It turns out that Douyin also has its own encyclopedia, but this function is not very conspicuous, if you search for "Douyin Encyclopedia" in the browser, you can find the official website.
In Douyin, you have to search for a word first, and then switch to the "whole network" column to find it.
Douyin Encyclopedia Lei Jun
You can find detailed introductions to the well-known terms in Douyin Encyclopedia, including all kinds of interesting anecdotes.
And Douyin Encyclopedia is more diligent than Baidu Encyclopedia, such as the recently updated "Lei Jun Beijing Auto Show Open Recruitment of Talents" incident, Baidu Encyclopedia has not had time to update.
If you want to know some popular online words, such as "Thai cool and spicy", "zun dui fake du", etc., you can also find the answer on Douyin Encyclopedia.
Zun Du fake Duo
However, the vocabulary of Douyin Encyclopedia is indeed not as rich as Baidu Encyclopedia, and some entries have not yet had time to be included, and the explanation of some polysemous words is not comprehensive enough.
But this is understandable, after all, the content of the encyclopedia needs to be accumulated for a long time, and users need to constantly edit and update.
Douyin Encyclopedia started late, and the vocabulary is naturally less.
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The emergence of Douyin Encyclopedia has made Douyin's ecology more complete, and users no longer need to jump out of Douyin to search for encyclopedia content, which undoubtedly increases the convenience of users.
The growth process of Douyin Encyclopedia is also very interesting, it has several names.
Headline Encyclopedia, Quick Understanding Encyclopedia, Dictionary Encyclopedia. These names reflect how it has evolved.
Douyin Encyclopedia
In 2020, Toutiao Encyclopedia was launched as a supplement to Toutiao.
Later, ByteDance acquired Interactive Encyclopedia, and Toutiao Encyclopedia began its own journey in the search field.
In 2021, Toutiao Encyclopedia was renamed Kuaitong Encyclopedia, wanting to emphasize the characteristics of rapid access to knowledge.
But the Quick Encyclopedia didn't attract much attention.
Douyin Encyclopedia Search
In 2022, Byte launched a new dictionary encyclopedia, this time as a standalone product.
Some new features, such as editing community, recent changes, uploading files, etc., mean that it has begun to support multiple people to edit and make multiple changes, improving the quality and accuracy of the content of the entries.
In 2024, the Literacy Encyclopedia will be integrated with Toutiao Encyclopedia and unified into the current Douyin Encyclopedia.
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The development of Douyin Encyclopedia reflects the strategic adjustment of Byte in the field of search.
From the high-profile acquisition of interactive encyclopedia, to the launch of independent products, and then to the integration into the Douyin ecosystem, this shows that Byte continues to choose to deepen the ecology of Douyin.