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* Russia: [[Yandex]] is the leading search engine in Russia. As of December 2023, it accounted for at least 63.8% of the market share.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Most popular search engines in Russia 2023 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1094920/leading-search-engines-by-visits-share-russia/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Statista |language=en}}</ref>
 
=== The evolution of internationalMultilingual SEO ===
By the early 2000s, businesses recognized that the web and search engines could help them reach global audiences. As a result, the need for multilingual SEO emerged.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Arora |first1=Sanjog |last2=Hemrajani |first2=Naveen |date=September 2023 |title=A REVIEW ON: MULTILINGUAL SEARCH TECHNIQUE |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382274152 |journal=International Journal of Applied Engineering & Technology |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=760–770 |via=ResearchGate}}</ref> In the early years of international SEO development, simple translation was seen as sufficient. However, over time, it became clear that localization and transcreation—adapting content to local language, culture, and emotional resonance—were far more effective than basic translation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SEO Starter Guide: The Basics {{!}} Google Search Central {{!}} Documentation |url=https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/seo-starter-guide |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=Google for Developers |language=en}}</ref>
 
== Legal precedents ==