Chapter 253 On December 10, we realized the importance of social responsibility

Someone once mentioned that search engines should be nationalized, because this is indeed a public platform for everyone to find and use information.Search is public, but relies heavily on technology, and it is easier to operate if it is dominated by commercial companies, but this puts forward higher requirements for corporate responsibilities.However, in terms of the improvement and optimization of the business model, our investment in the past is indeed not enough. The so-called public goods are not products produced by the public or provided by the public sector, but non-exclusive and non-rivalrous products.The famous economist, Nobel Prize winner in economics, and MIT professor Samuelson defined it as: one person's consumption does not affect the products consumed by others.The common needs of society determine whether a service or product appears in the form of public goods.

At the end of 2008, Baidu's "bidding ranking" business was once questioned.In this context, the voice of "nationalizing the search engine" appeared.One is to ensure the fairness of search information, and the other is to make profits through the company's "paid search". Search engines must always strike a balance between the two.Inside Baidu, salespeople and product managers often argue over this, and Li Yanhong even needs to make a decision. "Of course, the product manager who represents the user wins more." However, Li Yanhong believes that this contradiction can be resolved through technology after all.No matter in the prosperous times or when the world financial crisis swept across China, Baidu's annual investment of 1 billion yuan in technology research and development funds has never changed.This is the ideal of a technical person.

Enterprises that provide public products tend to assume greater responsibilities.