Russian search engine provider Yandex has taken the wraps off its mobile search service, which is available to users via the WAP portal belonging to Russian mobile operator MTS. The latest version combines results from the Web and mobile Internet, and claims the IP to render all content correctly on mass market mobile phones. (Translated: No need for full-feature devices or smartphones; this service delivers search services for the masses.)

By Peggy Anne Salz

According to a rather vague press release: “The content of any online resource is correctly displayed on any mobile device featuring a browser: every web site retrieved by the search engine is automatically converted into the mobile format.”

Following a blueprint similar to Google, Yahoo and Microsoft – companies that are portal providers first and search engines second – Yandex also offers mobile email and two free mobile applications: Maps, a mobile navigation service; and Fotki, a mobile client application for uploading photos to the Yandex photo hosting service.

Peggy adds: This news leaves us with more questions than answers. Be sure that Yandex is an alternative search engine (”Alt”) high on the list of company profiles I plan to profile HERE and on our partner site, AltSearchEngines.

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