In a recent update to the Webmaster support pages for XML sitemaps, Yandex have introduced a line talking about “localized pages”, which under further investigation it’s new declared support for Hreflang tags in the XML format. Previously, Yandex had only ...
Today, the Yandex webmaster support team have updated their documentation page advising webmasters on how to use the XML sitemap file to assist Yandexbot in discovering and indexing URLs. A TLDR of the changes are: The introduction of an FAQ ...
Yandex.Zen now has thematic channels that collect the best publications of the platform’s bloggers. To get into such a channel, a blogger needs to take part in a challenge. Channels with challenges will be additionally promoted in the feed and will ...
At the start of August, rank tracking and SERP volatility tools picked up a period of high activity, with July 28th being at the centre of the unrest. This comes after months high activity and ranking shifts, presumably related to ...
The Commission on the Implementation of the Code of Good Practices (CDP) will study the work of online retailers in the consumer market, and look at the possibility of extending the CDP regulations to the online realms. This comes in ...
Yandex.Eats users now have the opportunity to pick up their orders from the restaurant themselves, saving on delivery. Pickup is already available at 1,500 restaurants throughout Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Yekaterinburg. Despite lockdown and isolation measures being loosened over recent ...
The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) denied Yandex an application for the purchase of the Lucky taxi group, estimating their combined market share at 70%. Such a merger would narrow the choice of taxi aggregators for drivers and passengers, officials decided. ...
Yandex has broken up the management of Turbo pages into two separate elements, “Turbo pages for content”, and “Turbo pages for stores”. In addition, the Webmaster now has simple settings for the appearance and the minimum order amount. Now, you ...
Yandex.Fueling, a mobile application that enables users to find petrol stations and pay for fuel directly from the Yandex.Maps and Yandex.Navigator applications. Bashneft, part of Rosneft, has launched a contactless fuel payment system at its filling stations in the Republic ...
The Yandex Webmaster tools team has been sending out emails asking users for permission (and reaffirm consent) via an active opt-in to receive “interesting and useful news and offers from the Webmaster team”. In recent weeks Yandex’s internal teams have ...
