Yandex announced a test of the next update of the algorithm - Arzamas 1.2

Significant was the fact that in the first Arzamas a large part of Russia saw, according to geo-dependent queries, the sites of its region, but the division of requests into geo-dependent and geo-independent was officially seen only in Arzamas 1.2.
The idea of ​​Arzamas is, in general, transparent, why should a Moscow taxi resident by the same name request ...
The improved algorithm of geo-classification of queries is intended to eliminate errors and supplement the already formed query database with geo-binding with new data.
Quotation of Yandex.Soids: It is worth noting that in Arzamas 1.2 the ranking for geo-independent queries within Russia is the same for all users, and for geo-dependent — it differs only for Moscow, St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg.
The division of requests into geo-dependent and geo-independent is available at buki.yandex.ru .
As always, there were many oddities with the definition of the type of request.
The situation with brands is curious - the query “Samsung”, “IBM”, “Apple” is geo-dependent, while “Sony Ericsson”, “Google” are geo-independent.
A similar and incomprehensible situation with requests for pipes - “polymer pipes” - a geo-independent request,
“Plastic pipes” is a geo-dependent query.
Update: Now a beautiful stub flaunts on Yandex beeches: The beta version of the search is closed
Thank you for testing "Arzamas 1.2". We tried to analyze all your feedback. We announce the launch of the search engine for the Arzamas 1.2 version via the webmaster.ya.ru blog .

Igor Kozlov