Google.com Vs. Google.cn: The Difference Chinese Censorship Makes

Today reading John Chow’s blog I came across a really interesting article that I thought would interest you all here it is:

Google.com Vs. Google.cn

“With Google’s decision to no longer censor search results at Google China, I thought it’ll be interesting to show how big of a difference a result can be between Google.com and Google.cn. While many are praising Google for standing up for free speech and stuff, my feeling is this is more of business decision than a moral one. Unlike in the rest of the world, Google is not the number one search engine in China. They place a distant second behind Baidu. While Google China operations did generate $600 million in revenue, Google’s cost of doing business in China could be just as high if not higher. Google stated that losing the China market wouldn’t make a dent in their profit margin. My take on this – Google had no way of beating Baidu in China and decided to get out with some goodwill marketing back home by playing the anti-censorship card. It seem to have work too judging by all the “Good job Google!” posts all over the Web. So just how different are the search results between Google.com and Google.cn? Below is the imagine results I got from Google.com for the term “tiananmen.”

And this is the results I got for the same term on Google.cn.

You have until the end of this month to enjoy the old Google.cn. Next month, you’ll see results similar to Google.com. And you’ll probably see Google being escorted out of China under armed guards.

On a side note, anyone interested I am looking for someone who wants to be a guest writer on anything about politics, business, finance, trading, etc. This will only be a 2-4 week stint. Your blog will get great credit and traffic and could eventually turn into a weekly segment. I just need help filling in some posts as I recover and go through physical therapy.