On the Record · Sohu COM
Sohu COM competitors, on the record
The companies Sohu COM itself names as competitors in its annual reports, 2015 to 2017, each with the sentence it appears in and the filing it came from.
Who Sohu COM names
| Company | Named in |
|---|---|
| Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2017 |
| Baidu, Inc. | 2017 |
| Focus Media Group | 2017 |
| NetEase.com, Inc. | 2017 |
| Tencent | 2017 |
| Wanda Group | 2017 |
| YY Inc. | 2017 |
In its own words
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Word for word“For example, Alibaba alone competes with us in almost every key aspect of our business, competing with us in media through its investment in Sina Corporation (“Sina”); in online video through its subsidiary Youku Tudou Inc. (“Youku Tudou”); and in online search through its subsidiary UCWeb Inc.” 10-K for 2017
Baidu, Inc.
Word for word“For example, there are various legal proceedings currently pending between Sogou and Baidu in which Sogou alleges that Baidu’s input method infringes certain of Sogou’s patents relating to Sogou Input Method and seeks monetary damages, while Baidu has asserted in counterclaims or in legal proceeding that Baidu has initiated against Sogou that Sogou Input Method infringes certain of Baidu’s patents, and seeks monetary damages.” 10-K for 2017
Focus Media Group, Wanda Group
Word for word“Changyou competes with Focus Media Group, Wanda Group and other companies selling pre-film advertisement slots to advertisers.” 10-K for 2017
NetEase.com, Inc.
Word for word“Changyou competes primarily with other online game developers in China, including Tencent and NetEase.com, Inc.” 10-K for 2017
Tencent
Word for word“We have many competitors in the PRC Internet market, including among others Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu, Sina, NetEase, TouTiao.com, Phoenix, Autohome, BitAuto, Youku Tudou, iQIYI, SouFun, Leju, YY, Qihoo, UCWeb, Google, Microsoft, Kingsoft, IGG Inc. NetDragon, Kalends Inc., Ourpalm Corporate limited, Century Cruises (formerly known as Giant Interactive Group Inc.), Da Xing (formerly known as Perfect World Co., Ltd.) and Shulong Technologies (formerly known as Shanda Games Limited).” 10-K for 2017
YY Inc.
Word for word“Changyou competes with other game information portals, such as duowan.com, operated by YY Inc., and game.qq.com, operated by Tencent Holdings Limited, and other Internet portals which have, or may over time be able to build, competitive advantages over Changyou in terms of: • greater brand recognition among game players and advertising clients; • larger user and customer bases; • more extensive and well developed marketing and sales networks; 86 Table of Contents • more attractive mobile versions of their game information portals and more extensive mobile game-related products and services, such as mobile game discussion forums, in response to the rapid migration of users of Internet services from PCs to mobile devices such as tablets and mobile phones, and the unique preferences and demands of mobile users and mobile game players; and • substantially greater financial and technical resources.” 10-K for 2017
Read from Sohu COM’s annual reports (10-K for 2017, 10-K for 2016, 10-K for 2015) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2018-02-28. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.