谷歌將關閉其在大陸的音樂下載服務大綱
GOOGLE Inc is shutting its online music download service in the Chinese mainland next month because of pressure from local rivals such as Baidu Inc and Tencent's QQ.
由於來自本土競爭對手如百度公司和騰訊QQ的壓力，谷歌公司下個月將在中國大陸關閉其在線音樂下載服務。
The service, available only to computers with an Internet address in the mainland, will close on October 19. Users of Music Search will be able to log in and download their stored playlists until then, Google said yesterday.
這項僅限於在大陸有互聯網地址的電腦的服務，將在10月19日關閉。谷歌昨天表示，一直到那個時候音樂搜索用戶都能登錄並下載他們存儲的播放列表。
"This is part of an ongoing effort across Google to bring greater focus to our portfolio of products. Our goal is to simplify and improve the Google experience for our users and to devote more resources to high impact products that improve the lives of billions of people," Google said in a statement.
“這是谷歌不斷努力以更專注於我們產品組合的一部分。我們的目標是爲用戶簡化和改善搜索體驗，爲高影響力產品投入更多的資源以改善數十億人的生活。”谷歌在一份聲明中說道。
In its Chinese-language company blog, the US-based search giant admitted that the music website's impact had been "less than expected."
在公司的中文博客上，總部設在美國的搜索引擎巨頭承認音樂網站的影響力已經“低於預期”。
As with Google's core online search business, the music service found it difficult to compete with its domestic rivals.
與谷歌核心的網上搜索業務相比，它的音樂服務發現很難與國內競爭對手相匹敵。
By the end of second quarter, Google had 15.7 percent of the online search market in China, the world's biggest Internet market with 538 million computer users. That was far behind market leader Baidu, which had a 78.6 percent market share, according to Analysys International, a Beijing-based IT research firm.
到第二季度末，在中國這個有着538萬臺計算機用戶的世界上最大的互聯網市場，谷歌已經佔領了15.7％的在線搜索市場。根據《易觀國際》（總部設在北京的IT市場研究公司），這遠遠落後於市場領頭羊百度，它有78.6％的市場份額。
Google's market share declined from more than 30 percent to 15 percent after it moved its China servers from the mainland to Hong Kong in 2010.
自從2010年穀歌將其在中國的服務器從大陸轉移到香港，它的市場份額從30％以上下降到了15％。
Google's music website made its debut three years ago, offering free and legal music content to Chinese consumers.
三年前谷歌音樂網站首次亮相，爲中國消費者提供免費且合法的音樂內容。
Later, Baidu and Tencent began similar services which gradually came to dominate the domestic online music market.
後來，百度和騰訊開始了類似的服務，逐漸主導了國內在線音樂市場。
