The History and Development of Baidu

In 2000, two young people who came back from America and American partner Xu Yong returned to Zhongguancun from Silicon Valley with venture capital and founded Baidu. In June, 2000, Baidu officially launched the world's largest, fastest and newest Chinese search engine, and announced its all-round entry into the field of Internet technology in China. In August 2000, Baidu began to provide services for Sohu. In September 2000, internationally renowned venture capital companies such as dfj and idg invested heavily in Baidu. From June 5438 to October 2000 10, Baidu began to provide services for Sina. 2000- 10-26 Baidu network technology co., ltd announced the completion of the second financing. On June 6, 2000 165438+ 10/6, Baidu announced that it would officially provide Chinese web information retrieval service to China, one of the three major portals, and support its comprehensive search engine.

200 1 year

200 1 0 1 Baidu provides comprehensive search service for 263. In February, 20065438+0, Baidu provided comprehensive search service for tom. In August, 20001year, the beta version of Baidu search engine was released, which changed from background service to independent search service, creating a domestic bidding ranking business model. In September 2006, 5438+0 Baidu search bidding ranking surfaced. 2001101On October 22nd, Baidu search engine was officially released. Baidu has provided a global Chinese network search system for the Shanghai hotline. 200 1 10 The financial information management center of China People's Bank adopted Baidu's "Netstone Database Search" software.

In 2002

065438+ 10 in 2002, CCTV International introduced Baidu's "Netstone" information retrieval software. In March 2002, Robin Li, president of Baidu, was selected as "Top Ten Pioneers in China". In June 2002, Baidu officially launched IE search partner. Mp3 search was released in June, 2002 +065438+ 10. In June 2002, the search monopoly game was launched. 2002 165438+ 10 provided services for Netease. On June 5438+February, 2002, China Mobile signed a contract with Baidu Enterprise Competitive Intelligence System. From June 5438 to February 2002, internationally renowned companies such as Konka, Lenovo and Coca-Cola became Baidu's bidding ranking customers.

In 2003

From 065438 to 2003 10, Robin Li, president of Baidu, won the title of "Top Ten IT Man of the Year in China". In February 2003, the common search function was launched, which integrated common and practical small functions to facilitate users' use. In March 2003, Baidu held a large-scale activity with the theme of "Life Search, Changing Life-Baidu Search Passion Night" in Beijing Century Theatre. In June, 2003, the evaluation results were published in the "Ten Thousand People Evaluation" organized by China Computer Education Newspaper under CCID Group. Baidu surpassed Google and became the preferred search engine for China netizens. In June 2003, Baidu launched a Chinese search list. In July 2003, Baidu launched two technical search engines, news and pictures. In September, 2003, TOM announced the cooperation with Baidu, which provided retrieval technology for him. From June to 10, 2003, Li Yanhong, president of Baidu, won the honorary title of "Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Second Zhongguancun Science Park". In June 2003, 165438+ 10, Baidu launched news photo search. From June 5438 to February 2003, Baidu successively launched epoch-making functions such as regional search and "post bar", and the search engine entered the community era; At the same time, there are three functions released: advanced search, time search and news reminder.

