Rambler (russian: Рамблер) is a Russian
search engine
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and one of the biggest Russian
web portals, owned by the Rambler Media Group. The site was launched in 1996 by Stack Ltd, went public in 2005, was acquired by
Prof-Media
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Origins
The compan ...
in 2006, and has since been acquired by Russian government bank
Sberbank.
History
Rambler has been online since 1996. In 2005 the Rambler Media Group went public, and was bought by Prof-Media in 2006.
On July 18, 2008 it was announced that
Google was to acquire Begun, part of Rambler Media and one of the biggest Russian
contextual advertising services for $140 million, but the deal was blocked by Russian
Federal Antimonopoly Service.
The main competitors of Rambler in the Russian market are
Yandex and
Mail.ru. As of July 2013, Rambler ranked 11th in popularity among Russian sites.
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- Alexa
In September 2016 it was reported that the site was breached in February 2012.
LeakedSource received a dump of the user database at the time that included usernames, passwords, and ICQ instant messaging accounts for over 98 million users. It was revealed that the Rambler.ru database stored user passwords in
plaintext — meaning that whoever breached the database instantly had access to the e-mail accounts of all of its users.
In April 2019,
Sberbank, the Kremlin’s largest lender, took a stake in Rambler Media Group, in a deal organised by Russian oligarch
Alexander Mamut. In October 2020, Sber, the non-banking wing of Sberbank took full control of the group when it acquired Mamut's 45% stake.
Services
Services offered by Rambler include web search,
e-mail,
news aggregation
In computing, a news aggregator, also termed a feed aggregator, feed reader, news reader, RSS reader or simply an aggregator, is client software or a web application that aggregates syndicated web content such as online newspapers, blogs, podc ...
,
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:
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Lenta.ru: online Russian language newspaper
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Gazeta.ru: online Russian language newspaper
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Doktor.ru: health and medical advice
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Mama.ru: parenting advice
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Ferra.ru: information about computer equipment
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rns.online: news aggregation
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eda.ru: culinary recipes
See also
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List of search engines
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Igor Ashmanov
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Anton Nossik
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References
External links
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Internet search engines
1996 establishments in Russia
Internet properties established in 1996
Web portals
Companies based in Moscow
Web service providers
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