Nov 12, 2007
Seen in China: Google Fast Food, Google Clothing Store, Baidu BBQ
File under WTF.
Here are a few interesting pics showing how the Google brand name is picking up steam in China. I’m not sure if this is what google had hoped for… But hey, better than no publicity right?
And just to show that this type of brand-borrowing is not just taking advantage of big corporations outside of China, here’s a little shop borrowing from domestic China search giant Baidu.com:
The Chinese names for both Baidu and Google (?? and ?? respectively) are used pretty liberally as well.
See if you can spot the Baidu and Google characters/brands being borrowed in the following Chinese businesses:
Anyone got any more?
Source: cnbeta.com


:em20: Nice Post. :em69:
Thanks Thomas.
:em20:
Béh merci, ça illustre bien un débat que j’ai eu ce midi sur la Chine… no more comment
Allo Alex,
J’espère que vous avez gagné votre débat!
Merci pour visiter Pandapassport!
This is funny! We don’t see many things like this in Taiwan. :em41:
AVG free…
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Well everyone loves google. Kind of interesting pictures you got there.