Shenma
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Type of site | Private |
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Founded | April 2014 |
Headquarters | Beijing, China |
Owner | Alibaba Group and UCWeb |
Key people | Liang Jie, President |
Industry | Internet |
URL | sm.cn |
Shenma Inc. (Chinese: 神马搜索; pinyin: Shénmǎ Sōusuǒ; lit. 'god horse search') is a "mobile-first" search engine for China that was launched in April 2014.[2] It is a joint venture between Alibaba Group and UCWeb.[3][4] In April 2017, according to China Internet Watch, Shenma had an 8.8% of the China search engine market share, which made it the second most used search engine after Baidu.
References
- ^ "Cm.cn Site Overview". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on February 1, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
- ^ Alibaba, UCWeb Team Up In Mobile Search Archived 2017-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, Forbes, April 28, 2014
- ^ Alibaba, UCWeb plan mobile-search joint venture Archived 2018-02-01 at the Wayback Machine, MarketWatch, Apr 28, 2014
- ^ Alibaba, UCWeb Team Up In Mobile Search Archived 2017-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, Forbes magazine, Apr 28. 2014