Russia
France Rejects Google’s ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Appeal
Having appealed France's "right to be forgotten" ruling, Google was rejected on the grounds that the company only delinked regionally, rather than across all its global search sites.
Google Found Guilty of Stifling Russian Competition
Per an anti-trust complaint filed by Yandex, Google has been found guilty of preloading Android devices with its own apps and banning others. What does this mean for Google's competition with Yandex?
Yandex: Playing the Cards to Win
Working on improving its advertising opportunities and product offerings, Yandex will be a necessity if Google is ultimately forced out of Russia.
CPC Growth Is Down – But Not on Smartphones
Cheaper clicks and mobilegeddon are factors in the increased growth on smartphones, despite CPC's overall decline. CTR, on the other hand, has grown a lot YoY, particularly on Facebook.
‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Laws to Be Strictest in Russia
If the bill is passed, Russians won't even have to provide the links they want removed, putting the onus on search engines to crawl the entire Internet - an impossible task, says Yandex.
Google to Leave Russia
On the heels of the announcement that Google News will cease operation in Spain, the search giant will also be pulling out of Russia, as a result of a restrictive new law.
Marin Software Adds Support for Russia’s Largest Search Engine
Advertisers can now analyze, report on, and automate paid search campaign bidding for Yandex through Marin Software's advertising platform.
Mobile Paid Search Spend Up 98% Globally vs. Last Year [Report]
Covario released its quarterly report that looks at global paid search spend. Mobile online advertising saw a 98 percent increase in spend year-over-year (YoY) and 6 percent increase quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) globally. Overall, spend was up 21 percent YoY and 2 percent QoQ worldwide.
Yandex’s Sibir Reverse Image Search Technology is Pure Awesome
Yandex has developed an amazing service with Sibir, its content-based image retrieval. It has raised the bar for reverse image searching technology. Here's an overview of how the impressive technology works and why it's useful to users.
Yandex Keyword Data Now ‘(Not Provided)’
Yandex has made the move to encrypted search. The Russian search engine has begun encrypting 100 percent of searches done through Yandex, meaning webmasters with traffic from Yandex, will now see "(not set)" or "(not provided)" in their analytics.
