Baike.

com
Baike.com (Chinese: 动百科 ; pinyin: Hùdòng Bǎikē),
Baike.com
formerly Hudong and Hoodong, is a for-profit social
network in China, including the world's largest Chinese
encyclopedia/news website.[2][3] It is one of the two
largest wikis in China, along with Baidu Baike, claiming
to have more than 18 million articles as of 2009[4] and
more than 5 million volunteers, as of April 2013.[2][3][5]
However, Baike.com is a news/neologism
[2]
encyclopedia, and hence, it does not restrict articles to
only long-term, sourced text with balanced point-of-view
content. The contributors agree to release their writings
with perpetual royalty-free license to publish their content,
but it is not free for re-use on other websites.[6]

Contents
History
Features
See also
References
Further reading
External links

History
Baike.com was founded in 2005 by CEO Pan Haidong,[7]
who had moved back to China after earning a PhD in
systems engineering from Boston University in 2002.[8]

Baike.com, a 2007 RedHerring 100 Asia company,

developed its own wiki software platform, called HDWiki,
as a rival to MediaWiki. The system has some social
networking-like interactive features, such as user profile,
friends and groups. The first version was released in
November 2006 and by November 2007 version 3 with
added functions, features, and more stability was
released.[9]

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, open source
software groups, government, universities, and high
school students.

In 2011, it was announced that Draper Fisher Jurvetson

had invested $15 million in Baike.com.[8]

On 22 February 2012, 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.[10]

In December 2012, the company changed its English

name from Hudong to Baike.com.[11]

Features
Baike.com is a wiki and lets its users edit and contribute
material. Frequent users may accumulate credits
redeemable for gifts.[8] It has also included features of
social networking sites, including chat forums and fan
groups.[2][12] Baike.com is a for-profit business partially
supported by advertising and paid support services.[2]
Contributors grant Baike.com a perpetual royalty-free
license to publish and re-use the content; it does not
release the content under a free license and does not allow
re-use on other sites.[6]

See also
Baidu Baike
Chinese Wikipedia

References
1. "Baike.com Traffic, Demographics and
Competitors - Alexa" (https://www.alexa.com/site
info/baike.com). Alexa Internet. Retrieved
19 March 2019.
2. "Information game changer", Chinadaily.com,
2011-02-24, webpage: CD6 (http://usa.chinadail
y.com.cn/life/2011-02/24/content_12069656.htm) Screenshot taken on 29 July 2009
(Archive (https://archive.today/20130726091032/ Type of site Social network with wiki-based
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2011-02/24/cont encyclopedia, chat forums,
ent_12069656.htm)) . and bulletin boards
3. "Hudong.com Confirms Expansion into
Overseas Market, Invading Wikipedia's territory" Available in Chinese
(http://www.sys-con.com/node/1184616). Headquarters Beijing
Hudong.com press release. 12 November 2009.
Owner Hoodong (Beijing)
Retrieved 9 July 2011.
Technologies Co.
 互动百科
4. " " (http://www.baike.com/wiki/ 互动百科 ). Created by Dr. Pan Haidong (CEO)
Baike.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 April URL www.baike.com (http://www.b
2020.
aike.com/)
5. How Hudong Thumped Wikipedia in China (http
s://thenextweb.com/asia/2009/11/24/hudong-thu Registration Optional (required to edit
mped-wikipedia-china/), TNW, 24 November pages)
2009 Launched 19 June 2005
6. Hudong Terms of Service (http://service.hudong.
com/yh_04.html) Archived (https://web.archive.or Current status Perpetual work-in-progress
g/web/20110902222630/http://service.hudong.co
m/yh_04.html) 2 September 2011 at the
Wayback Machine, points 7.4 and 8.2. (in
Chinese)
7. "Hoodong: Homegrown Wiki" (https://web.archiv
e.org/web/20071130082253/http://china.bvcapita
l.com/?p=77). BV Capital Blog. BV Capital. 27
November 2007. Archived from the original (htt
p://china.bvcapital.com/?p=77) on 30 November
2007. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
8. "Why Draper Funded China's Wikipedia" (https://
www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccafannin/2011/08/2
3/why-draper-funded-chinas-wikipedia/). Forbes.
23 August 2011.
9. "Red Herring 100 Asia, 2007" (https://web.archiv
e.org/web/20090107065940/http://www.fugumob
ile.com/news/Red_Herring_100_Asia.htm).
Archived from the original (http://www.fugumobil
e.com/news/Red_Herring_100_Asia.htm) on 7
January 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
10. Yang, Yang ( 杨阳 Yáng Yáng). Translated by
Guo Wei. "China's "Wikipedia" Submits
Complaint about Baidu (http://www.eeo.com.cn/e
ns/Industry/2011/03/04/195125.shtml)." (Archive
(https://web.archive.org/web/20110307035307/ht
tp://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/Industry/2011/03/04/19
5125.shtml)) 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 (http://finance.ifeng.com/news/cor
porate/20110225/3503345.shtml)." 25 February
2011. (Archive (https://www.webcitation.org/main
frame.php))
互动百科宣布启⽤新域名及新版
11. " LOGO" (http://w
ww.donews.com/original/201212/1705342.shtm)
(in Chinese). DoNews. 5 December 2012.
Retrieved 21 July 2014.
12. Fletcher, Owen (22 May 2009). " 'Chinese
Wikipedia' Offers Social Networking Too" (https://
www.pcworld.com/article/165404/chinese_wikip
edia_offers_social_networking_too.html). PC
World. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
Further reading
Zhang, Yuwei. "I don't see Hudong as a competitor: Wiki founder (http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/li
fe/2011-02/24/content_12069681.htm)." (Archive (https://archive.today/20130726090727/http://
usa.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2011-02/24/content_12069681.htm)) China Daily. 24 February 2011.

External links
Homepage (http://www.baike.com/) (in Chinese)
Lara Farrar (20 November 2009). "Hudong.com expands abroad" (http://www.chinadaily.com.c
n/china/2009-11/20/content_9015012.htm). chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 6 December 2009.

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