Baike.com
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CEO) | |
| URL | baike |
|---|---|
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional (required to edit pages) |
| Launched | 19 June 2005 |
| Current status | Perpetual work-in-progress |
Douyin Baike (Chinese: 抖音百科; pinyin: dǒu yīn bǎi kē), formerly Hudong and Hoodong (Chinese: 互动百科), is a for-profit social network and Chinese encyclopedia owned by ByteDance. It is one of the two largest wikis in China, along with Baidu Baike.
History
Baike.com was founded in 2005 by CEO Pan Haidong,[1] who had moved back to China after earning a PhD in systems engineering from Boston University in 2002.[2]
Baike.com, a 2007 RedHerring 100 Asia company, developed its own wiki software platform, called
The HDWiki software is free for non-commercial use, has been downloaded 200,000 times and currently supports over 1,000 other web sites in China (as of December 2007), consisting mostly of tech researchers, software groups, government, universities, and high school students.[citation needed]
In 2011, it was announced that Draper Fisher Jurvetson had invested $15 million in Baike.com.[2]
On 22 February 2011, Baike.com submitted a complaint to the State Administration for Industry and Commerce asking for a review of the behavior of Baidu, accusing it of being monopolistic.[4]
In December 2012, the company changed its English name from Hudong to Baike.com.[5]
In 2019, the company was acquired by ByteDance.[6]
Features
Baike.com is a
See also
References
- ^ "Hoodong: Homegrown Wiki". BV Capital Blog. BV Capital. 27 November 2007. Archived from the original on 30 November 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ a b c "Why Draper Funded China's Wikipedia". Forbes. 23 August 2011.
- ^ "Red Herring 100 Asia, 2007". Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
- Economic Observer. 4 March 2011. Issue 508, Corporation, Page 28. Retrieved on 26 October 2012. Original article: "百度：我是大哥 我不叫度娘." 25 February 2011. (Archive Archived 1 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine)
- ^ "互动百科宣布启用新域名及新版LOGO" (in Chinese). DoNews. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ Wan, Shaw (9 September 2019). "Acquisition of Baike.com Puts ByteDance on par With Rival Baidu". Pandaily. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Information game changer", Chinadaily.com, 2011-02-24, webpage: CD6 (Archive) .
- ^ Fletcher, Owen (22 May 2009). "'Chinese Wikipedia' Offers Social Networking Too". PC World. Archived from the original on 26 May 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
Further reading
- Zhang, Yuwei. "I don't see Hudong as a competitor: Wiki founder." (Archive) China Daily. 24 February 2011.