Going, going ... gone

BEIJING - Google users had a mixed reaction to the announced departure of the search giant from the Chinese mainland.

On Wednesday, Google's search services remained erratic across Beijing, frustrating users unsure about the future of its other services - from maps to music - more than two months after its announcement it may quit the mainland.

While Google is the world's top search engine, it held only an estimated 30 percent share of the mainland's search market in 2009, compared with home-grown rival Baidu Inc's 60 percent.