Top 10 Russian language websites

What are the Russians surfing? I think what people are surfing in a language reflects the collective unconsciousness of the people speaking the language.  Sometimes they similar to English language Internet surfers and sometimes they are not. 

Here are the top 10 Russian language websites.

1. mail.ru  Russian language mail server and news portal like Yahoo with a very active Russian dating site
2. Vkontakte.ru  Russian language Linkin for making contacts
3. odnoklassniki.ru Russian language Facebook, Classmate reunite
4. yandex.ru Another Russian language mail, dating and news portal
5. rambler.ru same as above, Russian dating, news and mail
6. google.ru Search Russian language pages
7. ucoz.ru Russian CMS or content management system for making your own blogs and sites, highly recommended.
8. narod.ru Russian Russian language myspace type site, you can have your own site and connect with others
9. zaycev.net Russian language flicker or image site
10.liveinternet.ru Russian language stumbleupon that is member driven site ratings

Conclusions about the Russian language Internet

Based on what I have seen on the Russian language Internet and from what you can see above, the most popular Russian language websites are similar to Western Internet pages; however, I think they like general ‘do it all’ websites that have Russian news, dating and mail portals more than specializes sites. Russian language users like sites that give them power to rate popular Internet sites (like our Stumbleupon). Further, more things are free on the Russian language Internet, as Russians will not pay for such things as Russian dating or even a lot of software. So if you can browse the Russian language Internet and you will find a lot of things for free that we pay for in the west.

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