Impact of Google’s withdraw from China on GreenM3, China is #30 in traffic

There is tons of news out there on Google’s contemplating a withdraw from China.  There are over 2,500 news articles on the topic.  WSJ.com is just one example.

Google's Watershed Moment in China

By ANDREW PEAPLE

There's little doubt this is a watershed moment for Google. By publicly contemplating a withdrawal from China, the company is showing it values its reputation for providing a secure service to users more than a leading position in a massive and growing market.

But is pulling out the right decision?

Near-term, Google's internal agonizing will be soothed by the knowledge China remains a small part of its global business. Google's China operations will contribute just 1% of its 2010 profits, Citi Investment Research says.

Telegraph UK has a timeline article on the activity in China.  Look at the activities over the past year.

March 2009:

China blocks YouTube, which is owned by Google.

June 2009:

China blocks Google.com and Gmail briefly as it accuses Google of spreading obscenity over the internet.

September 2009:

Kaifu Lee resigns, amid rumours that pressure from the Chinese government had become intolerable. John Liu is appointed to replace him.

October 2009:

A group of Chinese authors accuse Google of violating their copyright by reproducing their work on its Google Books service.

December 2009:

Rumours suggest Google had heavily reduced its staff in China.

January 2010:

Google announces it will stop self-censoring and that it may pull out of the country after a series of cyber attacks.

My blog is my own little lab to get information on how things work.  Curious I went to Google Analytics to see where China fit in GreenM3 traffic position.  Spot #30.

1

United States

2

United Kingdom

3

India

4

Canada

5

France

6

Japan

7

Germany

8

Netherlands

9

Australia

10

Singapore

11

Spain

12

Taiwan

13

Denmark

14

Malaysia

15

Italy

16

Brazil

17

Philippines

18

Sweden

19

South Korea

20

Belgium

21

Hong Kong

22

Indonesia

23

Ireland

24

Poland

25

Russia

26

Thailand

27

Egypt

28

Switzerland

29

Vietnam

30

China

With results that low am I being censored?  I get no search hits from Baidu, China’s leading search engine.