As announced earlier this year, Yandex has finally opened their new offices in Silicon Valley, called Yandex Labs. Vish Makhijani, who previously held the position of Senior Vice President and General Manager of Yahoo Search, has joined Yandex in the position of President and CEO of their new US technology and business development facility.
“We are [...]
Entries from October 2008
Yandex Labs Opens Shop in Silicon Valley
October 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: General
Russian AntiMonopoly Service Blocks Google Deal
October 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
According to Interfax, Googles proposed deal to puchase the contexual ad provider, Begun.ru, for $140m was shot down by the Russian Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) on Thursday.
The reason cited has been a lack of clear information on the “individuals who can exert influence on the activity of the Google group, as well as a list of [...]
Tags: Begun · Conferences · Domains · Google · Rambler · Reports · Russia · Social Media · Yandex
How Will Google U-Turn Affect Gaming Advertising In Russia?
October 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Google’s recent change of policy in the UK to allow PPC advertising for online gaming has re-opened the issue in the Russian markets. This Friday Google started to allow online gaming advertisers to again participate openly in their PPC program, Adwords.
As NewMediaAge reports, the initial ban was enforced as part of a company-wide, global move [...]
