Islands does not yet support English, and is now live in Turkey with plans to roll out in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan in the coming months. Russian-based search engine Yandex announced a revolutionary way for users to interact with the...
Skrill’s payment solutions are used by over 140,000 online merchants around the world and just last week, they partnered with Yandex in Russia, integrating with Yandex-money (the most popular form of payment) and now opening up a massive ecommerce...
In February, Google filed an appeal in Russia to challenge the censorship of a YouTube video deemed unlawful. The video reportedly violated the 2012 amendment to Russia’s Act for Information, aimed at the "protection of children from information...
Yandex revenue continues to slow in Q1 2013 – up 36% to $257m – but profit rises 79% to $72m – The Next WebHas 61.6 percent of Russia's search market (up 2.2 percent vs.advertising partners (up 26 percent vs.
The Doodle, which you can see above, was pulled after hundreds of injuries were reported in Russia due to a meteor blast. Out of respect for those injured in the extraordinary meteor shower in Russia earlier today, we have removed today’s doodle...
China, where Facebook remains officially banned, represents one obvious stumbling block in Facebook's quest for complete worldwide domination, while VKontakte and Odnoklassniki remain popular in Russia.
The audience growth continues to evolve and grow in Russia, however, global growth in Western markets where Microsoft has most of their share has slowed down. The following eMarketer graph shows the comparative growth of Internet user penetration...
However, you might be surprised how lame it looks to go from $99 (U.S.to €73.65 (EU) to 4,187 Rubles (Russia) to your foreign audience if you’re just using dollar to foreign currency exchanges. Don’t even bring it up around me unless you're...
Elsewhere, Russia is dominated by Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki, sites that are also quickly expanding into other Eastern European countries. EMarketer predicts there will be a massive 1.43 billion social network users in 2012, representing a 19.2...
Yandex is the primary and most popular of all Russian-language search engines with significant market dominance in Russia. Search Engine Watch has been covering search engines since June 1997 and has watched the industry evolve to its current state.
VK (formerly Vkontakte) is popular in Russia and parts of Eastern Europe. You may think that the rest of the social media world might as well just turn around, go home, and switch off the light as it passes.
Other than China and Russia, Facebook remains the top worldwide social media property. A couple of significant changes in social media and digital marketing have taken place this year: the number of requests for services coming from outside of the...
The incidence of mobile search is also high in other developing markets, including the other emerging economic powerhouses of the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China) and the CIVETS grouping (Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, and...
Ebay is very determined with their PPC expenditure in countries such as India, Thailand, and Russia and within the U.S.market, eBay activity is very low. Exploring the foundation of these ads can prove to be extremely revealing regardless of your...
For example, a filter could specify any user from Russia should be directed to a separate channel with brand videos recorded in Russian. In reality, a holistic program of steady, engaging, well-optimized content and methodical use of low cost...
In Russia, for example, Yandex is the most commonly used search engine. Many businesses have recognized the importance and value of localization. The Internet offers unparalleled opportunities to break into new markets, but traditional SEO through...
Other popular search engines such as Yandex (Russia) and Naver (South Korea) will have their own quirks and peculiarities. In China (where both Facebook and Twitter are officially banned), Qzone rules the roost while VK (formerly Vkontakte) has a...
In Russia, for example, Yandex has the greatest market share while Baidu – the fifth most visited site in the world according to Alexa – is massively important in China. English remains the single most widely used language online.
For example, in China we need to optimize for Baidu, in Russia it would be Yandex. User behavior in Russia, for example, is so different than what American and European companies are used to,” said Reich.
In some cases, such as those user data requests by the governments of Russia and Turkey, Google refused to comply with a single request. Google is alarmed by government requests to remove political content from search results, fearing that free...
