Пресс-релизы / Yandex

Internet, November 20, 2008. Yandex launches the new service for creating personal photo maps. Now, in addition to publishing photos in the Internet, Yandex.Fotki (Yandex.Photos) users can also pinpoint where exactly their pictures were taken. A user photo map is accessible by clicking the link “On the map” on a user personal webpage at Yandex.Fotki.

Internet, November 18, 2008. Starting today, Yandex users in Kiev can see the full picture of traffic situation in their city. Now, Yandex.Maps considers traffic data provided by Kiev drivers.

Internet, November 13, 2008. Yandex offers website developers Yandex.Maps API* (in Russian), a toolkit for creating their own map services. Any web site owner now can embed Yandex.Maps and use the new functionality at their own discretion.

Internet, November 10, 2008. This year 119 players made it to the second round of the Ninth Yandex Cup, by answering at least 12 questions in one of the games correctly.

Internet, October 24, 2008. Yandex.Images users can now see at a single click other images related to their topic of interest in addition to regular search results. In response to a user query besides a set of images the new version of the Yandex.Images provides search associations and refinement options.

Internet, October 16, 2008. Yandex managers offer free assistance to Yandex.Direct novice clients in setting up their ad campaigns. Now, any novice advertiser regardless of their order size can rely on “First Aid” from Yandex.

Internet, October 15, 2008. Yandex search now offers intelligent suggestions. These suggestions help users enter queries in the search box faster and define searches more precisely. Hyperlinked suggestions take users straight to the website they need.

Internet, October 1, 2008. Yandex announces the start of registration for the ninth and the last Yandex Cup in Internet search. The winner will take the only open vacancy for participating in the Cup Winners’ Cup next year.

Internet, September 29, 2008. Yandex marks the second year of full scale operation of its Advertising Network (YAN). In the past year, the monthly number of clickthroughs to the advertisers’ web sites has tripled.

Internet, September 23, 2008. Yandex started informing its users about new messages they receive on social networking websites Vkontakte (In Contact) and Odnoklassniki (Classmates). Users can access their social networking profiles and read new messages by clicking through Yandex’s front page.

Internet, September 19, 2008. The newly unveiled mobile application Yandex.Metro allows metro passengers in Russia and Ukraine to quickly plan the best route and calculate the time of travel. The application works without Internet connection, so that mobile device owners can use it even underground.

Ivanteevka, September 15, 2008. Yandex started construction in Ivanteevka of its sixth data center. Commencement of its operation is scheduled for late 2008.

Internet, September 12, 2008. Web users in Kurgan, Perm, Salekhard, Tyumen, Khanty-Mansiysk can now enjoy all Yandex services at local rates.

Internet, September 9, 2008. Yandex has released a new version of Punto Switcher, an automatic Russian to English keyboard layout switcher. Punto Switcher 3.0 is available for free download at http://punto.yandex.ru/, the program’s official website. You can discuss the software and share ideas with the developers at the Punto Switcher Club at the Ya.ru social networking service.

Internet, September 2, 2008. Yandex rolls out a world map, currently the most detailed online map of the world in Russian.

Internet, September 1, 2008. Yandex launches an instant messaging service. This service is featured in the new version of Ya.Online (I’m.Online), Yandex’s free desktop application. The service is powered by Jabber and is compatible with user accounts, both on Yandex and on other jabber-based services like QIP, GMail and Livejournal.

Internet, August 20, 2008. Yandex embarked on a new stage of developing its infrastructure in Ukraine by increasing bandwidth between the company’s datacenters in Moscow and an Internet Exchange Point (UA-IX) in Ukraine five times, from 30 Mbit/s to 145 Mbit/s.

Internet, August 15, 2008. During the summer of 2008 Yandex search added international data exchange formats Sitemaps, GZIP, MediaRSS and FOAF to XML, RSS and Atom it already supported. The new Yandex search functionality allows better and faster indexing of "fast content" oriented websites like media websites, social network services, multimedia hosting services etc.

Internet, August 8, 2008. Web users in Chelyabinsk and in Kirov all web services provided by Yandex at local rates. All costs of renting a dedicated channel to Moscow are covered by ISP Multiregion, Yandex's partner in the Local Network Program.

Internet, August 7, 2008. Yandex now searches videos on websites of major media.