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Russia’s Yandex reports full-year revenue jump, spinoff in focus

Russia’s Yandex reports full-year revenue jump, spinoff in focus

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian search engine giant Yandex on Thursday reported a 53% jump in full-year revenue to 800.1 billion roubles ($8.72 billion), driven by organic growth across the business, from search and advertising to e-commerce and ride-hailing. Yandex’s Nasdaq-listed and Dutch-registered parent, Yandex NV, last week agreed to spin off some assets in a cash and shares deal worth $5.2 billion, a far cry from the company’s value before Moscow sent its army into Ukraine in February… Source link

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Google revamps SEO Starter Guide to focus on a starter audience

Google revamps SEO Starter Guide to focus on a starter audience

Google today released the third iteration of its SEO starter guide. This version is about half the size of the second version and is primarily written for people who are SEO newbies. Google’s SEO Starter Guide was originally released in 2008 as a PDF version. It was last updated in 2017. What changed. Google announced that the new version is “pocket-sized version of the SEO Starter Guide.” Google also said… Source link

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Google slashes over 1,000 jobs to focus on AI amid competition with Microsoft, OpenAI

Google slashes over 1,000 jobs to focus on AI amid competition with Microsoft, OpenAI

“Throughout the second half of 2023, a number of our teams made changes to become more efficient and work better, and to align their resources to their biggest product priorities,” a spokesperson for the Mountain View, California-based company said in a statement. “Some teams are continuing to make these kinds of organisational changes, which include some role eliminations globally.” Alphabet shares were little changed on Thursday, closing at US$142.08 in New York. A statue of the… Source link

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Google parent to lay off 12,000 workers as AI focus intensifies

Google parent to lay off 12,000 workers as AI focus intensifies

By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Google’s parent Alphabet Inc is cutting about 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, it said in a staff memo Friday, as the technology sector reels from layoffs and companies stake their futures on artificial intelligence (AI). Alphabet’s shares were up nearly 4% in morning trade. The cuts come at a delicate moment for the U.S. company, which has long been the leader in key areas of AI research. Alphabet now faces a challenge from Microsoft Corp in a branch of tech… Source link

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