Baidu
Chinese web services company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Quick Facts Company type, Traded as ...
Company type | Public |
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NASDAQ: BIDU SEHK: 9888 | |
Industry | Internet Artificial intelligence Cloud computing |
Founded | January 18, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-01-18) |
Founder | Robin Li Eric Xu |
Headquarters | , China |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Robin Li (co-founder & CEO)[1] |
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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 |
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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]