Sohu, established in August 1996, was the first website to participate in classified navigation of network information. In February 1998, Sohu launched a classified directory search engine. It was the Chinese version of Yahoo! in July 2000. On the 12th, Sohu was listed on NASDAQ (NASDAQ: SOHU) in the United States, and has since strived to develop in the portal direction.
NetEase, founded in June 1997, also launched an all-Chinese search engine directory, but it was not its main service. After several upgrades, Google.baidu's backend search technology was used successively, but NetEase still has the only open directory system ODP in Chinese. In June 2000, NetEase was listed on the NASDAQ stock market in the United States (NASDAQ: NTES). .
On October 29, 1997, Peking University Skynet officially provided services on CERNET (Education and Research Network). It was developed by the Network and Distributed Systems Laboratory of the Department of Computer Science at Peking University and has a powerful ftp search function.
In January 1998, the GAIS Laboratory led by Professor Wu Sheng of National Chung Cheng University in Taiwan created the Openfind Chinese search engine, which was the earliest developed Chinese intelligent search engine. It used the GAIS Laboratory to launch multivariate ranking (PolyRankTM) Core technology.
On February 2, 1999, Sina began to launch the beta version of the new generation Chinese search engine "Sina Search" (Sina Search), and on October 9, it launched advanced search and website inclusion The resources are rich, the classification directory is standardized and detailed, and it follows the habits of Chinese users. In April 2000, Sina was listed on NASDAQ in the United States (NASDAQ: SINA). On November 1, 2000, Sina officially launched the first comprehensive search engine in China. This search can make requests to multiple databases. In the query feedback results of keywords, the same page includes directories, websites, and news titles. , full text of news, channel content, web pages, product information, consumption venues, Chinese website, Shanghai and Shenzhen quotes, software, games and other comprehensive search results, you can choose to switch independently.
In September 1999, the Yahoo China website (www.yahoo.com.cn) was officially launched, inheriting Yahoo’s global catalog search genes and providing powerful search functions for Chinese Internet users.
In May 1999, hao123.com was established. It followed a simple and direct classification model and became an essential tool for thousands of netizens to access the Internet. In August 2004, it was acquired by Baidu.
1999 Founded in Silicon Valley at the end of the year, Baidu (Baidu.com, Inc.) launched a new generation of Chinese search engines based on hyperlink analysis technology. In November 2003, Baidu launched Tieba, a new search product based on the concept of community-based search; in August 2005 On the 5th, Baidu successfully went public in the United States.
On September 12, 2000, Google also started to enable Chinese search services. Since then, various software and functions of the Chinese version have been rapidly upgraded.
On September 25, 2002, the China Search Alliance, co-founded by China.com, HC International and others, provided search technology for the portal , launched a search portal in August 2003, named China Search.
In June 2004, Yahoo launched a new "Yisou", which was the first professional search website in Yahoo's ten-year history. Together with its network real-name and Yahoo portal search, it constitutes the "Yahoo search system" in the Chinese search market. It is said that Yahoo attaches great importance to the Chinese market and also attaches great importance to technology localization.
On August 3, 2004, Sohu launched the Sogou (www.sogou.com) interactive Chinese search engine developed with completely independent technology. "Search tips" for multiple topics are provided to help users during the query process, and effective human-computer interaction guides users to more quickly and accurately locate the content they are concerned about, so that users can quickly find relevant search results.
On June 30, 2005, Sina search engine launched the "iAsk" (www.iAsk.com) specialized search platform, which is a search product independently developed by Sina.
Chinese search has developed to the point where it is today, and there is still a gap no matter from an industry perspective or a product perspective. Take a look at the acquisition trajectories of international search giants in the first half of the year, and you may find that, Search is amorphous. Not to mention that a search engine must be able to search. It can also be interactive such as Baidu Tieba, or it can use resources such as image search and mp3 search. The history of development is a history of continuous improvement and expansion to cater to user needs.
Google acquired Urchin website information analysis company in March. In May, it acquired mobile social network Dodgeball.com.
Yahoo!, acquired Konfabulator desktop software and invested in alibaba.
At some point, I referred to how many stories the search engines had in the past ten years. If you want to see what these websites looked like back then, you can go to web.archive.org to check it out. Sohu SOHOO, NetEase netease, Sina's predecessor SRSNet.com, etc. The domain names are all different from what they are now.
PS, this is just a simple record based on large companies as a benchmark. If you want to strictly verify it, there are actually many tidbits in it, such as Polaris, search163's classification directory, goyoyo's search, chinaren's smart search for Sun Wukong, etc.
Reference: History of Chinese Search Engines
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