In Memoriam: Ilya Segalovich, Search Engine Pioneer, Leader & Visionary

Ilya Segalovich, co-founder of Yandex, Russia’s largest search engine, was disconnected from life support on July 27. During routine cancer treatment, he unexpectedly slipped into a coma earlier in the week from which he did not recover. I had the honor of knowing Ilya personally. In addition…

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RIP Ilya Segalovich, Yandex Co-Founder & CTO

Ilya Segalovich, Co-Founder & CTO of Russian search engine Yandex, has died suddenly at the age of 48. Segalovich had been responding well to cancer treatment before unexpectedly succumbing to complications early this morning, according to a statement released by the company. Segalovich…

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International Search Summit Keynote: Yandex Co-Founder & CTO Ilya Segalovich

Yandex is Russia’s leading search engine, besting even mighty Google in numbers of unique visitors in its home country. But did you know comScore also ranks it as the world’s fourth largest overall search engine, ahead of Bing in number of search requests processed? In part,…

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