Exhibit 99.2


                                  SOHU.COM INC.

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION
                     906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Sohu.com Inc. (the "Company") on Form
10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2002 as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Derek Palaschuk,
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:


(1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and


(2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition of the Company as of June 30, 2002 and results
of operations of the Company for the three and six months ended June 30, 2002.

                                     /s/ Derek Palaschuk
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                                     Derek Palaschuk, Senior Vice President and
                                     Chief Financial Officer

                                     August 13, 2002