Sohu
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| Sohu.com Inc | |
|---|---|
| Type | Public (NASDAQ: SOHU) |
| Founded | August 1996 (IPO July 2000)[1] |
| Headquarters | Beijing, China |
| Key people | Charles Zhang, president, chairman, CEO Carol Yu, CFO |
| Industry | Internet information providers |
| Revenue | $188.9 million USD (2007) |
| Net income | $35 million USD (2007) |
| Employees | 1,971 (2007) |
| Website | www.sohu.com |
Sohu.com Inc. (Chinese: 搜狐) (NASDAQ: SOHU) is a search engine company based in the People’s Republic of China. This company and its subsidiaries offer advertising, a search engine, on-line multiplayer gaming and other services. For the fiscal year ended 31 December 2007, Sohu.com Inc.'s revenues increased 41% to $188.9M. Net income increased 31% to $35M.[2]
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[edit] Allegations against Google
On April 6, 2007, Sohu made a request that Google stop providing its pinyin Input Method Editor software for download due to the fact portions of Sohu's own IME software were allegedly copied in order to construct it.[3] The detection of the alleged theft 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.[4] On April 9, 2007, Google's spokesman Cui Jin has admitted that the pinyin Google IME "was built leveraging some non-Google database resources."[5]
[edit] 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 will provide exclusive services to construct, operate and host the official Beijing Olympics website.[6] The website has been alleged to have used stolen flash games to promote the Olympic games.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Sohu timeline
- ^ Company Profile. reuters.com.
- ^ Lemon, Sumner. "Rival Asks Google to Yank 'Copycat' Application", PC World, IDG, 2007-04-08. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
- ^ Lemon, Sumner. "Google Evades Question About Software Similarities", PC World, IDG, 2007-04-06. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
- ^ Lemon, Sumner. "Google Admits Using Outside Source for Chinese App", PC World, IDG, 2007-04-09. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
- ^ Sohu.com to run website for Beijing 2008 Olympic games. ChinaTechNews.com. Retrieved on 2005-11-07.
- ^ New Beijing Summer Olympics event: software piracy. ArsTechnica.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
[edit] External links
- Sohu Corp, corporate information site.
- Sohu Home page (Chinese)
- Sohu English, a portal for English learners.
