Google Mainland China Service Availability

Two months after threatening to quit China in a security row, Google has closed down its Chinese search engine and sent users to its Hong Kong equivalent. As a Chinese student at US, I don't really know what happened between Google China and Chinese government. I think maybe Google will not be available to Chinese people anymore. Chinese government will block Google as many other websites, such as Youtube, Facebook, Bloger and so on. Later, I called my friends in China. They told me they can also use Google Chinese search engine. But there are several difference.

1.Without the internet censorship, the search results are totally different now. Before, attempting to search for censored keywords in these Chinese search engines will yield few or no results. Now, they all show up. Although people can find the websites by search engine now, they can't open them as before.
2. The URL referring to Google Chinese search engine changes from Google.cn to Google.com.hk
3. Because of the large number of people using Internet at mainland China, Google Hong Kong's equivalent can't deal with that much data immediately. It leads to a lower speed when mainland Chinese use Google now.

It's hard to say if Google make a smart decision or not. On one side, Google lost many cooperative partners. On the other side, Google has already viewed as a hero who stands out and say NO to the government internet censorship.

I hope Chinese people can get a better internet service in the future.

Google. (Search Engines)

Whenever somebody is doing research or simply just curious about something, they go to a search engine. It's not like we are in 1970 and if you wanted information, you had to go to the library and find it. Now with the development of search engines, we can stay at home or save a trip. Where would we be without search engines? There is this commercial that I saw on TV. It was a big family and they was eating dinner. On table was a very expensive table cloth and somebody spilled wine on it. When something is very expensive and delicate , you just don't wash it with anything, you don't wont to damage the material. So, quickly they jumped and went to the computer to search and find out how to clean the table cloth. That's just one simple and fun way search engines help our everyday life.

It also saves us money and gas. We don't have to go to find the information, its all in our house with a click of a button. It doesn't save us money instantly, but slowly over time you see a difference. Having search just makes everything much easier, in my opinion.

The best search engine now is Google. You can search absolutely anything. It's not just for information and now you can find complete books. Also, if someone is doing research, they can go to Google Scholarly. Almost any and everything you can find on Google. We've all been with our friends when somebody asks a question and the whole group doesn't know the answer. Somebody always say, Google it!