{"id":14360,"date":"2025-06-20T02:51:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T02:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/?p=14360"},"modified":"2025-11-07T04:14:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T04:14:53","slug":"7-tips-to-boost-your-seo-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/7-tips-to-boost-your-seo-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"SEO in China: How to Rank on Baidu and Win Local Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Did you know Google has less than 3% market share in China?<br>If you&#8217;re planning to grow your brand in this massive market, Baidu\u2014not Google\u2014is where your SEO efforts need to focus. China\u2019s digital ecosystem is unique, and getting visibility here requires more than just translation\u2014it requires strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At GMA, we\u2019ve spent over a decade helping 700+ international brands succeed in China through <a href=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/baidu-seo\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/baidu-seo\/\">Baidu SEO<\/a>, content marketing, and digital strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this guide, you\u2019ll learn how to rank on Baidu, earn user trust, and build a long-term SEO strategy tailored to China\u2019s competitive and complex environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"brxe-mgpwzx\" class=\"brxe-section\"><div id=\"brxe-yqoynz\" class=\"brxe-container\"><div id=\"brxe-kfqegn\" class=\"brxe-div\"><div id=\"brxe-mzqqxn\" class=\"brxe-block\"><i id=\"brxe-nqugfs\" class=\"fas fa-earth-asia brxe-icon\"><\/i><div id=\"brxe-cjjuuo\" class=\"brxe-text-basic\">Let\u2019s Discuss Your China Strategy<\/div><\/div><div id=\"brxe-cjopah\" class=\"brxe-text-basic\">Our specialists at GMA are here to help you understand the Chinese market and find the best strategy to reach your goals. 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It can help your brand to have a good place on results pages on search engines. The higher you rank, the more clicks and traffic your site will have. This works especially well in China because Chinese consumers are very suspicious of brands that they don&#8217;t know. <strong>Distrust between customers and brands <\/strong>has been created due to lots of scandals that happened in the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to enter the Chinese market and sell your products, you have to gain your <strong>target&#8217;s confidence and boost your brand awareness<\/strong>. Businesses that implement a complete SEO strategy in China gain an advantage over competitors. 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Thus, when it comes to search engine marketing in China, a chunk of companies&#8217; efforts should focus on <strong>Baidu SEO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baidu, just like Google, has its <a href=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/introduction-baidu-ecosystem-and-apps\/\"><strong>own ecosystem<\/strong><\/a> and offers many platforms and tools to marketers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Baidu Keyword planner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baidu Webmaster tools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/guide-baidu-ppc-advertising-china\/\">Baidu PPC<\/a>\/Baidu Ads with the Baidu Phoenix Nest manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baidu Baike, Zhidao, Baijiahao and son on<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Baidu-statistics-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Baidu-statistics-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Baidu-statistics-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Baidu-statistics-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Baidu-statistics-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Baidu-statistics-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, keep in mind that if you use Google&#8217;s optimization method to optimize your Baidu ranking, your website won&#8217;t do great on Baidu&#8217;s SERP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baidu SEO has its uniqueness. Differences such as complex language issues, cultural differences, user behavior, legal factors, censorship, and technical considerations should be well taken into consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creation of your Chinese website for Baidu SEO: a useful tool for your business in China<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Baidu also has <strong>the world&#8217;s largest index of Chinese web pages<\/strong>, which is entirely Chinese. The user interface is only available in Simplified Chinese. Baidu gives priority to Chinese websites. Non-Chinese websites will struggle to even be indexed on Baidu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, developing your website is the first step in your Chinese SEO strategy. Not only because it can serve as a portal for your Baidu SEO, but your website can also help with <strong>brand credibility<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-56454 size-full\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Dicathlon-landing-page.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Dicathlon-landing-page.png 1020w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Dicathlon-landing-page-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Dicathlon-landing-page-768x452.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Baidu&#8217;s crawling and indexing of non-Chinese websites are also not very stable \u2014 it may crawl slower, less frequently, and not crawl so deeply, or even not crawl at all.&nbsp;It is thus very difficult for a non-Chinese website to get a ranking on queries in Mandarin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for why it does this, Baidu certainly has its reasons, and the biggest reason is <strong>user experience<\/strong>. Most of Baidu&#8217;s users are residents of mainland China. Of course, they are most interested in local content in Chinese characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technical details about your website to optimize your brand on Baidu SEO<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Your website should not only be in Mandarin if you aim at the Chinese mainland, but also it needs to be <strong>hosted in China or nearby <\/strong>such as Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, etc. for a better user experience. If you host your website too far from China, it will take much more time to access it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mobile-Friendly Website<\/strong>: most internet users in China are on mobile. You can not afford a website not optimized for mobile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/starbucks-china-baidu-website-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"coffee franchise in china - starbucks-baidu-website\" class=\"wp-image-68935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/starbucks-china-baidu-website-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/starbucks-china-baidu-website-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/starbucks-china-baidu-website-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/starbucks-china-baidu-website-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/starbucks-china-baidu-website-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/starbucks-china-baidu-website.