
CEO, International Media Management Corporation
Member of the Media Council
Michael Bonfils is President of International Media Management Corporation known, for its global online advertising and search engine consulting and service divisions of SEM International and WebCertain (SEMI/WC). Mr. Bonfils represents Fortune 100 advertisers and agencies on Google, Yahoo! Inc., Bing, Baidu, and Yandex, among other online portals and social media network firms (e.g. Facebook, Inc., Twitter, and Myspace). SEMI and WC operate in North America, Asia, and Europe with offices in the US, UK, China, Japan, and Russia. Mr. Bonfils speaks and writes on Internet marketing technology and trends, and has contributed his time to many major national publications and events. In addition to being the founder of a successful contextual advertising agency, which he sold in 2004, he has spent the last 13 years helping pioneer the search engine marketing industry and serving as an advisor to search engine firms and a board member of a number of nonprofit organizations in technology and advertising. (This is me - Update Profile)
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Baidu - Tough times ahead? Probably NOT.
August 28, 2009
Baidu -- A Sleeping Giant Awakens | searchenginewatch.com
The article emphasizes the issue's advertisers are having as they change from an old legacy system of Baidu to a new interface that almost mirrors Google. Will this ultimately be a positive or a negative for the Chinese Search engine? How will it affect Google's position in China? In my analysis, I explore some more details left out of the original article.
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| TMT Council Members in Member Programs | 18316 |
| Media Experts in GLG Member Programs | 4950 |
| Media Buyers | 1333 |
| Online Advertising Experts | 639 |
| Online Retail Experts | 520 |
Michael Bonfils has not participated in any GLG Live Meetings.