Comments on: Firefox Drops Google in Russia

By: zooted

zooted — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:51:51 +0000

Good story. I tossed this article on my Twitter.
Nice read :)

By: translations

translations — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:55:20 +0000

well, the thing is that it is true in Russia they use more Yandex…

By: VodkaFish

VodkaFish — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:20:50 +0000

While it’s fun to speculate about the strained relationship Mozilla has with Google, it’s probably more about money. Mozilla gets a cut of ad revenue from searches with Google. Mozilla must have struck a similar, and possibly more lucrative deal with Yandex. Money’s just more powerful than spite.

By: Josh Catone

Josh Catone — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:03:31 +0000

@pixeline: As just about everywhere else in the world — yep. But Opera also has a huge user base in Russia. Check out the LiveInternet.ru stats here: http://www.liveinternet.ru/stat/ru/browsers.html?period=month

By: pixeline

pixeline — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:44:54 +0000

so, what’s the main browser used in russia? Internet Explorer?