Yandex Rolls Out Mobile-Friendly Algorithm In Russia, Code Name Vladivostok
The largest Russian search engine has launched their mobile-friendly algorithm today.
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Google Adds Complete Content Of United States Constitution To Search Results
To celebrate Constitution Day and further the efforts of The Constitution Project, Google has added constitutions from 13 countries.
Google Map Maker Up Again In 45 More Countries Including The U.S.
Earlier this month, Google re-launched Map Maker after a several-month hiatus to address issues that had resulted in racist map references and several other problems. Map Maker came back first in Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, India, the Philippines and Ukraine with a new moderation structure that substantially relies on regional lead moderators. Today, Google is saying […]
Google Map Maker Back Up In Six Countries With More To Follow Soon
Google Map Maker: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, India, the Philippines and Ukraine are the first countries back online.
Google’s 2014 Top Trending Searches: The World Mourns Robin Williams, Asks About Ebola & Looks For Walmart
From the most popular Google Maps searches to the most asked, "What is...?" questions, Google gives us a look at its year in search.
Ask.com’s Top 10 Searches For 2014: “What Are The Symptoms Of Ebola?” Leads The List
With more than a month still to go in 2014, Ask.com has already released its top searches for the year. Based on its 100 million monthly U.S. users, Ask.com says “What are the symptoms of Ebola?” was the number one question for news related searches on the site in 2014. Ask.com listed its top trending news, […]
Yandex Q2 Revs Up 32 Percent, Queries, Paid Clicks Up Too
Russia’s deteriorating relations with Europe and the U.S. don’t appear (so far) to have impacted its leading search engine Yandex, which announced second quarter results this morning. Yandex reported revenues of RUR 12.2 billion ($361.5 million), up 32 percent over last year. Income was RUR 3.6 billion ($1.08 billion), representing a 13 percent increase over […]
Yandex Introduces Cityguide Apps For Russian Market
Combining maps, business listings, reviews and other content aggregated from 70 partners, Yandex has introduced a cityguide app for iOS and Android. There’s also a PC site as well. Called Yandex City, it’s a straight-up map-centric local search site. It’s only available for Russia currently but will likely expand to other geographies that Yandex serves: […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 14, 2014
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yelp Turns Up The Heat: 285 Consumer Alerts Issued Over Fake Reviews It’s been almost a year and a half since Yelp began issuing Consumer Alerts when a business on its […]
Facebook Gives Yandex Access To Its Firehose In Return For Improved Presentation Of Its Own Content
Yandex has announced that it has signed a deal with Facebook which will give the leading search engine in Russia access to the Facebook firehose for “public” content published in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, other CIS countries and Turkey, where Yandex also operates. Content will be available for indexing by Yandex as soon as it has […]
The Right Way To Do Click-To-Call In An Enhanced Campaign World
Earlier this week, I attended the How To Do Click-To-Call In An Enhanced Campaign World session at SMX East. As a search usability professional, my primary interest is to understand not only how searchers locate and discover desired content, but also why searchers make specific choices. For example, when does a searcher prefer to use […]
Ilya Segalovich, Yandex Co-Founder & CTO, Brain Dead & In Coma
Ilya Segalovich, Co-Founder & CTO of Russian search engine Yandex, has lapsed into a coma and is brain dead. Segalovich, 48, had been responding well to cancer treatment before unexpectedly succumbing to complications early this morning, according to a statement released by the company. Yandex listed him as dead; many news reports initially reported that […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 12, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Updates SafeSearch Filter In Image Search Google has changed the default behavior of their image search to work similarly to how web search works. Now when you search for less […]
Yandex Launches Personalized Search Results For Eastern Europe
Russia’s leading search engine, Yandex has launched an approach to personalizing search results for users in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan, affecting 75-80% of search queries and potentially all of the search results a user sees. Yandex has been testing the approach throughout the last year and found that users click 37% more often on […]
Powered By Nokia, Yandex Rolls Out Maps Of US And Europe
Yandex is rolling out maps of the US and Europe, powered by Nokia’s mapping division Navteq. The company is also introducing a Turkish mapping site. Yandex says that its maps have an audience of 16.5 million on the PC and an additional 6.6 million users in mobile. Most of these users are concentrated in Eastern […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 8, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: iOS Users To Get Enhanced Google Search App Ahead Of Most Android Users Google announced an enhanced version of Google Voice Search today with some pretty awesome interaction in answers. Android […]
Is International SEO Really That Different From “National” SEO?
