It appears that Baidu, the Chinese search giant, has hit a bit of a stumbling block. Some major portals and social networks in its home market have stopped the company's spiders from indexing their sites.
You may or may not recognize the names Sohu, 51.com, and Xiaonei. In any event, So Baidu's now left to either work out some deals, circumvent the blocks, or present incomplete search results. It's not an ideal situation for a company that's accustomed to ruling the market. And as long as their spiders aren't stopped in a similar way, the Chinese arms of Google and Yahoo now have an opportunity to get a leg up.
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