Baidu.com Launches It New Media Site Using a LLLL: QIYI.com

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China’s largest search engine Baidu.com announced today it is going to launch an independent online video website subsidiary under the brand name Qiyi.com.

The subsidiary’s CEO Gong Yu said the “Qiyi” video platform will carry  films and TV series including HD programs.

This marks a continuation of major media branding using LLLL domains to launch new sites.

Interestingly enough the domain is showing a registration date of February 8th 2010.


About Michael Berkens

Michael Berkens, Esq. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also the co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. which sold around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in December 2015 and now owns around 8K domain names . Michael was also one of the 5 Judges selected for the the Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com contest.

Comments

  1. FT says

    A lot of the time LLLL (must be CVCV though) names work very well for Chinese because of the way Chinese words are pronounced. Essentially a CVCV is equivalent to a 2-worder in Chinese.

  2. Rashid Mahmood says

    The guy offering this mickey mouse software was the former CEO of CitizenHawk until he was pushed out the door.
    Now, he opened up shop 1 mile from his old office to aggrevate his former company.
    Does a company really want to take legal advise from a computer geek?
    He could cause harm to domainers but also to the companies buying his software.