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Search Engine Arrests in China

The Chinese government is taking very seriously its pledge to crack down on the illegal online casino gambling industry operating extensively within the country. Over the past several months the Chinese officials have announced raids and arrests of very high profile gambling rings that were operating within China and offering a wide range of illegal betting and gambling opportunities. The last raid though was one of the more comprehensive of the raids and the Chinese officials arrested a small handful of employees from the Baidu Search Engine. Google has pulled out of the Chinese market and Baidu is one of the larger alternatives for Chinese searchers. According to the Chinese officials several Baidu employees actually worked within the company to illegal manipulate the search results to allow the illegal “777 Real Online Casino” site to pop up in the search results.

The employees arrested are being accused of manipulating the SEO results of the online casino gambling site, but the owner of the gambling site claims that the money paid to Baidu was for advertising only, not SEO manipulation. The case specifically involves two Baidu employees who apparently accepted the bribe and Baidu has issued out an official apology about the situation and notes that the actions were completely outside of the company’s ethos and business policies, particularly regarding the illegal online casino gambling industry.

The online casino gambling industry is fully illegal in China and Baidu notes that the two employees arrested displayed bad behavior in this situation by engaging in, and thus engaging the company in, illegal criminal activity.