In the Russian ICQ will no longer be advertising

The company Mail.Ru Group reported a failure displaying advertisements in messenger ICQ, which is more than 13 years show users in Russia and CIS.

As the company claims, banner ads in ICQ appeared in 1999. After the transfer the ownership of messenger Mail.Ru Group began a gradual process to remove him from advertising. In May 2011 the banner was removed from the contact list, and in the dialog box was only visible in a window is minimized to the minimum size.

The final rejection of advertising in Russia and the CIS is a logical continuation of the development of IM-unit, one of the most important areas for the company. Both messenger belonging Mail.Ru Group, ICQ and Mail.Ru Agent, are combined in a single direction - Instant Messaging. Head of IM-unit is Igor Ermakov.