In 2004

From 065438 to 2004 10, Baidu and Hurun jointly created the "2003 China Rich People's Popularity List". From 065438 to 2004 10, Li Yanhong, president of Baidu, won the title of "Top Ten IT Man of the Year" again. 065438+2004 10, Li Yanhong, president of Baidu, was awarded the title of "Thirteen Top Talents in Beijing". In February 2004, Enlight Media and Baidu jointly created the "Global Chinese Star Popularity List". In March 2004, China search engine survey showed that Baidu monopolized the search market in China. In April 2004, the scale of Baidu was further expanded and it moved into the Ideal International Building. In April 2004, Baidu launched "Go Down". According to alexa statistics, Baidu has become the fourth largest website in the world. In June 2004, Baidu successfully raised funds. In June 2004, the WAP version of Baidu Post Bar came out, and it is also very convenient to post it through mobile phones. In July 2004, Baidu launched a national tour of "The Way of Network Marketing". In August 2004, Baidu launched Super Search Overlord. In August 2004, Baidu acquired 123 Website Home. In September, 2004, Baidu's advertising cost several thousand dollars a day, which set a sky-high price for online advertising in China. In September 2004, the document search function was launched, and users can search rich Chinese document resources in Baidu through advanced grammar. In September 2004, China's first search book "Using Baidu skillfully" was officially published. From June 5th to 10, 2004, Li Yanhong represented internet society of china at the meeting of Singaporean industrial leaders. In June 5438 +2004 10, Baidu set up the "Apple Award" to solicit search ideas for the whole world. In 2004, the world's first WAP/PDA Chinese web search engine was launched in June165438+1October. From June, 5438 to February, 2004, iResearch released the 2004 China Search Engine Research Report, which made Baidu's dominance prominent. From June, 5438 to February, 2004, Baidu released the ranking of Internet keywords in China in 2004.

In 2005

065438+2005 10 Baidu opened its homepage for a week to help people who suffered from the tsunami. From 065438 to 2005 10, Robin Li, president of Baidu, won the "Top Ten IT Man of the Year" for three consecutive times. In February 2005, Baidu released the world's first hard disk search tool supporting both Chinese and English. On March 24th, 2005, Shanda Interactive Entertainment Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: SNDA) and Baidu Online Network Technology Co., Ltd. formed a strategic partnership. In May 65438+July 2005, Baidu cooperated with China Telecom to launch a beta version of Baidu Yellow Pages Search, thus formally entering the local search business, and at the same time introducing yellow pages data resources into Baidu's existing PDA and WAP mobile search services. In May 2005, Baidu ranked first among the 265,438+0 most growing enterprises in 2005. On June 23, 2005, Baidu launched an online question-and-answer service called "Baidu Know" and entered the field of "knowledge search". In June 2005, the beta version of Baidu Encyclopedia was released, and Baidu launched Baidu Encyclopedia. 2005-08-05 Baidu successfully listed on Nasdaq. At the same time, it surpassed Sina in alexa ranking and became the first Chinese website. On August 1 1 day, 2005, Baidu launched the service of "Baidu Confessing Love" to provide users with the function of emotional information transmission based on name search. On August 23rd, 2005, during the ASEAN Youth Festival held in Semarang, Indonesia, Li Yanhong, President of Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., won the 12 ASEAN Youth Award. From June, 5438 to October, 2005/kloc-0, Baidu and Peking University established the China people's search behavior research laboratory. In 2005, 1 1.08, a large-scale interactive question and answer platform, Baidu knew that the official version was launched. In 2005,165438+1October 8, the official version of Baidu Encyclopedia was launched. From June, 5438 to February, 2005, China Internet brand survey announced that Baidu was ranked as the first Chinese search brand. In June, 2005, 5438+February, Baidu Robin Li won the 2005 China Person of the Year. From June 5438 to February 2005, Baidu won the title of "Best Employer of CCTV China in 2005".

