Rambler (portal)

Infobox_Company
company_name = Rambler Media Group
company_
company_type = Public (Aim|RMG)
foundation = Moscow, Russia
(1996)
location_city = 26 Leninskaya sloboda
Moscow
location_country = Russia
industry = Internet, Computer software
key_people = Mark Opzoomer, Chief Executive Officer
homepage = [http://www.rambler.ru/ www.rambler.ru]

Rambler ( _ru. Рамблер) is a Russian search engine and one of the biggest Russian web portals. It is owned by the Rambler Media Group, which belongs to Prof-Media since 2006.

Services offered by Rambler include web search, e-mail, media, 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:

*Lenta.ru - an on-line Russian language newspaper,
*Doktor.ru - providing health and medical advice,
*Mama.ru - parenting advice,
*Ferra.ru - information about computer equipment.

It has been online since 1996. In 2005 the Rambler Media Group become public, and in 2006 was bought by Prof-Media. [ [http://www.rambler.ru/db/press/msg.html?mid=9017070&s=260000269 "Проф-Медиа" приобретает 54.8% Rambler Media] , 2006-10-31]

On July 18 2008 it was announced that Google acquires Begun, part of Rambler Media and one of the biggest Russian context advertising service for $140 million. [citeweb|title=Google Press Center: Google To Acquire Russian Context Ads Service Begun|url=http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/20080718_begun.html|publisher=google.com|accessdate=2008-07-21]

Main competitors of Rambler on Russian market are Yandex and Mail.ru.

ee also

* List of search engines

External links

* [http://www.rambler.ru Official website]
* [http://mail.rambler.ru Rambler webmail service]
* [http://vision.rambler.ru Rambler video hosting]
* [http://www.ramblermedia.com/ Rambler Media corporate website]

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