今日看google reader上的订阅，发现在chinaweb2.0 review 上有关于介绍上海明复的关系。Guanxi. 上海明复可以说是我们比较大的竞争对手了。跟奥运合作不是一般能搞上关系的，但似乎他目前还在烧钱状态，包括他做的广告和各方面的宣传。
The Olympic Games is just one week away, more and more people arrive in
Guanxi, a mobile search service by mInfo, may offer some helps to you. Check this video from the Wall Street Journal. (You may need to visit the blog to view the embed video)
mInfo Acquires Mobile Search Service Guanxi
Besides Guanxi, which is an English SMS search service acquired by mInfo, mInfo also operates Chinese SMS/WAP search. Recently mInfo was selected by Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (BOCOG) as the mobile search provider for the official Olympics mobile site.
According to an article on Shanghai Daily, mInfo will announce a new round of financing from existing investors and new investors within two months. mInfo has raised about $10 million from investors such as Staenberg Capital.
The article also said “The company’s revenue will jump four or five times in 2008 and it will become profitable in the first quarter of 2009″.
其实知道明复做什么就基本上明白我们现在在做什么了。一样的事情，但我想结果就看我们的努力了。 SMS search，无线短信搜索，会存在且一直存在发展当中。市场未成熟前，明复就成了我们的宣传先行者。
同时我也听广告业有朋友说，明复广告那块花钱花太多，快没什么钱了，所以我怀疑这个美国人的视频是一个广告，但我不知道为啥chinaweb2.0 review也要写这个东西，没有任何的所谓公益方面性质，但不管明复现在怎么样，再拿了风投，砸了那么多广告后，还不对用户进行收费，依然免费的时候估计还得烧个好几年。到时再来个几亿也不够烧。
