经说明，随着市场走向成熟，它的地位将难以撼动。谷歌没有立即回应置评请求。