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Posted by: Quintura @ 07:05 [3. 07. 09]
It is no surprise that MySpace has decided to close down its Russian office. The latest study of social networking in Russia has found that MySpace and Facebook attracted just 371,000 and 616,000 Russian visitors in May 2009, respectively, says comScore. This represented a reach of only 1% and 2% of 31.9 million Russian [...]
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Posted by: Quintura @ 20:45 [23. 06. 09]
MySpace, which has announced restructuring its international operations, will close its Russian office on June 30, confirmed MySpace Russia’s Legal Director Andrei Mironov to Webplanet.
MySpace opened the Russian office in Moscow in 2008. MySpace Russia operations is managed by CEO Alexander Turkot. The company lists 8 employees on its Russian web-page.
According to TNS Web Index, [...]
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Posted by: Quintura @ 02:56 [26. 02. 09]
The leading Russian social networking site, Odnoklassniki.ru (Одноклассники.ru) has reached 30 million registered users. It’s been less than 3 years since the site was launched in March 2006. The social network is visited by more than 8 million users per day. Odnoklassniki.ru CEO, Nikita Sherman recently said that the site generates half of its revenues [...]
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Posted by: Quintura @ 03:21 [25. 11. 08]
Having been refused an acquisition of contextual ad firm Begun in Russia, Google was likely looking for revansch. Well, it may has gotten one. This time, it’s not acquisition. It’s a business deal that would increase Google’s 33 percent share of Russian search market by several percentage points. According to business newspaper Kommersant, the largest [...]
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Posted by: Quintura @ 10:13 [21. 09. 08]
Albert Popkov, the founder of the most popular Russian social networking site Odnoklassniki.ru, has been named “Businessman of the Year” by the men’s lifestyle magazine GQ. The annual ceremony “GQ People of the Year” was held at Et Cetera theater in Moscow on September 18.
Odnoklassniki.ru has over 20 million registered accounts and 6 million daily [...]
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Posted by: Quintura @ 10:13 [19. 07. 08]
Financial Times is reporting that the leading U.S. social network Facebook is suing the German social network, StudiVZ, for “copying the look, feel, features and services” of the Facebook site. PaidContent.org is asking if others will follow.
The leading Russian social network, Vkontakte.ru, which has 14.7 million registered users and 500 – 600 million daily page [...]
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Posted by: Quintura @ 02:46 [18. 04. 08]
The largest Russian social networking site Odnoklassniki.ru reported revenue of $3.3 million in Q1 2008, including $3 million from display (banner) advertising and $0.3 million from contextual advertising. Odnoklassniki.ru is expected to generate revenue of up to $30 million in 2008, says Albert Popkov, founder and CEO of the company. He estimates that it will [...]
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Posted by: Quintura @ 13:50 [17. 04. 08]
The leading Russian media group RBC Information Systems has licensed a children-friendly social networking platform from Tweegee of Israel to exclusively launch the Russian version of Tipo.co.il, a popular social network for children in Israel. It will be the first Russian social network for kids. RBC plans to invest $6 million into the project.
Tipo is [...]
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Posted by: Quintura @ 17:13 [16. 04. 08]
The average Russian blogger is a 22-year old female who lives in Moscow, makes 6 blog posts per month and has nineteen blog “friends”, says a new study on the state of the Russian blogosphere from Yandex.
There are 3.8 million Russian blogs, up 23% from October 2007. Only 20% of Russian blogs are updated once [...]
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