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Beginning in 2001, Yandex conducted regular Internet search algorithm contests under the name of the "Yandex Cup", attracting thousands of participants and awarding prizes. Yandex kept the value of the grand prizes relatively small in order to emphasize that the purpose of the competitions was to bring together gifted, enthusiastic competitors. The ninth and last competition was held in 2009.
On July 6, 2006, Yandex and the BBC simultaneously hosted a webcast which used viewers' questions to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin. Yandex and the BBC dealt with the Russian-language and the English-language questions respectively. Yandex was represented by Aleksandr Gurnov, a famous Russian journalist and celebrity.
Yandex also offers photo-sharing and professional networking features similar to Flickr and LinkedIn.
In 2007 Yandex launched Local Network Program; by renting dedicated channels, Yandex became a local resource for most of the Russian Web users. By December 2008 Yandex had a local presence in every federal district in Russia.
From September 16, 2008 to September 16, 2010 Yandex was one of two official ICQ distributors in Russia.
Yandex subsidiary Yandex.Money is an e-commerce payment system.
In Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and subsequent versions Yandex is the default search engine for Russian-language builds rather than the previous default (Google). Yandex also distributes customized releases of Opera, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome browsers, which include the Yandex.Bar add-on and other modifications catering to the Russian-speaking audience. Yandex has since released its own browser based on the Chromium open source project.
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