How Google and Yandex Treat SEO Differently
Yandex is undoubtedly the search engine of choice in Russia and nearby countries with 60% market share for the simple reason that it can connect to users from that area better. In a September 2014...
View ArticleGoing, Going, Gone! External Links on Yandex Yanked From Algorithm
In December 2013, Yandex had already announced a plan to launch an updated algorithm that would literally disregard linkprofiles or external links signals on websites. This was revealed by Alexander...
View ArticleAn Exciting Month of November for Yandex Search Engine
November will always be a month of anticipation because it is close to the end of the year, close to the onset of the holiday season, and a time for businesses to step up their game and close the year...
View ArticleYearend Review: A Look Back at 2014 Yandex Users Activity
With less than 2 weeks to 2015, a review of Yandex’s performance is warranted at least as far as user activity is concerned. Yandex, the most popular search engine in Russia, has aggressively been...
View ArticleUnderstanding SAPE Backlinks & How It Can Work for or Against You
SAPE is not a platform but a Russian-run marketplace for backlinks. It was all over the Internet in 2013 when Google was rumored to have penalized it for supposedly using unfair SEO tricks traumatizing...
View ArticleAdding Your Site To Yandex and Using Yandex Webmaster
How powerful can a Russian search engine be? Russia’s leading search engine, Yandex, figured in a US-based study of the 100 Most Visited Sites in the United States by placing 91 out of 100. This is...
View ArticleSAPE Links
SAPE links are backlinks that can be bought or sold from sape.ru, a Russian Link Network. These links are commonly found on the top of a webpage, the sidebar, or the footer. Its power is found in its...
View ArticleYandex and Baidu: International Search Engines that are Gaining Ground
While Google remains the world’s most popular search engine at 66% global market penetration, there is an influx of international search engines that are slowly gaining an edge over their local search...
View ArticleYandex Reverses on Links Decision
Last December 2014, Russian search engine, Yandex, decided to drop links for commercial queries from their ranking algorithms although limited to regional search results in Moscow. According to the Web...
View ArticleYandex NV Posts Positive 3rd Quarter Results
Russian search engine giant, Yandex went public in 2011 on NASDAQ Global Select Market. The company just posted its 3rd quarter results with a profit of $64.6 million which successfully matched the...
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