Belarus - Respublika Belarus

6 directories

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Belarus - Respublika Belarus
Fact sheet [odci.gov]
Domain(s): by
Online population: 10.000 0,1% (July 2000)
Native language(s): Byelorussian, Russian
Understanding of English: Low
Hosts in domain: 2.800 (1Q/2001)
Pages in language: 10.000 (1Q/2001) (Russian used over Ukrainian)
Pages in domain: 260.000 (1Q/2001)
Local presence required for domain registration: Yes
Multiple domains allowed: No
Professional help: See bottom of page

Known general search engines:

All.by [all.by]
Language interface: Byelorussian Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: ? Local domain(s) only: ? Search technology: ? Meta description used in search replies: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: ? Keyword in description: ? Keyword in meta keywords: ? Keyword in header: ? Keyword in 1st paragraph: ? Other: ?

Known general directories:

A to Z [unclesam.hypermart.net]
Language interface: Russian Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: ? Local domain(s) only: ? No. of categories allowed per site: ? Search method: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: ? Keyword in description: ? Other: ?

Interesting Sites [ac.by]
Language interface: English, Russian, Belarussian Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: ? Local domain(s) only: ? No. of categories allowed per site: ? Search method: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: ? Keyword in description: ? Other: ?

International Business Resources [gis.minsk.by]
Language interface: English Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: ? Local domain(s) only: ? No. of categories allowed per site: ? Search method: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: ? Keyword in description: ? Other: ?

Open [09.open.by]
Language interface: Russian Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: ? Local domain(s) only: ? No. of categories allowed per site: ? Search method: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: ? Keyword in description: ? Other: ?

Search Unibel [search.unibel.by]
Language interface: Russian Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: ? Local domain(s) only: ? No. of categories allowed per site: ? Search method: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: ? Keyword in description: ? Other: ?

ZUBR [zubr.com]
Language interface: English, German, French, Spanish, Belarussian. Traffic volume: ? Local language(s) required: ? Local domain(s) only: ? No. of categories allowed per site: ? Search method: ?
Things that help ranking: Local language: ? Local domain: ? Keyword in URL: ? Keyword in title: ? Keyword in description: ? Other: ?

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Updated 23 April, 2001

Edited by: rencke

[Urus_Hyby]

the only good-working belarussian search engine is www.all.by
It includes sites in .by area and sites which are about Belarus, or related to the country. And most sites by belarussian webmasters.

The directory with the largest number of sites is Akavita: www.akavita.kryvia.net

The terms of getting in it are the same.
WWW.zubr.com is another one so-so...
all others directories mentioned at [webmasterworld.com...] are sucks.

what about their properities?
all of them are hand-moderated and I don't think that the only SE (www.all.by) has a spider, persumably it uses for search only the words entered at the time of submission and the description entered manually..(

tha traffic is so low, that even mentioning it will make you laugh.(

[rencke]

Thank you Urus_Hyby. Thanks to you Belarus is no longer a completely white spot on the map anymore. I will update the main entry for your country with your information tomorrow.

It occurs to me, that with an online population of 10.000 and just over 1.000 hosts, there is actually shareware available complete with spider, that would create an index of all pages in .by. Perl based software of this kind would be a bit slow, but reliable and fully functional. Perhaps that is what all.by is using. I just tried it and it looks nice, with a search box and a directory. The speed was not that bad. I would put it down to telecommunications, rather than software.

[rencke]

The Belarus overview has now been updated with new statistics per April 2001.