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Yandex, the fourth-ranked search engine by volume, purportedly employs several ex-Google employees. Yandex tracks many of Google’s ranking factors, identifiable in its code, and competes heavily with Google. Google’s Russian division recently filed for bankruptcy after losing its bank accounts and payment services. Buraks notes that the first factor in Yandex’s list of ranking factors is “PAGE_RANK,” which is seemingly tied to the foundational algorithm created by Google’s co-founders.
As detailed by Buraks (in two threads), Yandex’s engine favors pages that: – Aren’t too old – Have a lot of organic traffic (unique visitors) and less search-driven traffic – Have fewer numbers and slashes in their URL – Have optimized code rather than “hard pessimization,” with a “PR=0” – Are hosted on reliable servers – Happen to be Wikipedia pages or are linked from Wikipedia – Are hosted or linked from higher-level pages on a domain – Have keywords in their URL (up to three)
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BRITAIN has yet to rule out giving Ukraine Harpoon cruise missiles — which can hit targets deeper inside Russia.
Hundreds of the weapons, due to be retired by the Royal Navy this year, are up for grabs.
The UK’s Harpoon cruise missiles have a maximum range of 240km – six times further than the most powerful GMLRS rockets supplied by Britain so far.
They could target launch sites Russia uses to hit Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
Defence Minister Baroness Goldie said: “The UK has not ruled out the possibility of providing longer range weapons to counter Russia’s indiscriminate mass targeting of civilian infrastructure.”
She insisted UK weapons were used “in accordance with international humanitarian law”.
Baroness Goldie added: “We liaise on a daily basis with the Ukrainian Government, and they are clear that equipment provided by the UK is intended for the defence of Ukraine.”
The UK has led the way with a promise of 14 Challenger 2 tanks on top of thousands of anti-tank, anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles.
A defence source said could donate Harpoons or buy in missiles from third countries.
Ex-PM Boris Johnson last night said the West should provide longer-range aircraft.