Sohu.com Inc is China's premier online brand, indispensable to the daily life of millions of Chinese, providing a network of web properties and community based web products. Sohu provides a broad array of services choices for its users, including information, entertainment and communication.
Sohu corporate services consist of brand advertising on its matrix of websites as well as paid listing and bid listing on its in-house developed search directory and engines. It also offers wireless value-added services such as news, information, music, ringtone and picture content sent over mobile phones. The Company's multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) subsidiary, Changyou.com (NASDAQ: CYOU), currently operates seven online games in China, including the in-house developed Tian Long Ba Bu, one of the most popular online games in China, and the licensed Blade Online, Blade Hero 2, Da Hua Shui Hu, Zhong Hua Ying Xiong, Immortal Faith and San Jie Qi Yuan.
Sohu.com was established by Dr. Charles Zhang, one of China's Internet pioneers.
Sohu's massive user base and strong brand presence in China make Sohu.com a household name throughout the country and the platform of choice for corporate clients to promote their business.
Through continuous product development and exclusive content partnerships, SOHU works relentlessly to strengthen and differentiate the portal as a premier destination for Internet users in China and advertisers who aim to reach the most attractive consumer market segments in China, that of the young, affluent urban population.
Business coverage: Sohu's all-inclusive, proprietary search engine, Sogou was initially launched in August 2004, and Sohu continues to invest in the research and development of the service. With a search database of 10 billion retrieved Chinese web pages and a daily update of 500 million pages, Sogou has become one of the best Chinese search engines.
SOHU started its online games business in 2003, and has established an experienced game development and operations team. SOHU launched its first self-developed multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Tian Long Ba Bu, in May 2007 with good market response and increasing popularity.
Through its pioneering rollout of wireless services since 2000, SOHU contributes to making the Internet ubiquitously available, whether in the office, at home or on the road. Via SOHU wireless messaging services, subscribers can receive the latest news, access their email account, stay in touch with friends and fellow alumni, play games or sign up for a host of other information, entertainment and communication applications.
SOHU also offers mobile services on SMS (short messaging services), RBT (Ring Back Tones), WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), MMS (multi-media messaging services), IVR (Interactive Voice Response) and K-Java based platforms.
