September 5, 2011 at 14:01Runet Today, September 5, 2011. Experts: Nikolay Evdokimov, Anton Mazhirin
In the Finam FM studio - the founder of the Free-lance.ru portal Anton Mazhirin and the project manager of SeoPult Nikolay Evdokimov. Together with the host, Maxim Spiridonov, they discuss the financial results of Mail.ru Group for the first half of this year, the possible punishment of those responsible for the July leak of private information from online stores to search engines, the opening of a new business incubator in RuNet, and the launch of authorization in the services “ Yandex "through third-party sites, the slowdown in PayPal's entry into the Russian market and the prospects for the partial sale of SUP Media's business.
1. Holding Mail.ru Group published a preliminary financial report for the first half of 2011.According to the document, the total revenue of the group of companies for the specified period reached 228.2 million dollars. This is 66.3 percent more than the Mail.ru Group received in January-June 2010. The group’s net profit amounted to $ 85.6 million - 115.5 percent higher than last year. Among the achievements of the holding, successes in strategic areas of its business are highlighted: in communications, online games and social networks.
- What areas of business are really priority for Mail.ru Group?
- Nikolai Evdokimov: "The growth shown now could be realized due to the fact that certain items of expenditure were reduced, possibly to the detriment of some closed items of income."
- Anton Mazhirin: “Mail.ru Group is, in general, still DST. Do not confuse the successes of the Mail.ru portal with the successes of the Mail.ru Group. ”
- Will Mail.ru Group start selling shares in its assets?
2. Two administrative cases have been opened against owners of online stores who leaked personal data of buyers and indexed them by search engines in late July. In addition, as it was reported on the website of the Moscow City Prosecutor’s Office on September 1, “the submission was submitted to the Director General of a commercial organization selling goods through the Internet,” the Basmannaya inter-district prosecutor’s office. Recall that upon access of private information of citizens to open access, it was supposed to check more than 80 online stores.
- Will these cases have long-term consequences?
- Anton Mazhirin: “After this event, the situation will improve a bit. However, “Megaphone” was fined for something like that by some 30 thousand rubles. ”
- Practical advice to owners of online projects to maintain user privacy.
- Nikolai Evdokimov: “I recommend hiring a team of hackers at the beta stage who would break the system on order and write a report. I always do that. ”
3. Former top manager of Mail.ru Group, co-founder of Astrum Online Entertainment holding Igor Matsanyuk and head of the recruiting agency Pruffi Alena Vladimirskaya opened the Farminers business incubator.The structure is ready to allocate up to 150 thousand dollars in exchange for a 40 percent stake in the project for three to six-month prototyping of mass online services. Farminers wards are also offered an office with jobs and the assistance of industry experts. The founders of the incubator are interested in services that can claim leadership in their niche and enter the international market. The first round tables at which funding applicants will be given the opportunity to present their projects will be held on September 16 and 17.
- Do startups need “MacBooks”? What are their true needs?
- Nikolay Evdokimov: “I don’t remember a single Internet business that would shoot from an incubator.”
- Anton Mazhirin: “For people who have experience in launching startups, such incubators are supportive.”
- Will Farminers manage to establish a stable influx of quality projects?
4. Yandex has made possible the full-scale use of its services through accounts established on third-party resources. Now those who do not have an account on Yandex can log in to its subprojects through VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Facebook, Google, Mail.ru or Twitter. If the user is registered on Yandex, he has the right to link accounts on third-party sites to his profile.
- Is it worth seeing the step of Big Brother in this Yandex step?
- Anton Mazhirin: “Yandex has always admired me because it does not try to monopolize the functions it performs.”
- Nikolay Evdokimov: “Yandex does this to a greater extent in order to read the user's profile on Facebook. I would do it to target ads. ”
- Social search: the approach of Yandex and Google.
5. The administration of the PayPal payment system has denied the news of the appearance of the function of transferring payments to Russian users of its service. An error in the press release is called the reason for the spread of incorrect information. According to the official statement of the company, despite the interest in the Russian and Ukrainian markets, in September, it is not planned to start accepting funds through PayPal for citizens of these two countries.
- Why is PayPal slow?
- Nikolai Evdokimov: “The project may be initially unprofitable in Russia.”
- Anton Mazhirin: “PayPal was afraid of the criminal situation in Russia.”
- The law "On the national payment system": relief or a new headache for PayPal?
6. According to the newspaper Kommersant, entrepreneurs Alisher Usmanov and Alexander Mamut are exploring the possibility of selling part of their stake in SUP Media. She, in particular, owns such resources as LiveJournal, Championat.com, Gazeta.ru. According to Kommersant, negotiations on the prospect of such a deal were conducted with Yahoo! The entry of a new participant into the SUP Media business would be possible, in particular, through an additional issue, the newspaper writes with reference to a source surrounded by Alisher Usmanov.
