blastfromthepast
8th August 2006, 12:11 AM
Hey guys,
I just bought advertising on Yandex for my IDN, and they didn't display my IDN domain, but displayed punycode instead. It looks to me like a possible violation of their contract. I've contacted them.
Another domainer on domenforum has written to Yandex and has gotten this response: "Cyrillic domains are not an Internet standard." (http://domenforum.net/showthread.php?t=8013)
I think it is time to bust them up and demand IDN support now.
Yandex sells advertising, and if we can get Yandex to display IDNs on their ad system, they are likely to do so for search results as well. This is very important to everyone with Cyrillic IDNs.
The difference is, while they can brush off search users, since they pay nothing, they are more likely to listen to those with whom they have a contract with, ie. advertisers, or potential advertisers, especially foreigners.
Therefore, I urge all of you to contact Yandex's ENGLISH speaking advertising account managers at +7 (495) 739-2222, yes, call them up, and also write adv@yandex-team.ru, and tell them you were thinking of advertising with Yandex, but they don't support IDNs. (http://advertising.yandex.ru/english/)
Yandex claims that 3 000 000 people search on their site daily. If these people don't see our IDNs, we won't see our profits. Let them know.
I just bought advertising on Yandex for my IDN, and they didn't display my IDN domain, but displayed punycode instead. It looks to me like a possible violation of their contract. I've contacted them.
Another domainer on domenforum has written to Yandex and has gotten this response: "Cyrillic domains are not an Internet standard." (http://domenforum.net/showthread.php?t=8013)
I think it is time to bust them up and demand IDN support now.
Yandex sells advertising, and if we can get Yandex to display IDNs on their ad system, they are likely to do so for search results as well. This is very important to everyone with Cyrillic IDNs.
The difference is, while they can brush off search users, since they pay nothing, they are more likely to listen to those with whom they have a contract with, ie. advertisers, or potential advertisers, especially foreigners.
Therefore, I urge all of you to contact Yandex's ENGLISH speaking advertising account managers at +7 (495) 739-2222, yes, call them up, and also write adv@yandex-team.ru, and tell them you were thinking of advertising with Yandex, but they don't support IDNs. (http://advertising.yandex.ru/english/)
Yandex claims that 3 000 000 people search on their site daily. If these people don't see our IDNs, we won't see our profits. Let them know.