Topic: Yandex

SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 5, 2009

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 Buys Video Compression Company On2 Earlier today Google announced that it had acquired On2 Technologies in a stock deal worth approximately $106 million. There’s little true information about how Google […]

SEO

SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 22, 2009

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yahoo Helping Newspapers Sell More Ads Online Here’s a change of pace: Some newspapers are making money online and crediting a search engine with making it happen. AdAge writes about the […]

SEO

SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 20, 2009

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: New Google Blog Targets YouTube’s Big Brands & Advertisers Google has launched a new blog, the YouTube Biz Blog, that continues its effort to “help partners and advertisers find a home […]

Firefox Drops Google For Yandex In Russia, But Big Loser May Be Rambler

Mozilla’s General Counsel, Harvey Anderson, announced the Russian builds of Firefox 3.1 will drop Google for Yandex. He explained that after months of research and surveys, Mozilla learned that their “Russian users really wanted direct access to the Yandex search.” So, in the next build of Firefox, the default search provider will be Yandex for […]

PPC

Getting To Know International PPC Markets

We’re all pretty familiar with the well reported search landscape of the US/UK. But, in other parts of the world, the search engine landscape is very different. In this article, I’ll focus on China, Japan and Russia. The goal of this article is to present PPC opportunities in counties that are not Google-centric and provide […]

Google Takes Top Prize At SMX Search Bowl

Last night was the first ever SMX Search Bowl. Basically, the Search Engine Land team created fifty questions that were asked to the various teams. The teams consisted of two players from Google, Yahoo, Ask.com, Live Search, and the SEM All Star team. Danny displayed the questions on the screen and the first team to […]

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 […]

Google In Russia & Europe: The International Challenge

Two articles out today highlight Google’s not all powerful in every market. In Russia and some other countries, Google is fighting to gain share. New to Russia, Google Struggles to Find Its Footing from the New York Times shows that Google is number eight in Russia, where Yandex leads the pack, followed by Rambler. The […]