Aggressive Ad Formats in the Yandex Network: the CTR Trap
Why near-perfect CTR on some Yandex network placements signals accidental clicks, and how to find and cut them before they drain a mobile budget.
September 19, 2026 · 9 min read
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Yandex Ads
Yandex Direct for international companies: setup, costs, structure, what differs from Google Ads.
Broad Keyword Collection: Competitor Crawls and Planners
How to pull tens of thousands of Russian keywords from large competitor sites without losing half the demand, and what changes when the target is Yandex.
September 18, 2026 · 9 min read
What Your Bid Really Controls in Yandex Direct
Why a higher bid in Yandex Direct barely moves the click price, what the bid does control, and why CPC forecasts in a media plan mislead you.
September 18, 2026 · 9 min read
Maximize Conversions and the Missing Max CPC Cap
Why conversion-maximizing strategies take away the click price cap in Google Ads and Yandex Direct, and which limits keep lead economics under control.
September 17, 2026 · 10 min read
Yandex Direct Account Audit: the Technical Checklist
Five technical zones where a Yandex Direct budget leaks: auto settings, jumping metrics, search retargeting, weak comparisons and competitor data.
September 17, 2026 · 9 min read
Russian Keyword Research: Intent Beats Volume
Ten thousand keywords and no inquiries. Why match types protect you less than you think in Yandex, and how to group a keyword set by intent.
September 15, 2026 · 8 min read
Bids in Yandex Direct: the Auction and Conversion Forecast
Why a literal keyword match does not guarantee an impression, why autotargeting needs its own bid, how to price micro-conversions, when to split by city.
September 12, 2026 · 7 min read
Campaign Structure in Yandex Direct: Five Decisions
Why attributes belong in the campaign name, when short keywords need their own campaign, how Master campaigns starve neighbours, how to name groups by demand.
September 12, 2026 · 6 min read
Cleaning a Russian Keyword Set: Word Forms and Limits
Closing the synonym corridor before launch, fixing word forms instead of duplicating keywords, living inside the negative keyword limit.
September 12, 2026 · 8 min read
Cleaning Placements in the Yandex Ad Network
Why the network misses, how to build a placement whitelist from site metadata, what to exclude in advance, and how to size a retargeting audience.
September 12, 2026 · 7 min read
Click Fraud in the Yandex Advertising Network: 4 Scenarios
Expensive clicks with no leads, cheap leads that never answer, inflated search volume, aggressive mobile formats: how to spot each and what to do.
September 12, 2026 · 7 min read
How to Advertise on Yandex From Outside Russia: A 2026 Guide
What a foreign company needs to run Yandex Ads: the account, a Russian landing page, keywords in Russian, ad labeling, Metrica goals and a test budget.
September 12, 2026 · 8 min read
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