Qihoo 360 Introduces Medical Appointment Platform

Sina Tech, 5/24/13

In a statement this afternoon, Chinese Internet services and security software provider Qihoo 360's (NYSE: QIHU) search engine So.com announced that its healthcare and medicine vertical search engine (ly.so.com) has begun indexing information from the Beijing municipal government's unified appointment-booking platform (http://www.bjguahao.gov.cn). Internet users around China — including in Beijing — can use the platform to search for hospitals and book appointments. Nearly 10,000 internet users per day use the platform to book appointments at present.

Editor's Note: For more information on this topic, please see "Beijing Health Bureau Reprimands Taobao Appointment Platform," MD 5/23/13 and "Qihoo 360 Introduces Healthcare and Medicine Vertical Search," MD 4/23/13 issues.

Keywords: online healthcare Internet vertical search Qihoo 360 QIHU online search

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