BEIJING, CHINA, August 16, 2004 - SOHU.com (NASDAQ: SOHU), China's leading online media, communications, commerce and mobile value-added services company, will hold a conference call to discuss the Company's business following the recent notification of sanctions from one of the Chinese mobile operators, as announced in the Company's press release on August 13, 2004.

SOHU's management team will host the conference call at 8:00 AM EST, on August 17, 2004 (or 8:00 PM on August 17, 2004 in the Hong Kong/China time zone)

Conference call dial-in details for the conference call:
USA Toll number: +1-517-308-9009
Hong Kong Toll number: +852-2258-4002
China (North) Toll Free number: 10800-852-0823
China (South) Toll Free number: 10800-152-0823
Call Leader: Caroline Straathof
Passcode: 6428441

For the replay of the conference call (available for 24 hours):
USA Toll: +1-402-220-9606
HK Toll: 852-2802-5151
Passcode: 772520

The conference call will be available on web cast live and replayed at: http://www.sohu.com/about/English/conference.htm

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
http://www.sohu.com/about/English/