In the summer of 2001, we decided to switch the gear from a backend technology provider to a front-end consumer-oriented search service.

在2001年夏，我们决定将设备从后端技术提供商转换为前端面向消费者的搜索服务。

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Create a new backend folder.

创建一个新的后端文件夹。

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Backend application integration.

后端应用程序集成。

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This decision is also hard to make because when you are a backend technology provider, it's like selling a piece of commodity.

之所以这是一个困难的决定还因为,当作为后台技术提供商时，就像出售一件商品似的。

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So in the summer of 2001, we decided to switch gear from a backend technology provider to a front-end consumer-oriented search service.

于是在2001年夏，公司决定从后台技术提供者,转变为直接面向消费者的搜索服务提供方。

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We didn't have a feasible business model, let's put it this way, because when we started, the business model is to provide the backend search technology to the portal companies in China.

或者说没有一个，可行的商业模式，因为公司成立初期的商业模式，是给门户网站公司,提供后台搜索技术。

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It also complicates the backend settlement of who gets paid for the use of the content.

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