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent years, Google has made substantial progress in crawling JavaScript and AJAX content, but Baidu has not so much. Generally speaking, if you want to get a better ranking on Baidu, it is best to avoid using these elements in the main content area of \u200b\u200byour website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Website domain name matters very much for Baidu\u2019s algorithm, the Chinese search engine will probably <strong>rank websites with .cn&nbsp; higher<\/strong> on the SERP (search engine results page). It is advised in this case to favor a .cn domain name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Legal factors about your website for Baidu SEO<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An ICP License is an <strong>Internet Content Provider License<\/strong>. It&#8217;s a license issued by the Chinese government that allows companies to provide internet content in China. Getting an ICP license is required for any website that wants to be hosted in China with a .cn domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why is it better for your Baidu SEO effort to have an ICP License?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Having an ICP license simply demonstrates that your company is a legitimate business within China and is authorized to operate a website. This helps to instill trust in users, which can lead to increased traffic and <a href=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/advanced-baidu-seo-techniques-that-can-tripple-your-traffic\/\"><strong>improve SEO results on Baidu<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having an ICP License also means you can <strong>host your website in China<\/strong> (which Baidu prioritizes) and improve site speed.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-56455 size-full\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ICP-license-for-IKEA-Chinese-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ICP-license-for-IKEA-Chinese-website.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ICP-license-for-IKEA-Chinese-website-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ICP-license-for-IKEA-Chinese-website-768x527.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>an ICP License is the gold standard when it comes to Baidu SEO, but you can do without it!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What do you need to get an ICP License?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To get an <a href=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/icp-china-what-it-is-for-and-how-to-get-it\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"68024\"><strong>ICP License<\/strong><\/a>, a website foreign companies need a \u201cphysical address\u201d in China,&nbsp; which means it is required to have Chinese contact details.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You must make sure that your website is in compliance with Chinese internet restrictions <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chinese business license<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To Succeed With Chinese SEO, You Need a Keywords &amp; Content Strategy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Search engine optimization always comes hand in hand with a content strategy,  Google or Baidu, or anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To have a good website ranking on China&#8217;s search engines, you must have an important amount of content. <strong>New publications and updated information<\/strong> have a key role in referencing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To create an <strong>editorial calendar keywords research<\/strong> is key and you can do that the same way you do with Google:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Competitor&#8217;s observation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baidu Keyword planner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baidu SEO keyword ranking tools to access your site ranks in comparison to other sites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Relevant content creation is crucial to <strong>increase your organic traffic<\/strong>. When optimizing your content for Baidu, you&#8217;ll have to follow basic rules such as optimizing images (size and title tags), writing a compelling meta description, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When optimizing your content, target not only the top SERP results but also the <strong>snippets<\/strong>. Similarly, Google Baidu displays rich snippets. One of the most common is <a href=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/why-every-company-in-china-needs-to-have-baidu-baike\/\"><strong>Baidu Baike<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/baidu-baike-tods-promote-shoes-in-china.jpg\" alt=\"TOD's Baike Page - undercover marketing china\" class=\"wp-image-66528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/baidu-baike-tods-promote-shoes-in-china.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/baidu-baike-tods-promote-shoes-in-china-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/baidu-baike-tods-promote-shoes-in-china-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/baidu-baike-tods-promote-shoes-in-china-600x412.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A smart content strategy also means <strong>planned inbound links<\/strong> to further strengthen your relevant keywords in search results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to our experience, Baidu&#8217;s tolerance for duplicate content is much lower than Google&#8217;s. If a website is penalized by Baidu for duplicate content, it may take longer to rebuild the lost ranking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, duplicated content is still a big problem for Baidu, because content crawling is still a very common strategy with China SEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">China SEO\/Online Media &amp; Censorship<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #1f2229;\"><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"fr-FR\">The golden rule is to <strong>pay attention to sensitive subjects<\/strong> and avoid them. If it ever happens, you may receive a shadowban, or you can even be blacklisted<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> and censored by the Chinese government (the same applies to social media marketing).