In 2006

065438+2006 10, Baidu opened the channel of Chinese studies. Thousands of years of Chinese studies, Baidu. In March 2006, Wang Zhansheng, chief financial officer of Baidu, was elected as the first outstanding CFO in China. In March 2006, Baidu joined hands with Nokia, the world's leading mobile communication manufacturer, to implant Chinese mobile search service in Nokia mobile phones. In March, 2006, Computer News published the survey results of readers' preferred search engine brand in 2005, and 62.29% readers preferred Baidu. On March 65438+May 2006, Passport, the background system of Baidu Personal Center, was launched. On March 22nd, 2006, "Government Website Search" was officially launched. In April 2006, following "Baidu Post Bar" and "Baidu Know", Baidu launched the third community search product-"Baidu Encyclopedia", and the Baidu community knowledge search troika surfaced. In April 2006, Baidu donated10 million yuan to support the construction of ecological civilization villages in Hebei Province. In April 2006, Baidu and IBM began to cooperate in an all-round way. In May 2006, Baidu successfully held the 2006 Baidu Top 100 National Summit with the theme of "Enterprise Marketing, Effect is King" in 33 cities across the country. In June 2006, Baidu adjusted the original unified starting price rules, and the "intelligent starting price" system was officially launched. In June 2006, the Ministry of Personnel granted Baidu the qualification of postdoctoral research center, and Baidu became the only company in China Internet industry with a postdoctoral research center. In July 2006, Baidu index was upgraded and a new personalized keyword monitor appeared. In July 2006, Baidu launched a subversive advertising model-accurate advertising. In July 2006, Baidu officially released its new product "Baidu Space". In July 2006, Baidu successfully held the first "Baidu World Congress". In July 2006, Baidu successfully signed a contract with the Library of China Academy of Sciences. In August 2006, Baidu joined hands with Smile Library to donate books to poor primary schools in Tibetan areas of Gansu. In August 2006, Baidu cooperated with Peking University to launch authoritative legal search. In August 2006, Baidu's "news free code" was officially launched. In September 2006, CNNIC and CIC search engine market reports showed that Baidu's market share was far ahead. In September, 2006, Baidu began to hold the Golden Autumn Marketing Festival of Baidu Bidding Ranking in 56 cities across the country. In September 2006, Baidu China search engine was selected as one of the top ten innovative software products in China. In September 2006, Baidu launched the intelligent ranking function in an all-round way, taking the "comprehensive ranking index" as the ranking standard. In September 2006, iResearch, a well-known domestic market consulting company, reached an agreement with Baidu, and Baidu's search list will provide data support for iResearch's monthly online advertising report. On June 5438+ 10, 2006, Baidu's "Better China People" series of marketing planning won the "effie awards" gold medal. From June 5438 to June 2006 10, Baidu was ranked in the first "Sunshine Fortune List" in China. From June 5438 to October 2006 10, Baidu cooperated strategically with the global traditional entertainment giant MTV to explore the development mode of domestic digital music. In June, 2006, 165438+ 10, Baidu launched its new product "Souzang". In June 2006, 165438+ 10, Baidu won the mp3 search infringement case. In June, 2006, Baidu and seven well-known network security vendors launched anti-virus channels. In June, 2006, 165438+ 10, Baidu announced the establishment of a strategic cooperative relationship with Yi Bei, covering text advertising, online payment, promotion of joint toolbar, etc. June 5438+February 2006, Baidu launched a new product "Blog Search". From June, 5438 to February, 2006, Baidu knew that there were over 10 million questions and answers. From June 5438 to February 2006, Thumb Sky cooperated with Baidu to enjoy mobile search service.

