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Every event in your hands: data on app conversions are now in Yandex.Direct

Track user actions after ad clicks in all channels and set up retargeting for in-app events.

December 27, 2021
Target Yandex.Direct ads at high-quality calls

Customer calls are key indicators of ad performance. However, in all the data collected, businesses often find many irrelevant calls made by spammers, wrong numbers, and so on.

August 6, 2021
Pay per conversion now available in the “Target cost revenue ratio” strategy

Pay a fixed percentage from your conversion revenue

We launched a new strategy at the start of June 2021, but we couldn't stop there. Now, the pay per conversion feature is available in another strategy: “Target cost revenue ratio”

July 22, 2021
Make any clickable element into a Yandex.Metrica goal, without developers or complicated settings

Yandex.Metrica now features a new goal type of goal: "Button click." You can use it to quickly make a goal out of any clickable element on your site, without needing the help of developers.

June 23, 2021
More space for your highlights: ad titles increased to 56 characters

Starting June 17, Yandex.Direct is expanding the character limit for main ad titles: it can now include up to 56 characters with punctuation marks.

June 18, 2021
Set targets for your cost revenue ratio and keep your ad investments under control

Yandex.Direct now offers a new strategy to help you better manage ad investments.

June 11, 2021
Promoting Luxury brands in the Russian market

Stereotypes abound concerning the luxury fashion industry — some of them based on facts and others, less so. Ideas about the industry's stability — the perception that those who previously bought luxury fashion products will continue to do so, seemingly impervious to larger economic trends — can be observed. As a heavyweight industry with deep pockets and a stable customer segment, it is known to be able to navigate tough waters and survive crises better than many other industries.

Another common perception of the luxury fashion industry is its conservatism, which keeps it from accepting the changes sweeping through and reshaping other industries. A prime example is online shopping. For years, we have heard that luxury fashion companies are unwilling to make the transition to online sales, and why should they? This perception is increasingly looking out of date, and big changes take place in the industry. In this article, we'll look at these changes internationally, zoom in on Russia and then look at how Yandex.Direct can help promote luxury brands on the Russian market.

April 15, 2021
Attribution models in Yandex.Metrica and Yandex.Direct: How they work

The attribution models currently available in Report Wizard in Yandex.Direct are first click, last click, and last non-direct click. Since they differ from the attribution models in Yandex.Metrica, this article will look at how statistics are calculated using attribution models, how the logic in Yandex.Direct differs and how the differences affect report data.

April 12, 2021
Relevance over bids: New approach to keywords simplifies setup and increases accuracy

When selecting keywords and search ads, Yandex.Direct now pays greater attention to the relevance of the keyword to the user's query, instead of its bid. This means that advertisers can get clicks for keywords that are closer semantically to user queries (and hence are often cheaper). Overlapping keywords in campaigns will be removed automatically.

April 6, 2021
New Strategy to Manage Average CPV in Open Beta

Thanks to the new Optimize views strategy, now available to all advertisers in their accounts in Yandex.Direct, it's now possible to manage cost per view in video display campaigns in Yandex.Direct.

March 18, 2021
Simplified Settings in Yandex.Direct

You may have noticed a change in the Yandex.Direct strategy section: a new mode with basic strategy settings and a switch to return to the usual full settings.

March 16, 2021
Taking your gaming app onto the Russian market

2020 saw all sorts of new challenges for many industries across Russia, while others seemed perfectly poised to take advantage of the exceptional conditions. One such example is the mobile gaming industry. Its lack of physical presence combined with the time spent on mobile devices (which had been increasing even before the onset of the pandemic) created a real perfect storm...in favor of mobile gaming. In this article, we'll take a look at the facts and figures surrounding the booming Russian market for gaming apps, and then look at how app owners and developers can promote their own products to Russian users.

February 9, 2021
Flexible settings for YAN sites return to Yandex.Direct

Starting February 10, advertisers will have the option of disabling ad impressions on all sites except the Yandex Home page.

February 3, 2021
Trends in Russian Е-commerce

Every year, Yandex.Market and GfK Rus conduct an analysis of Russian audiences of online stores. This  research helps answer questions about the share of Russians who shop online, their frequency, motivators and deterrents to online shopping, payment and delivery options and more. Most of the observations apply not just for Russia as a whole, but for some of its major cities as well.

January 25, 2021
Targeting by genre and subject: A new impression criteria for display advertising in Yandex.Direct

You can now find the right audience for your display ads in more ways than just user profile or keywords. This new targeting type helps you promote your products by focusing on the subject of video content or the pages that users view.

December 15, 2020
It’s that time of year again: Setting up holiday campaigns in Yandex.Direct

This winter, people across the English-speaking world are likely to be hearing the song “It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” more and more, but in Russia, it's all about New Year's Eve. In this article, we'll explain what else you need to know about advertising with Yandex.Direct during the holiday season and how to grab users' attention as they plan their holiday purchases.

December 7, 2020
Checklist for CPM video ads in Yandex.Direct

In this article, we'll look at when to use CPM video ads, how to set them up for maximum effectiveness, and which indicators to use as your performance benchmarks. We have also put together a checklist with the most important tips for managing CPM videos.

November 30, 2020
Yandex.Metrica made easier: Set important goals without developers

Tracking important user actions on your site usually involves the help of developers. Even to set up a goal for users clicking a certain button, you need to edit the corresponding page's code. Not every site owner or marketing expert has the programming skills needed to make such changes, or the funds to hire someone to make them. Even if a company has an in-house developer, they are not always available to help set up goals at a moment's notice.

October 28, 2020
Comparing ad effectiveness with the new cost and ROI report in Yandex.Metrica

Yandex.Metrica now features a new report that makes it possible to compare the performance of different advertising channels. In this article, we'll tell you how to assess ROI with this new report that offers detailed information right down to the keyword level.

September 14, 2020
Free analytics in Yandex.Direct show which ads brought customer calls

We have started testing call analytics in Yandex.Direct, which will allow advertisers to get detailed statistics on the campaigns, ads, or keywords that brought customer calls. Collecting these statistics will be possible by using a call tracking analytics number, which you can enable right in the Yandex.Direct interface.

September 11, 2020
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