The person in charge of Baidu Input Method said that the biggest advantage of Baidu Input Method’s open API is that it is easy to operate. There are neither platform usage restrictions nor technical barriers.
It is understood that Baidu online input method is not restricted by the platform and can be used under windows, linux, or mac operating systems. Secondly, it is not restricted by the client and does not require downloading and installation. Users can use it as long as they log in to their Baidu account, and the system will automatically save the previous input vocabulary.
In addition, Baidu input method can also bring cloud search services to the desktop, so users can get what they want without opening a browser. When the computer's local vocabulary cannot meet the user's needs, the cloud input function will be automatically activated and request calculation results from the cloud.
When millions of Chinese websites use Baidu Input Method through the access program API, Baidu Input Method relies on the advantages of cloud computing to retain more users for the website and increase user stickiness. For Baidu input method, opening the API will bring strong user traffic, increase the probability of new words being included, and improve the hit rate of the first word, thereby positively increasing the market share of Baidu input method.
It is understood that Baidu quietly entered the mobile phone input method market in 2009 and launched the Japanese input method in Japan during the same period. At the end of 2010, it quietly entered the domestic market and launched the Baidu Pinyin input method. At present, Baidu's input method product line covers online handwriting input method, cloud input method, mobile phone input method, and PC input method.
Previously, people familiar with the matter revealed to Tencent Technology that Baidu will increase investment in client products this year and spend heavily to build a research and development team for Baidu input method in order to seize the market share of the input method and achieve the goal of occupying the market share. Client market purpose.