Baidu, a Chinese web search company, has launched a blog search service. People's Daily Onlinesays (via Techmeme) the search tool crunches through blogs written by 20 million Chinese bloggers.
Chinese Internet company Baidu launched its blog search service on Thursday to help Internet users navigate their way through the 20 million Chinese bloggers.
It is the first Chinese search service specifically for blogs.
Yu Jun, a senior executive with Baidu, said the service was based on a database of billions of websites, including all the blogs supported by Chinese blog service providers and individual blog websites.
The new service is expected to boost Baidu's users. Baidu started its space channel last July to provide blog services.
In case you were curious the inspiration for the name Baidu comes from a poem written over 800 years ago during the Song Dynasty.
Many people have asked about the meaning of our name. "Baidu" was inspired by a poem written more than 800 years ago during the Song Dynasty. The poem compares the search for a retreating beauty amid chaotic glamour with the search for one's dream while confronted by life's many obstacles. ".hundreds and thousands of times, for her I searched in chaos, suddenly, I turned by chance, to where the lights were waning, and there she stood." Baidu, whose literal meaning is hundreds of times, represents persistent search for the ideal.
This is more about Baidu can be found on the company's About page.
Baidu, a Chinese web search company, has launched a blog search service. People's Daily Online 
