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List of search engines in China

16
Aug
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Here is a list of popular search engines in China:

Baidu logo

Baidu is by far the leading Chinese search engine for websites, audio files and images. It was established in 2000 by co-founders, Robin Li and Eric Xu.

Google China logo

Founded in 2005, Google China ranks as the No. 2 search engine in China. In March 2010, it decided to redirect all queries from Chinese users to Google Hong Kong.

Sogou logo

Sogou is a search engine which can search text, images, music, and maps. Launched in 2004, it is owned by China's No. 2 Internet portal Sohu but Alibaba Group is going to buy sharesSogou means "Search Dog" in Chinese.

Soso logo

Soso is a Chinese search engine owned by Tencent which is well known for its IM QQ.

Yahoo! China logo

China Yahoo! is one of the leading Chinese-language portals offering search, email and an enhanced focus on entertainment content. Alibaba Group acquired China Yahoo! in 2005.
 

Bing China logo

Bing is Microsoft's search engineBing's official Chinese name is "bì yìng" which literally means "very certain to respond" or "very certain to answer".

Youdao logo

Youdao is a search engine released by Chinese Internet company NetEase in 2007. It is the featured search engine of its parent company's web portal, 163.com, and lets users search for web pages, images, news, music, blogs, etc. Youdao roughly translates as “there's a way”.

Do you know other search engines used in China?