[March 15, 2010] Google Advertisers In China Advised To Switch To Rivals (GOOG,BIDU,SOHU) Tweet Mar 15, 2010 (SmarTrend News Watch via COMTEX) -- 3/15/2010- Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) advertisers in China are being advised to switch to rivals, including Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU), and business partners are looking for alternatives as speculation grows that Google intends to shut its Web site in the country, according to a Bloomberg report. Last week, the Chinese government said a plan to end censorship at the Google.cn site was "irresponsible." If the dispute is not settled, Baidu and Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ:SOHU) sales may be lifted. On January 12, Google said that it plans to stop censoring search results on its Chinese site after the company was hit by cyber attacks originating in China, and may end its local operations. Chairman Eric Schmidt said last week that the negotiations may yield an outcome soon. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.TradeTheTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.TradeTheTrend.com/signup [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]