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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