Yandex started indexing IDNs!

[glownames]

Yandex is no. 1 search engine in Russia it has ~50% share of searches Google ~30%
example of IDN indexing http://yandex.ru/yandsearch?text=%22...D0%BA%D1%83%22

It's great news for all IDNers
Congratulations!

[bwhhisc]

Thanks for sharing the good news.

[IDNer]

Very helpful for Russian IDNs -

[Drewbert]

Reality sets in at Yandex.

[Rubber Duck]

Frankly, that just makes me glad we are not getting domains at DomainerMeeting.

[bwhhisc]

Originally Posted by Drewbert

Reality sets in at Yandex.

I guess with all the .рф news taking center stage they finally took notice of where things are heading.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by bwhhisc

I guess with all the .рф news taking center stage they finally took notice of where things are heading.

Yes, and if Sergei Brin is going to make an impact then Google will have to get their act together as well!

[gammascalper]

Great news!

Is that an MFA site or a parking page?

I notice that the google ads are all in Russian as well.

[bwhhisc]

Yandex: The Biggest IPO of 2008 is coming out of Russia.

The Google of Russia is Yandex, and it is preparing for an IPO on Nasdaq in the fall with the hopes of raising $1.5 billion to $2 billion, reports Reuters. That would give the company a $5 billion valuation.

Yandex was founded 15 years ago, and the last funding I can find was only $5.3 million back in 2000, according to Quintura CEO Yakov Sadchikov (Quintura is a smaller search engine also based in Russia). If that is all the company raised, it will be a huge payday for investors ru-Net Holdings, Baring Vostok Capital Partners, and Tiger Technologies.

Yandex has a bigger search market share in Russia than Google (GOOG) (it is the biggest site in Russia overall). And in Europe it is the No. 3 search engine, ahead of Yahoo and Microsoft (YHOO, MSFT). Globally, it is in the top 10.

Its revenues, though, are not that large, considering its ranking. In 2007 it reported only $167 million in revenues, which was a 130 percent increase from 2006. Founders Arkady Volozh (CEO) and Ilya Segalovich (CTO) still run the company.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/7827...-out-of-russia

[Rubber Duck]

Top ten? It is top Five without doubt, and frankly at the moment is better strategically placed than Microsoft.

Did Microsoft seriously believe that Yahoo was going to sell them their Search Business for One Billion?

Frankly, I think all that has happened is that Microsoft have made themselves look rediculous.

Originally Posted by bwhhisc

Yandex: The Biggest IPO of 2008 is coming out of Russia.

The Google of Russia is Yandex, and it is preparing for an IPO on Nasdaq in the fall with the hopes of raising $1.5 billion to $2 billion, reports Reuters. That would give the company a $5 billion valuation.

Yandex was founded 15 years ago, and the last funding I can find was only $5.3 million back in 2000, according to Quintura CEO Yakov Sadchikov (Quintura is a smaller search engine also based in Russia). If that is all the company raised, it will be a huge payday for investors ru-Net Holdings, Baring Vostok Capital Partners, and Tiger Technologies.

Yandex has a bigger search market share in Russia than Google (GOOG) (it is the biggest site in Russia overall). And in Europe it is the No. 3 search engine, ahead of Yahoo and Microsoft (YHOO, MSFT). Globally, it is in the top 10.

Its revenues, though, are not that large, considering its ranking. In 2007 it reported only $167 million in revenues, which was a 130 percent increase from 2006. Founders Arkady Volozh (CEO) and Ilya Segalovich (CTO) still run the company.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/7827...-out-of-russia

[glownames]

So I've successfully submit my пдд.com on http://webmaster.yandex.ru

[mgrohan]

Yandex started indexing IDNs!

Been indexing IDNs for a long time now already! Get some nice traffic for some of my Russians from Yandex

[Rubber Duck]

Totally baffled. Mine don't seem to be indexed. Can't seem to input IDNs in to suggestion box. And can't even see пдд.com. Where I am going wrong? Will this only work for developed names or will parked domains index as well?

[mgrohan]

Totally baffled. Mine don't seem to be indexed. Can't seem to input IDNs in to suggestion box. And can't even see пдд.com. Where I am going wrong? Will this only work for developed names or will parked domains index as well?

The requirements to get indexed are:

(1) That your site is written totally in Russian (i guess many parked sites do not meet either of these requirements - that is if Yandex is not already blocking parked domains?).
and/or
(2) Your site is hosted in Russia,


Also your site needs to be:

(1) manually submitted to Yandex,
Yandex Submit
or
(2) have a backlink contained on a site that is already crawled by Yandex (i.e. any Russian directory will do)

.

[Rubber Duck]

Thanks. So Yandex spiders in the same way as Google?

It looks as though some experiments are going to be called for!

Of course feedback from anyone else working on this will be very welcome.

Interestingly, Yandex has indexed IDNForums.com

[glownames]

Originally Posted by mgrohan

Been indexing IDNs for a long time now already! Get some nice traffic for some of my Russians from Yandex

Could you show an SERP examples please?

Originally Posted by mgrohan

(1) That your site is written totally in Russian (i guess many parked sites do not meet either of these requirements - that is if Yandex is not already blocking parked domains?).

As I know Yandex don't like a parked domains

[mgrohan]

http://www.idnforums.com/forums/1607...ghlight=yandex (Evidence of type-in traffic)

Post #43, has the link of the example i gave at the start of this year.

[glownames]

Thanks mgrohan! Don't know how I missed that thread

Originally Posted by mgrohan

http://www.idnforums.com/forums/1607...ghlight=yandex (Evidence of type-in traffic)

Post #43, has the link of the example i gave at the start of this year.