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October 1, 2005
Connectivity ...
I am noticing too often, there is a BIG problem when it comes to connectivity, and this a double sided sword:
a, Western Sites aiming at a Chinese audience hosted outside China.
b, Chinese Sites aiming at a Western audience hosted in China.
So a word of advice for anyone looking either of the above ...
NO point having a site which can NOT be viewed by your potential audience.
I am amazed that companies will go to all the trouble of building the site but never bother checking for speed or hosting issues ...
I see a business opportunity for clever folks to allow Chinese sites mirror their sites outside the PRC, and vice versa for Western sites targeting China.
Any views folks ?
Posted by shak at October 1, 2005 9:39 AM
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Those are stupid people. I have servers in The Netherlands, USA, as well as China.
Posted by: Guoqi at October 1, 2005 10:10 PM
There was a small flurry of discussion about this in the forums, but I haven't seen any real evidence that this is an absolute must for many sites. I've had Chinese sites hosted outside China for 5+ years and I've never heard any complaints about site accessibility from reps in China.
It would make sense for certain types of sites to host in China, but I get the feeling that this is a bit over stated for many.
Posted by: Bill at October 3, 2005 5:01 PM
Hi,
We are planning to serve blog.com in Chinese soon (Jan 2006).
Therefore we are looking for a partner to handle the Chinese market.
We would be pleased for your help.
We look forward to hearing from you
Posted by: fernando Costa at October 5, 2005 3:47 AM
Bill
I really care to disagree with you on this, I have spent 3 weeks in China having the problem when trying to access western sites, and 2 weeks in UK trying to access Chinese sites.
I stick by what I said, and say that this is a MAJOR issue which webmasters are NOT dealing with, NO point having a site if your audience can not view it.
And as for blogs, thats a whole different kettle of fish.
Posted by: Shak at October 6, 2005 4:38 AM