Yandex
The Russian answer to Google, Yandex is the largest technology company in Russia and offers a search engine, email, and a number of other web services. Unfortunately, the company is alleged to have just suffered a major data breach that researchers say revealed the search engine’s ranking factors, providing insights into how information is prioritized by its algorithm. Before that, Yandex was thought of quite highly by some, and it was a popular search engine in a number of different countries, not just Russia.
Rating: Currently the best search engine if you want to understand how it works—since its source code is now all over the internet. Otherwise, a decent way to surf, albeit one in which you’ll have pretty much no privacy.
