Sogou Input method by what?

Apple announces App Store China 2014 annual Select Apps & Games list, Sogou Input method iphone impressively in the column, this is even the world's first selected app store for the first year of the Third-party input method products.

So, Sogou Input method Why will be selected, become the annual selection, Sogou Input method can also become better? The East building might as well read it.

Sogou Input method by what?

We all know that Sogou IME version of the iOS in the September 23 this year just on line, for this Sohu group staff also received an additional day of "product fake." In the online app store in less than three months, that is, from the millions of apps stand out from the 2014, the selection of applications, it is indeed surprising, but a little analysis also feel reasonable.

First, Sogou Input method is the largest domestic user input method, the number of users in the mobile phone has exceeded 200 million. Previously because of Apple's official restrictions, Sogou input method has been delayed landing app Store. This also makes many domestic Sogou input method of loyal users can not use Apple devices on their more familiar with the input method. And at the end of September this year, along with the upgrade of IOS8.0, Sogou Input method also landed in the app Store, just 17 hours on the top, and keep the top position for dozens of days, still high in the top ten Free Application list.

Secondly, Sogou input method perfect match the IOS8 system, many functions are based on the use of iOS user habits and specialized development and original. such as sliding input, sliding fast selection, high and low keyboard functions and icloud account Synchronization Services. This is what Apple officials would like to see and welcome. Moreover, in the product, Sogou input Method These years of technology accumulation and product polishing has made it good enough, this is also Sogou input method can be selected objective reasons.

In addition, the reason for the selected, but also should be attributed to Sogou input in the PC Internet age and the Android application market in the brand accumulation. Sogou input on the iphone version of the online, many users in the application of the comments written: finally wait until you. This shows the popularity of the product, at the same time the user's "crazy download" also must let Apple feel shocked, so will put a online app store not to the product, pushed the 2014 China Region App Store annual select Application list.

Sogou Input method can also become better?

Then, we can not help but ask, Sogou input method has been so strong, but also to do better? East Building think, if Sogou input method if want to make a greater breakthrough, can also start from the following three aspects:

1, the establishment of user social relations

Sogou Input method of the total user more than 400 million, mobile phone input user also more than 200 million, if so large number of users to form a social relationship, the establishment of an input method based social ecosystem, which will make the product changes. Of course, in reality, the input method as a tool to quickly establish a social relationship may be a little difficult, but Sogou input method can try to introduce it to the strategic partner Tencent's social relations, by introducing mobile phone QQ or micro-letter social relations, based on the input platform, and then let users form a strong social relationship

2. Combined with mobile search

If you simply do a simple text output function, the input method products can only stay at the tool level, and if the Sogou mobile search and mobile input method to get through, can accurately predict the user's search needs, realize the input is search, a key to complete the user's input and search two concurrent demand, which can make Sogou input products completely reborn , but also let Sogou mobile search has a huge entrance.

3. Interaction with intelligent hardware

Sogou Input method as a dog has always been a flagship products, with a wide range of user awareness and uncommon user reputation. In the advent of intelligent hardware, such as the introduction of the corresponding intelligent hardware products, and can carry Sogou input method of some of the core technology, the formation of hardware and software combination of intelligent products, but also may be Sogou input method to do a better and greater a breakthrough.

All in all, as a tool products, Sogou Input method is already good enough, selected 2014APP store annual selection is enough to explain the problem. And if the input method wants to further, and must break the inertia of the tool thinking, and need to introduce social relations, and sogou other products to linkage, to service product transformation to break the current product limitations.