I think you are misunderstanding how a Pinyin input works. But anyhow, it is rumored that Sohu had put in some "database finger prints" in their database. Which means, there are hard-coded patterns of Chinese characters that you wouldn't normally get by typing in corresponding English letters (i.e. Name of some Sohu employees). The mistake confirmed by Chinese users, is in fact a misspelling. A Chinese comedian's name, which should be spelled "feng gong" (two characters), can only be outputted by typing "ping gong" in both IME.
I am going to try to explain why this is obviously a proof of "leveraging". Names of people and other stuff in Chinese, are mostly combinations of Chinese characters that have no logical or any connections. That means, by just using algorithms, names won't come up by just typing their corresponding pronunciation.
Dare not to use your real name eh, anonymous coward? The head of google china was educated in North America, he worked in North America and he was sent back to China by Microsoft. So where did he learn his engineering ethic? Do you want to compare the number of IT lawsuits going on in America and China?
I have to give it to you though. That was a quick one! I can't imagine anyone able to strike so low so fast, except for someone that always have this little hate in mind.
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I think you are misunderstanding how a Pinyin input works. But anyhow, it is rumored that Sohu had put in some "database finger prints" in their database. Which means, there are hard-coded patterns of Chinese characters that you wouldn't normally get by typing in corresponding English letters (i.e. Name of some Sohu employees). The mistake confirmed by Chinese users, is in fact a misspelling. A Chinese comedian's name, which should be spelled "feng gong" (two characters), can only be outputted by typing "ping gong" in both IME. I am going to try to explain why this is obviously a proof of "leveraging". Names of people and other stuff in Chinese, are mostly combinations of Chinese characters that have no logical or any connections. That means, by just using algorithms, names won't come up by just typing their corresponding pronunciation.
Dare not to use your real name eh, anonymous coward? The head of google china was educated in North America, he worked in North America and he was sent back to China by Microsoft. So where did he learn his engineering ethic? Do you want to compare the number of IT lawsuits going on in America and China? I have to give it to you though. That was a quick one! I can't imagine anyone able to strike so low so fast, except for someone that always have this little hate in mind.
The chief of Google China, Kai-Fu Li, used to be Microsoft's vice president, go figure...