Changing address of Yandex's main page from yandex.ru to ya.ru will not lead to a decrease in the search engine's share of the Russian market, the company's press service said. Laconic ya.ru appeared in 2000 as an alternative to the updated interface of yandex.ru, the appearance of which caused controversy among users. That's when the "News" service appeared on the page, which has now been sold to VK. Minimalist version of Yandex had its own audience, but the site was not very popular.