Baidu is Googling no more?

In the past, Baidu has done a wonderful job at imitating Google.

Great Chinese search and clean Google-like home page has jump started Baidu and made it a superstar in the world of search.

Now, for the money, seems Baidu is abandoning what it's been doing great. At a time, when Google is reducing amount of ads in exchange for better user experience, Baidu is putting ads on its image search home page.

Frankly, I don't think Baidu is heading the right direction.