Rambler (portal)
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| Private | |
| Industry | Internet, Computer software |
| Founded | 1996 Moscow, Russia |
| Headquarters | Varshavskoe shosse, 9 Moscow, Russia |
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Key people
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Dmitry Kryukov, creator Olga Turischeva, Chief Executive Officer |
| Website | http://www.rambler.ru/ |
Rambler (Russian: Рамблер) is a Russian search engine and one of the biggest Russian web portals. It is owned by the Rambler Media Group and Prof-Media since 2006. It was launched in 1996 by Sergey Lysakov and Dmitry Kryukov [1] as a website for Russian speakers.
History
Rambler has been online since 1996. In 2005 the Rambler Media Group went public, and was bought by Prof-Media in 2006.[2]
On July 18, 2008 it was announced that Google had acquired Begun, part of Rambler Media and one of the biggest Russian contextual advertising services for $140 million, but the deal has been rejected by Russian antitrust authorities.[3][4]
The main competitors of Rambler in the Russian market are Yandex and Mail.ru.
In 2015, Rambler was reported by Securitylab.ru as having the most secure encryption of commonly available Russian email providers following a test with ImmuniWeb.[5]
Services
Services offered by Rambler include web search, e-mail, news aggregation, e-commerce and other services to the Russian-speaking community globally. It is complemented by a number of other Rambler Media Group owned web properties including:
- Lenta.ru: online Russian language newspaper
- Doktor.ru: health and medical advice
- Mama.ru: parenting advice
- Ferra.ru: information about computer equipment
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