In 2007

From 065438 to 2007 10, Baidu and Symantec reached a strategic partnership, and Baidu video search was released in February 2007. 2007-02-07 Baidu Boiling Point was held for the first time. On March 20th, 2007, the beta version of the homepage of Baidu Japanese website was launched. There are two products: web pages and pictures, which can retrieve results. This shows that Baidu's international strategic concept has taken a substantial first step. 2007-04-20 Baidu Book Search was officially launched. 2007-04-25 Baidu Blind Road was released. Baidu Blind Road includes seven Baidu search services. They are Baidu News Search, Baidu Web Search, Baidu MP3 Search, Baidu Post Bar, Baidu Know, Baidu Encyclopedia and Hao 123 Website Navigation. On May 29th, 2007, Baidu and Hunan Satellite TV officially announced that they would carry out in-depth strategic cooperation in cross-media platforms and content, products and brands, public welfare and competitions, interactive TV production and other fields based on Baidu search community. 2007-06-07 Youku announced that it had reached a strategic cooperation with Baidu, and the two sides started business cooperation in the search field. 2007-07-03 Rolling Stone Records and Baidu jointly announced today that they have reached a comprehensive strategic cooperation to jointly expand the digital music market in China and provide online Chinese music services to 654.38 billion Internet users in China. 2007-08-09 Baidu World Congress was held. Baidu World Congress is an annual industry event for users, customers and partners. As the largest Chinese website in the world, Baidu has changed the way people get information, thus changing people's lifestyle. In September 2007, 19 officially announced the launch of the game channel. 2007-09-2 1 Baidu announced that its interactive platform for the Olympic Games "Baidu 2008 General Mobilization" was launched. 20071017 Ctrip.com announced today that it will cooperate with Baidu, the world's largest Chinese search engine, in all aspects of hotel search. /10 2007 In June 2007, Baidu, a search engine company, announced that it would enter e-commerce and establish a C2C platform, which is expected to be launched in early 2008. On June/KOOC-0/65438+/KOOC-0/October/KOOC-0/day, 2007, the test version of Baidu statistical system was officially launched. In June, 2007, 165438+ 10, Baidu Film and Television jointly promoted Baidu Film and Television Interactive TV. In 2007,165438+1October 9, the beta version of Baidu Financial Channel was launched. From June, 5438 to February, 2007, online video company PPLive teamed up with Baidu to carry out strategic cooperation in the form of complementary advantages, so as to achieve a strong alliance across fields. In 2007, 65438+February 2 1 Baidu patent search went online. From June 5438 to February 2007, Beijing Mouzhi Network Technology Co., Ltd. established a cooperative relationship with Baidu Company. In June 5438+February 2007, Baidu and Disney jointly launched the official website of High School Musical.

the year of 2008

On June 65438+1October 65438+February, 2008, Baidu Entertainment was officially launched. On February 27th, 2008, Baidu Security Center, which has many functions such as free virus killing, system security detection, system vulnerability repair and malware cleaning, was officially launched. On February 29th, 2008, Baidu IM software "Baidu Hi" began internal testing. On March 5th, 2008, Baidu officially announced that its voice search service had officially entered the testing stage. Users call Baidu voice search service hotline 400-666-8585, connect with Baidu service engineers and put forward their own search keywords. Engineers search according to users' requests and provide users with relevant search results. On March 25th, 2008, after nearly 1 month of Baidu internal testing, Baidu Hi entered the open invitation testing stage. On March 28th, 2008, Haier Baidu Streaming Media Channel, which was specially opened by Baidu for streaming TV users, was officially launched. In March 2008, Baidu and China Netcom jointly launched the "Zhihu" SMS search service. In March 2008, Baidu cooperated with 15 national radio stations, such as China Radio International, and officially launched the free "Radio Alliance" online listening service. In April 2008, Baidu signed a cooperation agreement with China Netcom Group to promote search services. In April 2008, Baidu was recognized as "China Famous Trademark" by the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. On April 2, 2008, the official version of Baidu Encyclopedia was released. On June 5, 2008, Baidu IM product HI was officially released at Baidu World Congress. 2008-09- 10 Baidu announced today that its C2C payment platform will be named "Baifubao", which will be released together with Baidu C2C platform. 2008-09-26 At 8 o'clock last night, the first batch of 10000 users who were allowed to enter Baidu's online trading platform officially enjoyed Baidu's C2C service. This marks the official launch of Baidu C2C platform, which has been brewing for 1 year. In September 2008, Baidu acquired 8.3% of the shares of United Network TV for 654.38 billion yuan in cash. On June 8, 2008, 10, Baidu's online trading platform was officially named "Yes". On June+10, 2008, Baidu announced an alliance with Hexun.com to jointly build Baidu Financial Channel. 2008 12 12 Baidu announced that China download service provider Xunlei had officially joined Baidu Alliance. 2008 12 17 Baidu announced that it had reached a comprehensive cooperation with Phoenix. June 5438+February 65438+February 2008, Baidu Shanghai R&D Center was established. At the same time, Baidu announced that it is implementing the Aladdin platform plan.

