WEEKLY REPORT

Li Pin

Feb 21-27,2003

 

WEEKLY GOALS

1. The new translation work.

2. Searching affiliation

3. Launch the IQ test, and monitor the reactions, and write reaction report.

 

MARKET NEWS

1.      Microsoft to Sign Pact With China United Telecom

BEIJING -- Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqNM:MSFT - News) is aiming to secure a place for its software in the world's largest market for mobile phones by signing a cooperation agreement with China's number two mobile operator

           http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030227/0804000535_2.html

2.      SOHU Advances into Online Games with Knight Online

BEIJING, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SOHU.COM Inc. (Nasdaq: SOHU - News), China's leading online media, communications, commerce and mobile value-added services company, has today announced the release of its first three-dimensional online game in China, Knight Online. SOHU's strategic advance into the online games industry coincides with the fifth anniversary of the SOHU web site (http://www.sohu.com ).
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030225/lntu004_1.html

  1. NetEase returns to profit in Q4 on games, ads

BEIJING/NEW YORK, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Chinese Internet portal NetEase.com Inc (NasdaqNM:NTES - News) said on Wednesday it returned tto profit in the fourth quarter on the back of online games, wireless text-message services and rebounding advertising sales

http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/030226/tech_china_netease_1.html

4.      NetEase.com Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2002 Financial Results

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030225/255663_1.html

5.      China Telecom logged 133 mln phone users end 2002

BEIJING, Feb 24 (Reuters) - China Telecom Group, parent of China Telecom Corp Ltd (HKSE:0728.HK - News; NYSE:CHA - News), added 22.11 million new fixed-line phone users in 2002, bringing the total number of users to 133 million, the Financial News reported on Monday.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/030223/telecoms_china_users_1.html

6.      By the end of Jan 2003, there are total 430 million telephone users in China, and among them, there are 212 million mobile phone users, and it increased 5.82 million mobile phone users in Jan 2003.

http://tech.sina.com.cn/it/t/2003-02-22/1200167239.shtml

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

1.      For the new translation method, since week I have many other tasks to do, so I finished 7 pages until now.

2.      Checked personal report, and pick out one-page errors with explain, and send it to Suzanne already.

3.      Suzanne also checked my last translation work. And she explains many my misunderstanding parts, and also pick out the errors from my translation, and I corrected them.

SEARCHING WORK

I     Hosting Company

www.net.cn is the biggest hosting company in China, it service 1/3 domain in China and 1/4 website.

Package 1: 700 RMB/2 years
you can get your own web space 100 MB, 25MB email box, and one International Domain name.
http://www.net.cn/static/hosting/sitea.asp

Package 2: 1200 RMB/ year
You can get your own web space 200 MB, support flash website and database, one International domain name, and 100 MB email box.
http://www.net.cn/static/hosting/site.asp

Package 3: 4800 RMB/ year
You can get your own web space 500 MB, support flash website and database, one International domain name, and 250 MB email box.
http://www.net.cn/static/hosting/sited.asp

Other support service: google adwords.
You pay www.net.cn, then you can get google adwords service.
Package 1: 1500 RMB/ month, you can offer one language in one country.
Package 2: 2000 RMB/ month, you can offer all language in all countries.

 

II   AFFILIATION

Here is  a website very similar as GOOGLE.
www.baidu.com

This service named keyword rating.

1.      This service is about you buys your keyword, and you will pay baidu by the number of clicks.

2.      You need first register by 300 RMB in baidu, it is like a prepaid.evey click you need at least pay 0.30 RMB. You need check if any competitor Already use your keyword, id no any other use same keyword as yours, you just need pay 0.3 RMB for every click. and if there another company use same keyword as yours, and for example, they pay 0.35 RMB for every click, so if you still pay 0.30 for every click, your company will be the second result on the result pages, and if you pay 0.36 for every click, you will be the first result.

3.      baidu support 36 mian protal or searc engine website like: SOHU, NETEASE, yahoo china,QQ, 21CN, so that means

If you if getthe service with baidu, you also get the service with other 36 website.

Banner Report

This week banner report is:

http://www.geocities.com/pinanxa/training/banners/banner8.html

Launch Report

Until this morning, there are total around 100 users attend our IQ test, and around 60 finished the test, and for me I got 8 reflections. Analysis this 8 users reflections, here are mainly there problems with my comments.

1.      Speed. Speed is the first problem that reflected from them; even some of them use ADSL, but still slowly, so that made them waited for open the new pages. For this problem, I already searched the hosting company, and we can rent it, slow speed will reduce users interesting and waste their money, so we have to make it fast.

2.      About the introduction page. One user told me the introduction page is not interesting, feel some boring. She thinks we can make it more interesting and better we make it in flash. I think the introduction page is very important, since everybody come to our website, he will see the introduction page first, if he feels boring, even he is interesting, maybe he will also leave it; and if we make it more interesting, even he is not interested, maybe he will try our test. So I agree this suggestion. Because Chinese market is a different market. If the website design with more flash, and many colors, we feel happy of that, and we think the website is nice and professional. So our introduction is a bit simple, so maybe we can do some change there?

3.      About the questions pages. Two users complain about the different answers. And I report them to Rose already. And most of them complain about the questions are easy and many questions are similar. They think it is easy because most our questions are about math, because in China we see space and logic also as math, and most Chinese are good in math. That is why. About the similar questions, they think the questions like compare the different pictures, we have many that kind of questions, when they did the first one, it is interesting, and when they met more, they will feel boring.

4.      About the personal report page. Since one user told me some error inside, so I checked this week, and I send them to Suzanne already.

5.      Improve method. One users mention that he really want to know how to improve himself more than only know himself better. He like the test, but he want to know how to improve his knowledge and other method after the test.

OTHER THINGS

1. Attend weekly meeting. We discussed all the news, and sales information. And I was the one discussed the affiliation about "Baidu", it is similar as overture, and I explain all the complain from Chinese users.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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