Hudong
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Screenshot taken on 29 July 2009
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Type of site
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Social network with -based encyclopedia, chat forums, and bulletin boards |
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| Available in | Chinese |
| Headquarters | Beijing |
| Owner | Hoodong (Beijing) Technologies Co. |
| Created by | Dr. Pan Haidong (CEO) |
| Slogan(s) | The interactive encyclopedia |
| Website | baike.com |
| Alexa rank |
 361 (April 2014[update]) |
| Registration | Compulsory |
| Launched | 19 June 2005 |
| Current status | perpetual work-in-progress |
Baike.com (Chinese: 互动百科; pinyin: Hùdòng Bǎikē), formerly Hudong and Hoodong, is a for-profit social network in China, including the world's largest Chinese encyclopedia/news website. It is China's largest site, using paid advertising, with over 7 million articles and more than 5 million volunteers, as of April 2013. However, Baike.com is a news/neologism 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. As of January 2017, it had more than 15.80 million articles.
Baike.com was founded in 2005 by CEO Pan Haidong, who had moved back to China after earning a Ph.D. in systems engineering from Boston University in 2002.
In 2011 it was announced that Draper Fisher Jurvetson had invested $15 million in Baike.com.
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.
In December 2012, the company changed its English name from Hudong to Baike.com.
Baike.com is a and lets its users edit and contribute material. Frequent users may accumulate credits redeemable for gifts. It has also included features of social networking sites, including chat forums and fan groups. Baike.com is a for-profit business partially supported by advertising and paid support services. 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.
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