OREANDA-NEWS. On 02 July 2009 was announced, that Sibnet.ru, the content-portal of Sibirtelecom OJSC, has turned two years on June 21, 2009. In these two years Sibnet.ru has become one of the leaders among regional portals (All-Russian rating). Today Sibnet.ru ranks third among regional portals in Russia and the second position in Siberia according to the traffic. 

The second year is characterized as the period of active growth for Sibnet.ru. From June 2008 the portal’s auditorium has increased threefold and made up 58.1 thousand unique visitors per day.  According to statistics, some 851 thousand unique Internet-users attend the site monthly. By launching this project Sibirtelecom pursued the following objects: attraction of broadband Internet-access subscribers and creation of information space of Siberian scale that were successfully realized. Broadband Internet-access users of the Siberian Federal District are the main audience of the Sibnet.ru portal.   

Today Sibnet.ru portal provides some 35 services for various target groups. Keen interest from the part of the users is paid to “Forum”, “News”, “Acquaintances”, “Games”, video-hosting and resources about entertainment. A wide range of Sibnet.ru services and completion of construction of multiservice network in the beginning of 2009 makes it possible for Sibirtelecom OJSC to reduce expenses of internet-provider for trunk traffic, to further develop flexible traffic policy and raise loyalty of users with respect to services rendered by the Company.   

In September 2008 Sibnet.ru entered the market of internet-advertising. Efficient indices of the audience and vast geography of the portal in addition to a specially adapted ad management system make it possible to effectively carry out advertising campaigns in the Internet throughout Siberia. 

Further plans of Sibnet.ru portal development provide for upgrading of the existing services – improvement of the design, perfection of the interface, speed and operating stability boost. Development of interaction with the content right holders is one of the priority-driven aspects in the portal.