Oct
19

Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft All Blocked in China

Written by Jonathan Dingman
10/19/2007 10:52 ET - Filed under Search

A thread on DigitalPoint pointed out today that Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft are all being blocked in China right now. Using the GreatFirewallofChina.org website, I tested to see if this was true (since I’m in the US.)

Indeed, they are correct in reporting this. Google is blocked, Yahoo! is blocked, and Microsoft is blocked.

I understand that China has its differences on how it views search and what it allows, but honestly, that’s a little ridiculous to ban the top three major search engines.

Among these sites, some other sites that are known to be blocked are Flickr.com, FeedBurner.com, and Valleywag.com.

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