Baidu also serves as a media platform for online marketing customers which is mainly based on a performance-oriented marketing platform for businesses to cost effectively reach relevant Internet users through both Baidu organic websites and their affiliated websites (their Union business). The majority of their revenue is derived from performance-based online marketing services and their customers pay on a cost per click basis – that is, their customers only pay when their paid-link is clicked through and they get the “lead”. | Baidu also serves as a media platform for online marketing customers which is mainly based on a performance-oriented marketing platform for businesses to cost effectively reach relevant Internet users through both Baidu organic websites and their affiliated websites (their Union business). The majority of their revenue is derived from performance-based online marketing services and their customers pay on a cost per click basis – that is, their customers only pay when their paid-link is clicked through and they get the “lead”. |