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RIP Ilya Segalovich, Yandex Co-Founder & CTO

Published on 2013/07/25 By admin

Ilya Segalovich, Co-Founder & CTO of Russian search engine Yandex, has died suddenly at the age of 48.

Google No Longer Powering Russian Internet Company Searches As Mail.ru Takes All Queries In-House

Published on 2013/07/02 By admin

Russian Internet company Mail.ru Group released an official announcement that they will be handling all queries made by Search Mail.ru users from here on out. According to TheNextWeb.com, Google previously powered 60 percent of the searches performed on Search Mail.ru, after the company split ways… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Yandex Turns Up The Dial On Personalized Search

Published on 2013/05/31 By admin

The Russian search engine Yandex has announced changes to how it presents personalized search results, saying that personalization is now based on what’s happening within a single search session. When the company launched personalized results late last year, it was based primarily on looking..

Yandex Announces “Interactive Snippets” & SERP Redesign At Moscow Conference

Published on 2013/05/17 By admin

Yandex has presented what it claims is a new concept in search engine results pages to a Russian audience at an online industry conference in Moscow.

Yandex Announces “Interactive Snippets” & SERP Redesign At Moscow Conference

Published on 2013/05/17 By admin

Yandex has presented what it claims is a new concept in search engine results pages to a Russian audience at an online industry conference in Moscow.

Yandex Takes Exception To Search Malware Study

Published on 2013/04/12 By admin

Yandex has taken exception to a recent study that reported it has more malware in its search results than other major search engines like Google and Bing. The company shared its concerns with Search Engine Land via email, saying that it also sent the same response to AV-TEST, the German IT security..

Yandex Launches Experimental “Wonder” Voice Social Search App For The US

Published on 2013/01/24 By admin

Yandex, the company behind the leading search engine in Russia with a presence in Turkey, has taken a radically different direction to its search activities by launching a voice social search app called “Wonder” on  Apple’s iOS platform for the US market. Described by the company… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Yandex Launches Personalized Search Results For Eastern Europe

Published on 2012/12/12 By admin

Russia’s leading search engine, Yandex has launched an approach to personalizing search results for users in Russia, Ukraine, Belorus and Kazakhstan, affecting 75-80% of search queries and potentially all of the search results a user sees.

Apple, Yandex Partner In Russia: Maps Deal Now, Full Search Later?

Published on 2012/09/17 By admin

It’s no secret that Apple is ditching Google Maps on iOS6.

The Latest On Google’s Hreflang Tag & Other Learnings From International Search Summit @SMX Advanced

Published on 2012/06/12 By admin

Google has been moving lots of goal posts for us all recently and the “Hreflang” tag is a case in point.