Interview with the CEO of Yandex

Interesting interview. Found on the net a couple of days ago. The CEO of Yandex is talking (in English!) abough Yandex and his visions.

My favorite quotes:

We planned IPO a year ago. Now we don’t need IPO. We have enough money.
There is much more money available in Russia than brains
90% of searches are in Russian
Pople use [...]

10 things I learned at Optimization.ru

As I wrote earlier, my company made me the chosen one (i.e. chosen to attend a Russian Pubcon – Optimization.ru conference in Moscow).
To be honest, I was a bit disappointed. Most of the sessions were way too basic for any half-way experienced SEO person, and generally the conference seemed very commercial.
Anyways, I managed to learn [...]

Optimization.ru – a Pubcon of Russian SEO society – day 1

I am a priveleged emplyee! Wow! I was sent to Moscow to attend the biggest Russian SEO event of the year – Optimization.ru conference organized by Ashmanov and Partners SEO agency.
The first day was really a disappointment.. I have not learned anything new. It was a lot of useless talking and no information. Nothing about [...]