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/case-study_general_DC-real-estate-1024x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/case-study_general_DC-real-estate-1024x600.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/case-study_general_DC-real-estate-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/case-study_general_DC-real-estate-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/case-study_general_DC-real-estate-1536x900.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/case-study_general_DC-real-estate-2048x1201.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/case-study_general_DC-real-estate-600x352.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are familiar with the situation and can help you with reviewing your website content, and establish an editorial calendar in line with Baidu&#8217;s guidelines!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quality Backlinks: 70% of your China SEO Effort<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Backlinks are very popular with Chinese search engines. Adding links to some websites allows a random website to be nicely placed on search engines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your webmaster can also <strong>use Chinese social media to share links<\/strong>. A nicely written and furnished article can be quoted by other websites or famous people, which will improve the natural referencing of the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baidu believes that the value of backlinks from Chinese websites far exceeds that of foreign websites. When establishing a link for a website, you should take backlinks from a Chinese-based website (host in China, using simplified Chinese anchor text).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/washing-machine-in-china-pr-baidu-seo-panasonic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/washing-machine-in-china-pr-baidu-seo-panasonic.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/washing-machine-in-china-pr-baidu-seo-panasonic-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/washing-machine-in-china-pr-baidu-seo-panasonic-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/washing-machine-in-china-pr-baidu-seo-panasonic-600x424.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Baidu is still far behind Google in testing the quality of links. Google is already very good at spotting spam links, but Baidu is still vulnerable to the old-style spam link strategy. Because these black hat strategies are still effective, they are often used in Chinese SEO strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Referencing Tags are Key for SEO<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If Google no longer uses the keyword tag (Meta keywords tag) as a ranking factor, but only as a description of each result on the search results page that is not the case with Baidu. Baidu still uses keyword tags as a ranking factor, and there are some examples that support Meta descriptions that will also affect rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These tags can be easily manipulated and designed to target some keywords, so it is puzzling that Baidu is still using them. Even if the impact of these tags on rankings is not huge, it is still a decisive factor in whether the page can be ranked in the target keywords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">These referencing tags allow websites to integrate the first choices of search engines<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #1f2229;\"><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"fr-FR\"><strong> The Title Tag<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #1f2229;\"><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"fr-FR\">A great article must have a catchy title. You also need a good first sentence to detail the article&#8217;s content. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #1f2229;\"><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"fr-FR\"><strong> The Description Tag<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For SEO purposes, every page of the website must have a description of its content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #1f2229;\"><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"fr-FR\"><strong> The Keyword Tag<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #1f2229;\"><span style=\"font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"fr-FR\">You must include keywords linked to the page&#8217;s activity and content. Then, the referencing will be much more efficient. Indeed, robots compare the keywords to the title of the page and to its description to establish some links between them.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our China SEO Services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We are an SEO Agency specializing in digital marketing in China located in Shanghai, China. With more than 10 years of experience, we have already helped 700+ amazing clients develop their Baidu SEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/web-services-for-china-by-gma-1024x598.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/web-services-for-china-by-gma-1024x598.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/web-services-for-china-by-gma-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/web-services-for-china-by-gma-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/web-services-for-china-by-gma-600x350.jpg 600w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/web-services-for-china-by-gma.jpg 1084w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We are the Reference for SEO agencies in China!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Need a smart SEO strategy for your China project? <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Contact us<\/a><\/strong>, ask for a quote, our case studies, and a free consultation with one of our SEO experts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">As a marketing agency, we also help you with:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Understanding your Chinese customers with comprehensive market research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reaching out to your target audience through online marketing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>eCommerce strategy and social media operations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/25-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"gma\" class=\"wp-image-74992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/25-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/25-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/25-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/25-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/marketingtochina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/25-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to build brand trust and boost rankings on Baidu. 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