Why Is Google Struggling In Russia? Yandex

[The Lawspeaker]

While Google has about 90% of the global market share for internet search, it is lagging behind in Russia, where the homegrown company Yandex has captured 55% of the market. Yandex maintains its dominance due to its superior Russian language search capabilities, its wide array of services beyond search, and the company's willingness to comply with the country's often restrictive local laws. In all corners of the world, if you're looking to do an internet search, chances are high that Google is your go-to. But Google's domination hasn't extended everywhere, and Russia is one of the few countries where it lags behind. Here, 55% of the market belongs to the homegrown company Yandex. Like Google, Yandex is so much more than a search engine. It offers email, cloud, and online payment services, streaming music, news aggregatio, and live traffic maps. Yandex.Taxi merged with Uber last year, and it is testing self-driving cars.

[JosephK]

Because Russians are smarter than that...

[Arsen_]

It’s a shame that Europeans at one time stopped developing their own search engine and closed all funding, not wanting to invest money in it. Greedy Europeans sold their birthright for lentil soup.

[Alenka]

Because they have a decent local search engine. Good for them.

[The Lawspeaker]

It’s a shame that Europeans at one time stopped developing their own search engine and closed all funding, not wanting to invest money in it. Greedy Europeans sold their birthright for lentil soup.

Actually - we have several. I use Startpage.com which is Dutch. Then you have Vinden.nl (also Dutch). The Germans have their new one: Ecosia and they have T-Online and Conduit. the French have their Orange and their Qwant, the Brits have Ask.com. It's just that Google is much bigger here.

[Nurzat]

I've been using Yandex too, for email and search, for a few years now, not to feed Google anymore with my search history

[ixulescu]

I've been using Yandex too, for email and search, for a few years now, not to feed Google anymore with my search history

Look for the North Korean search engine. It's the latest shit.

[The Lawspeaker]

And then you have the Swiss with Search.ch and SwissCows and the Czechs with their Seznam, the Austrians with Moose.at

[Salty Ears]

Google maps sucks in Russia, it could bring you to the death at the North Pole or just big waste of time and money

I've been using Yandex too, for email and search, for a few years now, not to feed Google anymore with my search history

For me better to search info in English with Google, Russian with Ya

[Thanas Django]

Yandex maps are the best, even Kazakhstan is diligently mapped out.