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Russian Search Leader Yandex is Hungry for International Renown

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2008-08-24 16:35:33 by Paul Glazowski in Mashable!
...Russian search giant Yandex , a site of multi-purpose design, has made quite a bit of news as of late. Eight years of growth has allow its revenue to increase from about $400,000 to a reported $167 million in 2007. And as we let known earlier this year, the company, currently comprised of some 1,200 employees, plans to introduce itself on the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Russian Search Yandex Taking On Google?

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2008-04-07 20:06:13 by Allen Stern in CenterNetworks
...Russian search engine Yandex and their expansion outside of the Russian language. Currently Yandex returns 90% Russian domain results (.ru) and 10% other results which include the .com domain. Yakov also notes that 15% of its searches are in a language other than Russian and that Yandex could capture that revenue by allowing more non-Russian...
 
 
 
 
 
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Propaganda Posters Part 2: Russian War Posters

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2008-07-16 22:01:58 by Gino in You the Designer
...Russian war posters from many different periods of Russian history! Russian war posters mainly fall into 5 different periods including the Bolshevik Era (1917-1921), the New Economic Policy (1921-1927), First and Second Five Year Plans (1928-1937), Great Patriotic War (1939-1945), and the Cold War (1946-1984 Russian War Posters During these...
 
 
 
 
 
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Top 10 Russian Search Properties

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2008-04-14 05:53:59 by Allen Stern in CenterNetworks
...Russian search properties. Something interesting to note, AOL has a higher reach in Russia than Google does. Russian social networking is apparently taking off as well with both Odnoklassniki.Ru and Vkontakte.Ru in the top 10 most visited sites in Russia Here's the chart of the Top 10 Russian Search Engines for February 2008. Google appears...
 
 
 
 
 
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Google Buys Russian Contextual Ads Service for $140m

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2008-07-18 10:35:36 by Mike Butcher in TechCrunch
...Russian contextual advertising company ZAO Begun for $140 million from UK-registered Rambler Media (many Russian firms now base themselves in the UK). Rambler owns 50.1 percent of Begun, so to secure the deal it is buying the remaining 49.9 percent stake from owner Bannatyne Limited and then selling the entire firm to Google. Rambler says it...
 
 
 
 
 
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Mamba mia! The Russian online dating scene

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2008-08-30 06:01:09 by Charles Knight in Alt Search Engines
...Russian web mail and portal Mail.ru is expanding its presence in the Russian online dating market. The portal acquired 30 percent in its partner, online dating platform for $15 million from the Russian investment holding Finam , according to Quintura blog . Mamba has some ten million registered users of which 1.5 - 2 million visit the site...
 
 
 
 
 
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Top 10 Russian Web Sites

2008-06-12 06:38:02 by Allen Stern in CenterNetworks
 
Russian consulting firm GOAL is out today with a new report that shows the top Web sites in Russia. The report is a great read if you are interested in learning more about Russia and its Web economy. There's also a discussion of international players in Russia which includes Google, YouTube, LiveJournal, RapidShare and Yahoo The report includes...
 
 
 
 
 
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So, Thats Why Google Bought Russian Ad Company Begun

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2008-07-25 12:50:42 by Stan Schroeder in Mashable!
...Russian contextual ad company Begun now seems rather cheap, given their fantastic financial results for the first half of 2008 As reported by Profy, Begun has had 25% higher profits in the first two quarters of 2008 than in the entire 2007. Add to that the 173.000 publishers (an increase of 30.000 over last year) in Beguns roster and its...
 
 
 
 
 
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Usmanov Wants $1 Billion Stake in Russian Search Yandex

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2008-08-04 06:19:47 by Allen Stern in CenterNetworks
...Russian search engine Yandex . Based on the current valuation for Yandex of $5 billion, this puts Usmanov's stake at up to $1 billion Usmanov and his companies have minority stakes in the holding companies for mail.ru and Live Journal. This type of deal could put Usmanov into a strong position with the largest Russian mail provider and the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Russian Search Engine Yandex Tables IPO Until 2009