Yahoo China launched new blogging and networking service

Last Tuesday, Yahoo China launched a new blogging and networking service.
This move aimed to expand its revenue streams as a step to an expansion in the world's second-largest Web market by subscriber numbers.

Yahoo China spokesperson stated last Tuesday that the Yahoo Space such as i.yahoo.com.cn and club.yahoo.com.cn service includes blogging, photo gallery, online networking and other interactive functions for Yahoo users.

Yahoo China spokesperson confirmed its plan last Tuesday stated that Yahoo China planned to launch a blogging service.

Zeng Ming, Yahoo China's new president stated in an email that "Search is a tool for the user to get the information he wants, but it is not the final destination." He also added that "Yahoo's next step will be to allow users to share their hobbies with each other so that they can expand their knowledge."

Yahoo China will focus on its online community this year in cooperation with Alibaba, Zeng said to his staff in an email last month.

China's largest e-commerce firm is Alibaba.com had taken over Yahoo China in 2005.


Eliza Maledevic
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