Sohu, Inc. (Chinese: 搜狐; pinyin: Sōuhú; lit. 'Search-fox') is a Chinese Internet company headquartered in the Sohu Internet Plaza in Haidian District, Beijing.[4][5] Sohu and its subsidiaries offer advertising, a search engine (Sogou.com), on-line multiplayer gaming (ChangYou.com) and other services.
Sohu was founded as Internet Technologies China (ITC) in 1996 by Charles Zhang after he completed his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received venture capital funding from colleagues he met there.[6] The following year, Zhang changed the name of ITC to Sohoo in homage to Yahoo! after meeting its cofounder, Jerry Yang; the name was soon after changed to Sohu to differentiate it from the American company.[7] Sohu has been listed on NASDAQ since 2000 through a variable interest entity (VIE) based in Delaware.[8][9]
Sohu's Sogou.com search engine was in talks to be sold in July 2013 to Qihoo for around $1.4 billion.[10] On September 17, 2013, it was announced that Tencent has invested $448 million for a minority share in Chinese search engine Sogou.com, the subsidiary of Sohu, Inc.[11]
Sohu was ranked as the world's third- and twelfth-fastest growing company by Fortune in 2009 and 2010, respectively.[12][13]
Allegations against Google
On April 6, 2007, Sohu made a request that Google stop providing its Google PinyinInput Method Editor software for download because portions of Sohu's IME software, Sogou Pinyin, were allegedly copied in order to construct it.[14] The detection of the alleged copyright infringement was found due to a suspicious error found in both IMEs, notably the translation of the pinyin "pinggong" which erroneously produces the actor and comedian Feng Gong.[15] On April 9, 2007, Google's spokesman Cui Jin has admitted that the pinyin Google IME "was built leveraging some non-Google database resources."[16]
2008 Olympic Games website
In November 2005, Sohu was selected to be the Official Internet Content Service Sponsor of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Sohu was provided exclusive services to construct, operate and host the official Beijing Olympics website.[17]
References
^. Sohu. Archived from the original on August 24, 2019.
^"2017 Annual Report" (PDF). Retrieved August 3, 2018.
^"Company Profile for Sohu.com Inc (SOHU)". Retrieved December 31, 2012.
^"Contact Us." Sohu. Retrieved on December 27, 2010. "Headquarter Office Sohu.com Internet Plaza, No.1 Park, Zhongguancun East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, PRC ."
^"Sohu.com." CNNMoney. Retrieved on August 19, 2009.
^"Charles Zhang a Confident Man of Action". China.org.cn. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
sohu, chinese, 搜狐, pinyin, sōuhú, search, chinese, internet, company, headquartered, internet, plaza, haidian, district, beijing, subsidiaries, offer, advertising, search, engine, sogou, line, multiplayer, gaming, changyou, other, services, type, businesspubli. Sohu Inc Chinese 搜狐 pinyin Sōuhu lit Search fox is a Chinese Internet company headquartered in the Sohu Internet Plaza in Haidian District Beijing 4 5 Sohu and its subsidiaries offer advertising a search engine Sogou com on line multiplayer gaming ChangYou com and other services Sohu Inc Type of businessPublicTraded asNasdaq SOHUFoundedAugust 1996 IPO July 2000 1 HeadquartersBeijing China Delaware United StatesFounder s Charles Zhang and Edward RobertsKey peopleCharles Zhang President Chairman CEO Carol Yu CFO IndustryInternetProductsOnline servicesRevenue 86 billion USD 2017 2 Employees7 098 December 2012 3 URLsohu wbr comSohu com Media Plaza Sohu com Internet Plaza Contents 1 History 2 Allegations against Google 3 2008 Olympic Games website 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditSohu was founded as Internet Technologies China ITC in 1996 by Charles Zhang after he completed his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received venture capital funding from colleagues he met there 6 The following year Zhang changed the name of ITC to Sohoo in homage to Yahoo after meeting its cofounder Jerry Yang the name was soon after changed to Sohu to differentiate it from the American company 7 Sohu has been listed on NASDAQ since 2000 through a variable interest entity VIE based in Delaware 8 9 Sohu s Sogou com search engine was in talks to be sold in July 2013 to Qihoo for around 1 4 billion 10 On September 17 2013 it was announced that Tencent has invested 448 million for a minority share in Chinese search engine Sogou com the subsidiary of Sohu Inc 11 Sohu was ranked as the world s third and twelfth fastest growing company by Fortune in 2009 and 2010 respectively 12 13 Allegations against Google EditOn April 6 2007 Sohu made a request that Google stop providing its Google Pinyin Input Method Editor software for download because portions of Sohu s IME software Sogou Pinyin were allegedly copied in order to construct it 14 The detection of the alleged copyright infringement was found due to a suspicious error found in both IMEs notably the translation of the pinyin pinggong which erroneously produces the actor and comedian Feng Gong 15 On April 9 2007 Google s spokesman Cui Jin has admitted that the pinyin Google IME was built leveraging some non Google database resources 16 2008 Olympic Games website EditIn November 2005 Sohu was selected to be the Official Internet Content Service Sponsor of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Sohu was provided exclusive services to construct operate and host the official Beijing Olympics website 17 References Edit Company Milestones Sohu Archived from the original on August 24 2019 2017 Annual Report PDF Retrieved August 3 2018 Company Profile for Sohu com Inc SOHU Retrieved December 31 2012 Contact Us Sohu Retrieved on December 27 2010 Headquarter Office Sohu com Internet Plaza No 1 Park Zhongguancun East Road Haidian District Beijing 100084 PRC Sohu com CNN Money Retrieved on August 19 2009 Charles Zhang a Confident Man of Action China org cn Retrieved April 12 2020 Lee Kai Fu September 25 2018 AI Superpowers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt p 31 ISBN 9781328546395 Sohu com Announces Stockholder Approval of Proposed Reorganization CISION Retrieved September 8 2019 Levisohn Ben March 6 2013 Sohu denied rumors of Nasdaq delisting Barrons com Deals of the day mergers and acquisitions Reuters Reuters July 19 2013 Aitken Todd September 17 2013 Tencent invested 448 million in Chinese search engine Sogou CEOWORLD Magazine The World s 3rd Fastest Growing Company In 2009 Fortune magazine The World s 12th Fastest Growing Company In 2010 Fortune magazine Lemon Sumner April 8 2007 Rival Asks Google to Yank Copycat Application PC World IDG Retrieved April 11 2007 Lemon Sumner April 6 2007 Google Evades Question About Software Similarities PC World IDG Retrieved April 11 2007 Lemon Sumner April 9 2007 Google Admits Using Outside Source for Chinese App PC World IDG Retrieved April 11 2007 Sohu com to run website for Beijing 2008 Olympic games ChinaTechNews com Retrieved November 7 2005 External links EditOfficial website in Chinese Portals China Companies Internet Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sohu amp oldid 1116836647, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
