BEIJING, CHINA, September 6, 2005 – Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU), China's leading online media, communications, commerce and mobile value-added services company, today announced that it has been ranked among the "Top 10 Chinese Global Corporate Brands" by the Financial Times, a prestigious international business and financial publication based in the United Kingdom.

In addition, Sohu.com was also ranked among the Top 10 for "innovation", "credibility", "quality of management & operations", and "quality of products & services", together with other well-established Chinese corporations. The survey was conducted by McKinsey & Company, in which more than 3,500 people from over 70 countries were polled.

"We are honored to be recognized by the Financial Times as one of China's Top 10 Global Corporate Brands," commented Charles Zhang, Chairman and CEO of Sohu.com. "This is a testament to Sohu's strength in its brand and diversification of its products and services in the marketplace. From the beginning of its inception, I have viewed Sohu as a company that would become a household name, and this ranking by the Financial Times demonstrates our reach goes beyond China and has become internationally recognized. My vision for the company continues to be one of leadership, brand recognition, and growth across a large and diversified base of Chinese users. We will continue to execute on our business strategy and maintain our leadership position in the Chinese Internet market."

As the leading Internet property company in China, Sohu.com has a massive community driven user base throughout China which captures a diverse cross section of users. The Sohu.com family of Internet properties is one of the leading firms in China for online advertising, search, communications, wireless value-added services, entertainment, and commerce.

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About SOHU
SOHU.COM (NASDAQ: SOHU) is China's premier online brand and indispensable to the daily life of millions of Chinese who use the portal network for their e-mail, SMS messaging, news, search, browsing, games, instant messaging and shopping. SOHU has built the most comprehensive matrix of web properties in China, consisting of the mass portal and leading online media destination www.sohu.com ; the #1 online alumni club www.chinaren.com; #1 games portal www.17173.com and top real estate website www.focus.cn. This network of web properties offers the vast SOHU user community the broadest possible choices regarding information, entertainment, communication and commerce. SOHU.com, established by Dr. Charles Zhang, one of China's Internet pioneers, is in its seventh year of operation.