The origin of Sohu's name?

We can't call it "tiger" either, it's too much like Yahoo, and then it's simply called Sohu. In this way, Sohu finally went online in1February 1998. -Zhang Chaoyang Zhang Chaoyang: I hope that Sohu people are as cunning, smart and witty as hunters searching for foxes.

The above is an interview with Zhang Chaoyang and his explanation of the origin of Sohu's name. The following is the development of Sohu.

1 995165438+1October1,Dr. Zhang Chaoyang returned to China from MIT. In August of the following year, based on venture capital, Sohu's predecessor "Aitexin Information Technology Co., Ltd." was established. 1February 1998, ATTEX launched Sohu, the first large-scale classified search engine in China was born, and the Sohu brand was born. "Go out by map, go online to find Sohu" Sohu thus opened the internet world to China netizens.

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Magic door.

1999, Sohu launched the news and content channel, which laid the rudiment of a comprehensive portal and opened the Internet portal era in China.

On July 12, 2000, Sohu Company was officially listed on NASDAQ, and developed from a well-known domestic enterprise into an international brand. In 2000, Sohu acquired ChinaRen Alumni Record, the largest youth community in China, and established its position as the largest Chinese website in China. In the third quarter of 2002, Sohu Company achieved full profit in the domestic Internet industry for the first time, which was an epoch-making milestone in the development of Internet in China and promoted the overall popularity of Chinese concept stocks on Nasdaq.

Sohu news and content channels have become the largest platform for mainstream people to obtain information; Sohu's huge community system, including Sohu community and ChinaRen community, is the main platform for young people's leisure and entertainment; Sogou has also become a new search engine with the latest technology. Sohu has initially realized the ideal of "making the Internet an indispensable part of people's life in China" established by Sohu from its inception.