Personal website, only a dozen people.
But it was quickly acquired by Baidu 30 million.
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As early as two years ago, several major domestic interest groups had already launched a competition around the acquisition of personal websites. Baidu is just one of these forces.
This seems to be a repeat of the plot of Godfather in the domestic Internet market: in order to seize more resources, several major power groups have launched several years of acquisition competition.
Beneath the seemingly calm surface of the domestic Internet, there is a strong undercurrent of rivers and lakes.
Baidu buys Sky Software at sky-high price.
Recently, Zhang He, the stationmaster of Sky Software, a well-known personal website in China, breathed a sigh of relief in his old parents in Hubei.
A few months ago, Z Ryan successfully sold his own website at a considerable price. Needless to say, the strength of the acquirer is more obvious, and it is Baidu, the boss of the domestic Internet.
The Financial Times recently learned from several reliable sources that as early as May this year, Baidu completed the final acquisition of Sky Software at a price of 30 million yuan.
At present, Baidu has incorporated the advertising sales of Sky Software into its own system, and will carry out more internal integration work on Sky Software.
It is reported that this is also Baidu's biggest acquisition so far.
In 2004, Baidu claimed to acquire Hao 123.com, the largest website in China, for 50 million yuan, and the actual acquisition amount was only100000 yuan. And the acquisition of Sky software, Baidu's 30 million yuan is real money.
"Few people know about it now. If Baidu announces in the future, the acquisition figure may be 80 million or even 654.38+0 billion yuan. But it is undeniable that this is indeed the biggest acquisition of domestic personal websites. " An insider revealed this.
Sky Software website was founded by Z Ryan on 200 1. It is one of the most famous software download websites in China, ranking 35 1 in ALEXA's global website ranking, with daily page traffic exceeding one million. According to insiders, the current operation team of the website is all in Hubei, and the number of companies is about 10.
Both sides kept the acquisition secret.
In a telephone interview with the Financial Times on July 20th, Liang Dong, vice president of Baidu, said, "Out of respect for our partners, we have an obligation not to comment on specific cooperation." But he admits that Baidu and some websites have reached a "variety of cooperation models".
Behind-the-scenes power operation software acquisition
In fact, Baidu's acquisition is just a microcosm of the undercurrent of the domestic Internet.
According to a person who didn't want to be named, as early as two years ago, several major domestic interest groups had already competed around the acquisition of personal websites. Baidu is just one of these forces.
"Now is the peak of the accelerated convergence of the Internet," the person commented. "The difference is that in the past, everyone bought personal websites with huge traffic such as Hao 123, but now everyone is scrambling for popular software and software channels such as Sky Software."
Not long ago, Baidu quietly acquired an MP3 player software called "Qian Qian Listening to Songs". Among the top ten downloaded * * * software published by a website, this software ranks third with a high ticket of 18780836. According to insiders, Baidu's acquisition price is also more than one million yuan.
As the most senior Internet tycoon in China, Chen Yizhou (Chen Yizhou? Chen Yizhou) is more keen on similar acquisitions. In 2004, it wholly acquired the largest community website Maopu in China, and it has been out of control ever since. In 2005, IT continued to acquire DONEWS, a famous IT community. So far, Chen Yizhou has acquired three SP companies and some popular software, such as DuDu.
At the end of 2005, Chen Yizhou quietly acquired China * * * Software Registration Center, and established China Software Community on this basis. "The purpose of this approach is very clear, that is, to master the software channels first and lay a good foundation for the next acquisition of domestic software." A person close to Chen Yizhou explained to the Financial Times.
"Recently, Chen Yizhou and ZCOM launched the acquisition of FlashGet. Although ZCOM finally succeeded, this failure strengthened his determination to acquire other software. " The person claimed.
Flashget, also known as FlashGet, is one of the most popular local download software in China, which enjoys a good reputation in the industry for its functions such as improving download speed, batch download and downloading document management. Not long ago, ZCOM Zhitong Unlimited Technology Co., Ltd., which received an investment of $0/0 million from Carlyle/KLOC, acquired it for $0/0 million. In addition, ZCOM also spent 5 million yuan to buy coral version of QQ software.
The source said that the real behind-the-scenes trader in ZCOM's two acquisitions may be 265.com's boss Cai Wensheng. There is a simple reason. Although there is no written record, the fact that Cai Wensheng is the major shareholder of ZCOM has been widely circulated among people. And his love for investing in software can be described as fanaticism. So far, he has directly invested in or acquired many softwares and related websites, including Dynamic Network, Verycd and Botong Zhou.
"Cai Wensheng is a vassal of the Internet, and the domain name resources he hoarded alone are worth hundreds of millions of yuan. His characteristic is that he likes to control popular software and websites through small investments and bundle them for sale. " The above sources revealed.
In addition, Zhou Hongyi, CEO of Qihoo.com, is also regarded as a force to set off a "dark war" on the Internet. Founder of 372 1, former president of Yahoo China, recently joined hands with several venture capitalists to invest in Qihoo and Discuz! Including Thunder, and related websites.
"Recently, the new round of investment obtained by Thunder is 1 billion dollars, from which you can imagine how valuable this P2P software is." A well-known webmaster revealed to the Financial Times.