Usually, when I’m asked if “international” search or SEO is really different, the person asking the question has made up their mind that it’s actually not. Usually, they have a view that international SEO is all about infrastructure, domains and local domains and not much else. But is this true? You’ll probably not expect me, […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 24, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Breadcrumb Trails Come To AdWords Display URLs on AdWords search ads are getting another element — breadcrumb trails, a set of links next to the URL that lets users navigate directly […]
Yandex Starts To Drink From The Twitter “Firehose”
Yandex is the next in line to gain access to the Twitter “firehose.” The Russian search engine is announcing that it will begin integrating the Twitter feed into its search results. Twitter reported the deal to us late last week but declined to disclose its terms. As part of their agreement Yandex will have access […]
Yandex Joins Bing, Yahoo In Using Nokia-Navteq Map Data
Russian search giant Yandex announced that it will be licensing data from Nokia-owned Navteq to offer better and more comprehensive maps coverage around the world: Yandex . . . has purchased a license for digital maps supplied by the leading global location content provider, NAVTEQ. These digital maps will be used in the development of […]
Russian Search Engine Yandex Leads $30 Million Investment In Blekko
Blekko is the either the fourth US search engine or the third if you no longer consider Yahoo a search engine. And the company has been able to maintain visibility and stir the pot with its persistent criticism of Google search results being spam-filled. Now Blekko has secured $30 million in new funding from a […]
Yandex Finally Files For Long-Awaited IPO
Russia’s leading search engine Yandex formally filed for an IPO that has been expected for at least three years but was delayed by the global recession. The company plans to raise roughly $1 billion through its US Nasdaq offering. Founded in 1997, Yandex controls approximately 65 percent of the Russian search market and is valued […]
AdWordsTargeting Getting More Geographically Granular in 17 Countries
AdWords advertisers seeking to target ad to cities in China, Brazil, Mexico and 14 other countries will soon get their wish. Google today will begin rolling out new city and regional targeting capabilities. The changes will allow advertisers to target, analyze and optimize ad campaigns based upon more granular geographic data. Retailers could, for example, […]
Google Instant Expands, Adds Keyboard Navigation
Google Instant is expanding. The company has just announced new features and wider availability of the search-as-you-type feature. Let’s start with the latter; Google says Instant is expanding in two ways: Google Instant On Vertical Search Properties: In addition to being available on Google.com searches, Instant Search is now functioning on “many” of the vertical […]
Report: Click Fraud Rate Up To 18.6 Percent
Click Forensics released their report on the overall click fraud rates for the paid search industry. They said click fraud was up from 17.4 percent last quarter to 18.6 percent in the second quarter of 2010. The findings of the report said: The overall industry average click fraud rate was 18.6 percent. That’s up from […]
Google Posts Official Webmaster Help Group Chat Recordings, Transcript, & Presentations
Google has posted the official blog post summarizing last week’s live chat event. Yes, we did post the unofficial version on Thursday night, but now we have the official version live for viewing. Q&A Transcript available via Google Groups John’s Personalized Search Presentation via Google Presentations Maile’s Case Sensitivity in Web Search via Google Presentations […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 21, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google May Buy Ukrainian Portal
The Quintura Blog repeats a rumor that Google may be poised to buy the Ukrainian portal Bigmir.net, the leading Ukrainian destination site with 2.5 million users. Quintura speculates the deal might be worth $100 million and says online advertising in the Ukraine was worth an estimated $12 million in 2007. If it were true, Google […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 16, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Global Search Usage & PPC Statistics
The Multilingual Search Blog posted their Global Search Report 2007 today. It is a compilation of search engine usage and PPC statistics from countries around the world. The report covers 16 counties, including Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic | Slovakia, Estonia, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Russia | Ukraine, South Korea, Spain, The Netherlands, and the […]