Yandex Expands Partnership With CERN In Deal That Could Improve Search Quality
Today, Yandex has announced a collaboration with CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in which Russia’s leading search company will provide its computing resources and data processing technologies, including MatrixNet, to CERN researchers. In return, Yandex gets wide access to extremely large-scale experiment datasets that will help improve its proprietary machine learning technology, MatrixNet, […]
Yandex challenges Google Chrome in Russia through launch of own browser
There is a new internet browser in town – and it is from Yandex. As the last of the world’s major search companies to launch its own browser, Yandex now joins the likes of Chrome, IE, and Baidu Explorer. A brief look at desktop browser market shares in Russia reveals that the launch might be […]
Facebook Top Ads: A Global Comparison
As a significant social media mogul, Facebook provides a prevalent means of advertising for countries all over the world, and being able to view the ads that are being run globally can prove to be quite revealing. Many assorted types of businesses and entities utilize Facebook as a marketing tactic most likely due to the […]
Yandex.Garderobe: New business opportunity for online fashion retailers
Online fashion is big business. The sector has become one of the largest in ecommerce today, as both retailers and consumers have embraced the digital channel for selling/purchasing fashion items of all kinds. This is no different in Russia, where Yandex reports that about 2.4 million searches are carried out each day about clothes, shoes […]
Will Yandex Maps Integration Into iOS6 Keep Google At Bay?
Yesterday, rumours spread quickly that Yandex Maps will be integrated into Apple’s own mapping service on iOS6 (Bloomberg, TechCrunch, SearchEngineLand). TechCrunch’s Ingrid Lunden gives a good description of how this integration will play out: “When users are looking for details on Apple’s Maps service, Yandex’s geosearch API powers that that search, providing information about restaurants, […]
Awareness And Use Of Modern Payment Methods In Russia
Many leading global companies have had to face that Russia is everything but easy to invade. As a current testament to this, ubiquitous forces like Facebook and Google haven’t managed to wipe out the local competition as has been the case in most other countries worldwide. Vkontakte still has a healthy lead over Facebook in […]
RuNet 2012: Unprecedented Online Market Growth In Russia Continues
Today I want to share some numbers for 2011 and fresh data reported from different sources for 2012 that shows unprecedented, double digit growth of RuNet, Russian Internet eco-system, and what potential it presents to those who are willing to conquer this very attractive market. Unfortunately, this year I wasn’t able to go to […]
Infographic: The Russian Internet In Numbers And Figures
Russia is Europe’s fastest growing online market, but what exactly is the current state of the Runet? Check out the infographic below for some useful insights:
Should Yandex Be Thrilled Or Worried About Q1 2012 Earnings?
Yandex, Russia’s leading search engine, recently disclosed its Q1 2012 financial results. Results exceeded analyst expectations, with revenues up 51 percent to $200.3 million, and net income up 53 percent to $43 million. Surely, such figures would make most company executives jump up and down, however, digging into the figures makes one question whether this […]
Yandex Launches Search Refiners To Improve The User Experience
In a press release earlier today, Yandex announced that it now offers search refiners, helping users to instantly find the results they are looking for as they type in a query. This is a response to unspecified queries, which currently represent about 20 percent of all searches on the Russian search engine, Yandex explains. The […]