Sohu's ChinaRen Adds SNS Functions

Sohu (Nasdaq:SOHU) has updated its alumni site ChinaRen.com to offer social networking functions including a personal homepage that lists contacts, groups, blogs, greetings, latest visitors and photos, reports ccw.com.cn. ChinaRen has nearly 100 million users and more than 1 million unique daily logins, said the report. Sohu acquired ChinaRen in 2000, one year after the site was launched.

Sohu Nears SNS Product, Sougou Includes Baidu, Google Results

Sohu (Nasdaq:SOHU) has almost finished testing its social networking service (SNS) product but would not specify the product's release date, reports ChinaByte quoting the company's public relations department. Sohu has opened up the search rights of its search engine Sogou.com to include results from Baidu (Nasdaq:BIDU), Google (Nasdaq:GOOG) and other engines, said the report.

Sohu CEO Charles Zhang said in early January that the company planned to release an independent SNS product after China's Spring Festival (January 25 - February 1).

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