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Google, Baidu Swap Market Share In China

The second quarter of this year didn't go so well for Google in China.  According to a new report, the American search giant's market share shrunk a bit, while that of its Chinese equivalent, Baidu, managed to get larger. iResearch found that over three-fourths of all searches in China (specifically, 75.7 percent) were performed using Baidu in the second quarter of 2009.  This represents a gain of 1.6 percent compared to the first quarter.