BEIJING, CHINA, August 2, 2006 – Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU), China's leading online media, search and mobile value-added services company, today announced the completion of a US$15 million stock repurchase program. The Company recently announced an additional US $15 million stock repurchase program which is ongoing.

In October 2005, the board of directors approved the Company's repurchase of outstanding shares of its common stock from the open market, on an opportunistic basis, of up to US$15 million. As of August 1, 2006, the Company repurchased a total of 690,581 shares, fully utilizing the US$15 million available under this initial program. On July 25, 2006, the board of directors approved an additional US$15 million stock repurchase program. The Company will continue to execute this program and repurchase shares on an ongoing and opportunistic basis.

Dr. Charles Zhang, Chairman and CEO of Sohu.com, stated, “Our management team is fully committed to providing growth and value for our shareholders. We have completed our initial $15 million stock repurchase program and already have another in place. Our recent repurchases and ongoing stock repurchase program underscore our continued confidence in Sohu's long-term growth. With our strong balance sheet and cash flow, we will continue to take advantage of strategic opportunities to repurchase shares going forward.”

About Sohu.com
Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU) is China's premier online brand and indispensable to the daily life of millions of Chinese, providing a network of web properties and community based/web 2.0 products which offer the vast Sohu user community a broad array of choices regarding information, entertainment and communication. Sohu has built one of the most comprehensive matrices of Chinese language web properties and proprietary search engines, consisting of the mass portal and leading online media destination www.sohu.com; interactive search engine www.sogou.com; #1 online alumni club www.chinaren.com; #1 games information portal www.17173.com; the top real estate website www.focus.cn; wireless value-added services provider www.goodfeel.com.cn; and leading online mapping service provider www.go2map.com.

Sohu corporate services consist of brand advertising on its matrix of websites as well as paid listing and bid listing on its in-house developed search directory and engines. Sohu also offers two types of consumer services. Sohu offers wireless value-added services such as news, information, music, ringtone and picture content sent over mobile phones. The company also operates two massively multi-player online role-playing games as well as a casual game platform. Sohu.com, established by Dr. Charles Zhang, one of China's Internet pioneers, is in its tenth year of operation.

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For further information:
Jessica Zhang
Senior Manager
Sohu.com Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Tel: +86 10 6272 6596
E-mail: ir@contact.sohu.com
http://corp.sohu.com