Remora: January 2006

Remora: January 2006
After reading the article “Google Is Destined to Fail in China” By Perry Wu, a comparison between the major internet companies in North America and China can be compared. There are three major competitors North America which are Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft. Each of those companies is mastering a different sector such as “Google rules search, Yahoo rules the Web, and Microsoft rules the operating system”. This has made the competition less rival between the companies as each one makes the standards for the sector where it is best in. on the other hand, the competition in China is more rival as in China “rival Internet companies have developed a symbiotic relationship. Sohu, Sina, and Netease all provide pretty much the same services and they all developed along the same faddish tracks: first, a portal with free email; second, news and community; third, wireless/SMS/MMS content; and now, online gaming”. According to Porter Since they all provide similar services and all have almost same sizes this has increased the rivalry between the competitors. Furthermore, as mentioned in the article about internet in china “Late arrivals like the Carpetbagging Tom.com can even get a slice of the Internet pie”. This shows that entry in the Chinese market is not that hard and the barriers to entry mentioned in Porters article can be considered less than those in North America.