'''.baidu''' is a [[Brand TLD]] being proposed in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. The applicant is [[Baidu, Inc.]]<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings]</ref>
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'''.baidu''' is a [[Brand TLD]] delegated in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. [[Baidu, Inc.]], China's equivalent to Google, applied for the string and succeeded. The TLD was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] on 05 January 2016.<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings .BAIDU Delegation. Retrieved 06 Jan 2016.]</ref> <ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings]</ref>
==Application Details==
==Application Details==
The following is excerpted from the applicant's response to question #18:
The following is excerpted from the applicant's response to question #18: