Baidu awarded compensation from Qihoo 360

Online security provider Qihoo 360 was asked to pay 700,000 yuan ($110,000) in compensation for violating the fair competition protocol against search engine Baidu, a Beijing court said on Thursday.

The Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court ruled that Qihoo 360 violated the Robots.txt protocol and ordered it to pay compensation, including 500,000 yuan in economic losses, to Baidu.

The industry's internationally recognized rule stipulates that a search engine should not acquire information that another website operator does not want used.