In 2009

0 15, in 2009, Baidu won 1 10,000 "China well-known trademark" government award fund. 065438+2009 10, Baidu and Amazon launched the online book donation platform of Little Orange Lamp. 018,2009 Baidu joined hands with Hunan Satellite TV, and the entertainment boiling point was officially launched. 2009 0 1 Baidu Japan launched mobile phone rental service in Japan. 2009-02-2009 Baidu Window of Japan was launched, and Japanese enterprises joined hands to expand the B2C market. March, 2009 10 Baidu announced in Beijing that it had signed a cooperation agreement on cultural brand promotion with Shanxi Province, and Baidu would set up a brand area column for the latter to help its cultural industry develop. On March 10, 2009, the abbreviation of Baidu Japan was officially changed from Inc to Baidu Japan Inc, which was more close to the people. 2009-04-20 Baidu Search Promotion Professional Edition was fully launched. 2009-06-25 The National College Students' Rural Informatization Innovation Competition sponsored by Baidu officially kicked off in Peking University. In June 2009, Baidu won the "Pioneer Enterprise of Corporate Social Responsibility Innovation in China" award. 2009-06-30 Baidu signed an agreement with China Poverty Alleviation Association, and formally joined the China Green Computer Poverty Alleviation Action. In July 2009, Beijing Telecom joined hands with Baidu online shopping platform "Yes", and the official flagship store of Beijing Telecom was officially launched on the "Yes" platform, focusing on the sales of 3G related products. In July 2009, Suning Appliance signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Baidu to enter the B2C market of home appliances. In August 2009 10, Baidu established the Post Bar Division, with Shu Xun, director of enterprise marketing department, as the general manager. From June 5438 to October 2009 10, Baidu teamed up with Chinese Academy of Sciences to strategically develop "box computing". In September 2009, Baidu search box was completed. On June 9, 200910, Baidu and China Unicom announced that they had formally signed a search strategic cooperation agreement. In June 2009, 165438+ 10, Baidu reached a cooperation with music download service provider Qtrax. On June 165438+ 10/2, 2009, Baidu knew that the beta version of the document sharing platform was launched. On February 8, 2009, at 65438, Baidu learned that document sharing was renamed "Baidu Library" and some functions were upgraded. In June 2009165438+1October 65438+July, Baidu held a grand housewarming ceremony to celebrate the company's official move into baidu edifice, a new office and R&D building in Shangdi's information industry base. On June 5438+065438+1October 18, 2009, "Window of Baidu in Japan" was upgraded to "Window of Baidu in the World" and the column "Window of Korea" was added. In June 2009, Baidu was awarded the 2009 China Internet Innovation Enterprise Award by the 2009 China IT Conference. On June 5438+February 0, 20091,Baidu launched the professional version of search marketing (namely HIVE BOX system). From June 5438 to February 2009, Baidu released the 2009 annual search list. 65438+On February 28th, 2009, Baidu Post Bar officially announced that I Post Bar was officially launched only one month ago, and the number of users exceeded120,000. 200965438+February 28th Baidu won the 2009 Elite Brand Award.

20 10 year

20 10 0 1 "Baidu R&D box computing" won the 2009 influential fashion event award. 2010010012, Baidu's domain name resolution was illegally tampered with in the US domain name registration agency, resulting in users around the world not being able to access Baidu normally. 2010010/8 Baidu's homepage has been revised, adding links of "map" and "encyclopedia". 20 10 September 17 Baidu input method was officially launched. [20] 201011.8, Baidu launched the public beta. 2010165438+10/7 news, "Baidu" officially launched.

20 1 1 year

2011065438+1On the evening of October 7, Baidu officially released the "20 10 Baidu Search Billboard". On 2011March 3 1 day, Baidu "Yes" Mall was officially closed. 20 1 1 April, the fifth anniversary of the official launch of Baidu Encyclopedia. 2011On April 26th, Baidu won the title of "Top Ten Charitable Enterprises of the Year". [21]' 201/Baidu Weibo real-time search is displayed on the search results page.

On April 28th, 2008, Baidu Travel was officially launched.