Пресс-релизы / search

Internet, February 20, 2009. Yandex published an information bulletin on Russian online mass media. The report is based on data aggregated by the Yandex.News service. The full text of report “Media Sphere of the Russian Internet” is available (in Russian) at http://company.yandex.ru/researches.

Internet, February 10, 2009. A Yandex.Money account can now be linked with an Alfa-Bank account. The joint program of Alfa-Bank and Yandex.Money is called “Money: From A to Ya”.

Internet, February 5, 2009. Yandex announced preliminary unaudited financial results for 2008. Revenue exceeded $300mm, up more than 80% year-on-year. More than 85% of revenue was derived from text-based advertising.

Internet, January 19, 2009. Yandex.Traffic is now available for GPS navigation. Users of the navigation programs Autosputnik and Mobile Navigator can now plan their routes based on the information about traffic jams and clear roads.

Internet, December 17, 2008. Starting today, Yandex users can search specifically for portraits. Yandex’s image search service Yandex.Images has learnt to detect human faces in all sorts of images. It can identify individual and group portraits, photographs and pictures.

Internet, December 5, 2008. Yandex connected Rostov-on-Don to its Local Network. Southern Federal District is the seventh region in Yandex's program for increasing accessibility of the company's services in Russia's regions. Yandex now has local presence in every federal district in Russia.

Moscow, December 4, 2008. The final round of the ninth (and the last) Yandex Cup in Internet search is over.

Internet, December 2, 2008. Yandex announced the launch of a new search service for readers. At the Yandex.Books service web users can find the book they want to read online or buy its printed version in an online shop.

Internet, December 1, 2008. The 1C-Bitrix company implemented a Yandex.Maps API-based component in their program products. Now the users of 1C-Bitrix Site Manager can embed Yandex.Maps on their websites through the Bitrix interface.

Moscow, November 28, 2008. Peter Nalitch, the author of the popular song 'Gitar', has published his debut album on Yandex. The whole album “The Joy of Simple Melodies” is available for free download in the MP3 format at http://money.yandex.ru/doc.xml?id=523222.

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.