Baidu
.jpg) Corporate headquarters | |
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| NASDAQ: BIDU SEHK: 9888 | |
| Industry | Internet Artificial intelligence Cloud computing |
| Founded | January 18, 2000 |
| Founder | Robin Li Eric Xu |
| Headquarters | , China |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Robin Li (co-founder & CEO)[1] |
| Products | |
| Revenue | 17,931,000,000 United States dollar (2022)  |
| 2,307,000,000 United States dollar (2022) | |
| 1,096,000,000 United States dollar (2022) | |
| Website | www |
Baidu, Inc. (/ˈbaɪduː/ BY-doo; Chinese: 百 度; pinyin: Bǎidù, meaning "hundred times") is a Chinese technology company. They offer services like their Internet search engine, which is similar to that of Google, maps, anti-virus softwares, and an online encyclopedia.[2]
Since Google is not available in China because of Chinese regulations, Baidu's search engine became popular among Chinese Internet users. Google is only available in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.[2]
Baidu's competitors are Google Hong Kong, Yahoo! China, Microsoft Bing, and other local search engines.[2]
Name
[change | change source]The name Baidu comes from Mandarin 百 (which means "100") and 度 (which means "times"). The literal meaning is 100 times.[3]
History
[change | change source]Baidu was made in 2000 by Robert Li and Eric Xu. It is headquartered in Beijing. It was the first Chinese company to be in the Nasdaq-100 index in 2007.[3][2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Baidu – Investors – Management". Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Baidu: What It Is, What It Does, History, Stock, Vs. Google". Investopedia. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "What is Baidu? | Definition from TechTarget". WhatIs. Retrieved 2024-01-20.