- How did SUP become Russian and why can it be prepared for sale?
- Anton Mazhirin: “If they are going to sell LiveJournal to Yahoo!, then it will bend completely.”
- Nikolay Evdokimov: “SUP Media is still unprofitable. Its assets are growing slower than the market. ”
- Will Yahoo! in Russia?
1. Holding Mail.ru Group published a preliminary financial report for the first half of 2011.According to the document, the total revenue of the group of companies for the specified period reached 228.2 million dollars. This is 66.3 percent more than the Mail.ru Group received in January-June 2010. The group’s net profit amounted to $ 85.6 million - 115.5 percent higher than last year. Among the achievements of the holding, successes in strategic areas of its business are highlighted: in communications, online games and social networks.
- What areas of business are really priority for Mail.ru Group?
- Nikolai Evdokimov: "The growth shown now could be realized due to the fact that certain items of expenditure were reduced, possibly to the detriment of some closed items of income."
- Anton Mazhirin: “Mail.ru Group is, in general, still DST. Do not confuse the successes of the Mail.ru portal with the successes of the Mail.ru Group. ”
- Will Mail.ru Group start selling shares in its assets?
2. Two administrative cases have been opened against owners of online stores who leaked personal data of buyers and indexed them by search engines in late July. In addition, as it was reported on the website of the Moscow City Prosecutor’s Office on September 1, “the submission was submitted to the Director General of a commercial organization selling goods through the Internet,” the Basmannaya inter-district prosecutor’s office. Recall that upon access of private information of citizens to open access, it was supposed to check more than 80 online stores.
- Will these cases have long-term consequences?
- Anton Mazhirin: “After this event, the situation will improve a bit. However, “Megaphone” was fined for something like that by some 30 thousand rubles. ”
- Practical advice to owners of online projects to maintain user privacy.
- Nikolai Evdokimov: “I recommend hiring a team of hackers at the beta stage who would break the system on order and write a report. I always do that. ”
3. Former top manager of Mail.ru Group, co-founder of Astrum Online Entertainment holding Igor Matsanyuk and head of the recruiting agency Pruffi Alena Vladimirskaya opened the Farminers business incubator.The structure is ready to allocate up to 150 thousand dollars in exchange for a 40 percent stake in the project for three to six-month prototyping of mass online services. Farminers wards are also offered an office with jobs and the assistance of industry experts. The founders of the incubator are interested in services that can claim leadership in their niche and enter the international market. The first round tables at which funding applicants will be given the opportunity to present their projects will be held on September 16 and 17.
- Do startups need “MacBooks”? What are their true needs?
- Nikolay Evdokimov: “I don’t remember a single Internet business that would shoot from an incubator.”
- Anton Mazhirin: “For people who have experience in launching startups, such incubators are supportive.”
- Will Farminers manage to establish a stable influx of quality projects?
4. Yandex has made possible the full-scale use of its services through accounts established on third-party resources. Now those who do not have an account on Yandex can log in to its subprojects through VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Facebook, Google, Mail.ru or Twitter. If the user is registered on Yandex, he has the right to link accounts on third-party sites to his profile.
- Is it worth seeing the step of Big Brother in this Yandex step?
- Anton Mazhirin: “Yandex has always admired me because it does not try to monopolize the functions it performs.”
- Nikolay Evdokimov: “Yandex does this to a greater extent in order to read the user's profile on Facebook. I would do it to target ads. ”
- Social search: the approach of Yandex and Google.
5. The administration of the PayPal payment system has denied the news of the appearance of the function of transferring payments to Russian users of its service. An error in the press release is called the reason for the spread of incorrect information. According to the official statement of the company, despite the interest in the Russian and Ukrainian markets, in September, it is not planned to start accepting funds through PayPal for citizens of these two countries.
- Why is PayPal slow?
- Nikolai Evdokimov: “The project may be initially unprofitable in Russia.”
- Anton Mazhirin: “PayPal was afraid of the criminal situation in Russia.”
- The law "On the national payment system": relief or a new headache for PayPal?
6. According to the newspaper Kommersant, entrepreneurs Alisher Usmanov and Alexander Mamut are exploring the possibility of selling part of their stake in SUP Media. She, in particular, owns such resources as LiveJournal, Championat.com, Gazeta.ru. According to Kommersant, negotiations on the prospect of such a deal were conducted with Yahoo! The entry of a new participant into the SUP Media business would be possible, in particular, through an additional issue, the newspaper writes with reference to a source surrounded by Alisher Usmanov.
- How did SUP become Russian and why can it be prepared for sale?
- Anton Mazhirin: “If they are going to sell LiveJournal to Yahoo!, then it will bend completely.”
- Nikolay Evdokimov: “SUP Media is still unprofitable. Its assets are growing slower than the market. ”
- Will Yahoo! in Russia?
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