Beijing, CHINA, April 19, 2001 - For the forth consecutive month China's leading Internet portal and online media services provider SOHU.com Inc. (Nasdaq:SOHU) has maintained its number one web property ranking in iamasia's latest Mainland China audience measurement survey, proving the company has a solid product offering that consistently focuses on the very distinct needs of Chinese users.

According to iamasia, online users registered over 974 million page views browsing SOHU properties, http://www.sohu.com and http://www.chinaren.com in March, a 4% increase over the month of February, and a 23% lead over the company's nearest competitor. In addition, 6.2 million hours were spent accessing SOHU.com Inc. products and services, a 13% increase over February. In terms of reach (49.8%) and unique users (4.95 million) SOHU.com Inc continues to defend its first place position.

"SOHU.com Inc. consistently provides a service that the market clearly wants," said Charles Zhang, CEO and President of SOHU.com Inc. "Users wouldn't keep coming back unless they considered our products valuable, essential and indispensable to their lives."

"The 'Search Fox' is building a concrete business foundation in China, that will protect it from the financial tremors continually vibrating through the capital markets. Today, SOHU.com Inc announced record quarterly earnings of US$2.5 million, a year-on-year increase of 191%. Combine this with a 21% quarterly reduction in the company's burn-rate and our popularity amongst China's growing Internet community, SOHU.com Inc has developed a powerful brand position from which everyone in benefiting," Zhang added.

About SOHU.com
SOHU.com is the leading Internet portal in Mainland China with current daily page views exceeding 12 million. It provides navigation/search, news, sports, business and finance, real estate channel, entertainment, chat, email and e-commerce activities for a solid and wide base of visitors. Dr. Charles Zhang founded SOHU.com in 1997. Its investors include Intel, Dow Jones, IDG, the Morningside China Group, PCCW, Legend and Hikari. Its content partners include CNET, DOW Jones and dozens of local media organizations in China.

For further information:
Dahlia Wei
SOHU Investor Relations and Communications
Tel: +86 10 6272 6598
E-mail: ir@sohu-inc.com
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