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It is kind of biased if you take global raw data as the US and China have a bigger share of global internet users. Baidu is 6th but I doubt that it is highly frequented by American or Europeans. However, the problem shows when you search by country. Top visited sites in Europe are still American.


US is exporting it's recent culture trough Hollywood, music, news stories, Internet, while Europe does not.

I believe there are more Europeans who know how life in Pittsburgh is compared to Americans who know how life in Torino is.

Europeans are willing to try new tech originated in US while Americans would be more reticent to use new tech originated in Europe.




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