What is the relationship between sogou and Sohu?

Sogou was launched on August 3rd, 2004 to enhance Sohu's search skills. Mainly engaged in the search business of Sohu.

Sogou website navigation was officially launched in 2005, and has formed a navigation matrix of comprehensive resources such as movies, novels, games, shopping and group buying. Focusing on the user experience, sogou Website Navigation took the lead in launching personalized dynamic skins such as music and fortune telling, and at the same time launched personalized website services to provide users with quick access to websites, thus setting a new benchmark for personalized service products in the website navigation industry.

Sogou website navigation is the only website navigation that can realize web page and radio music. Users can easily enjoy all kinds of music by simply opening the sogou website and selecting the "Radio Music" skin in the top skin. You can also choose different music styles such as rock, jazz, folk songs and country according to your own preferences. Of course, if you don't like the music you are listening to, you can click the "Change a batch" function key to change a batch of music.

On July 27th, 2020, sogou received a privatization offer from Tencent. If the acquisition is successful, sogou will become a private indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Tencent, and sogou will be delisted from the US stock market.