What will break on the site because of Yandex, VK, Odnoklassniki

After blocking a number of Russian IT products on all sites that use scripts of prohibited resources, there are big problems with displaying content for users from Ukraine. You may not have noticed it, but it is.

If a regular user of ua-neta only needs to connect a VPN to visit blocked sites. That will not be enough for the owners of online stores.

We have compiled a selection of common problems and solutions. We do not undertake to assert that the information is exhaustive, because sanctions have just begun to be implemented, but it can be useful if:

• you have a website operating in Ukraine or aimed at a Ukrainian audience;
• your job is or directly depends on the stable operation of such a site.

We advise you to go through the described points and make sure that everything is in order, or urgently fix it :)

Yandex and its services that stopped working

The consequences of the "non-work" of derivatives of the Russian search engine on Ukrainian sites are very diverse. They range from quite harmless to relatively serious.

Login to the site via Yandex

So, for example, the link to authorization in your personal account simply will not open in the browser and will give an error like this:

How to solve?

Offer visitors an alternative, such as logging in through accessible email services like Gmail or the large Ukrainian I.ua. Notify customers registered under a Yandex account in advance. Remove this method from the list of options.

Captcha

Shows no value in the field. There is a risk of causing confusion and distrust in the user, especially when the situation is repeated during the update.

How to solve?

If it is associated with some important sending of data on the site, so as not to lose customers, replace the captcha. The one- stop-shop is Google's reCAPTCHA. Usually there are special adapted modules for CMS. Contact your developer and order a unique self-written captcha. Or completely abandon it in favor of other methods of protection.

Site search

This element is simply not displayed on the page. In the case of the screenshot, there was a main search on the site, and Yandex was used as an additional one. If you do not have an alternative mechanism, visitors will experience the inconvenience of using the site and may leave it.

How to solve?

It's simple: out of two searches on the site, leave one working, if only Yandex is there, then demolish it. By analogy with captcha, you can replace it with Google search, a popular module for your engine, and make your own.

Yandex maps

The situation with the cards is already a little more complicated. In principle, it is not much different from the previous one, but a delay in page loading is also added. This is especially noticeable when entering from mobile devices.

How to solve?

At the moment, there is no shortage of maps in the API. So connect your favorite Google Maps , a popular platform like 2GIS, or experiment with Ukrainian services: META Maps, Visicom and others.

Metrics

The most tangible problem with Yandex today. Here, how lucky - the site can either take a very long time to load, or not load at all. The screenshot shows the time it takes for Metrica scripts. And it is a couple of times higher than the average download rate for an average online store. Nevertheless, Yandex requests are so gluttonous that they took 80% (!) Of the site loading time, largely due to redirects.

How to solve?

This is fixable and done quite simply - by replacing the source in the script with a CDN:

https://mc.yandex.ru/metrika/watch.js at https://d31j93rd8oukbv.cloudfront.net/metrika/watch_ua.js .

Of course, in numbers, you will need to focus on Analytics or other lesser-known tools, for the time being to discard geography altogether, but Webvisor, Form Analytics, Clickmap can still be trusted.

What does not work from Mail.Ru Group

There is nothing fundamentally different from the problems with Yandex scripts: the same connection errors, load sags, and the absence of visual elements on the page.

Authorization via Mail.Ru, VK and OK

No surprises. The same inaccessible page. It is not good to leave even a small part of users behind board; you need to provide them with access to your personal account.

How to solve?

Correction methods, accordingly, also remain the same - remove or change to other postal services / social networks. For example, Facebook , where the Ukrainian audience is actively moving (already> 8 million). It is well suited for communicating with customers, and for advertising and for sales.

All elements of social activity:

• group widgets, where photos and number of participants are pulled;
• like and share buttons;
• comments on VKontakte and Odnoklassniki.

For a Ukrainian user, all this is missing on the page. There are a bunch of script errors for the browser.

How to solve?

Sergey Koksharov (Devaka) on his Telegram channel proposes to replace pp. 1 and 2 on the site with links and track activity on them. This is a great way out.

The comments plugin can be connected to Facebook or the same Disqus , which is now installed on most sites.

Top Mail.ru counter and ad pixels

The statistics button is not loaded like a normal picture to which the wrong path is specified. As you can see, this is typical of Yandex informers in the current situation.

The scripts of retargeting pixels on VKontakte and Target Mail.ru give errors.

How to solve?

If participation in such ratings is fundamentally important to you or gives any positive result, replace buttons with images and links. Otherwise, they can be removed. Create a form for advertisers and provide analytics data upon request.

Delete pixels. If not already, try Pixel Facebook .

To summarize: what to do and how the ban on Russian services will affect your website

If the Ukrainian segment of the Internet is not the target for you, no way. If you work for the audience of Ukraine, then:

• go through your site as a user, see what's left of the above and the like;
• open the console in a browser, check errors and their sources;
• See the full list of Denied and make sure you are not using the Blocked Resources API.
• most scripts can be removed by yourself with basic layout or programming skills. Make a backup beforehand;
• but it is safer to turn to professionals in order not to miss anything and correct the defects correctly. OkayCMS technical support specialists are ready to provide assistance in full and as quickly as possible;
• don't forget to update your contacts.

We've covered the most common implications for average websites: services, content, e-commerce. By analogy, you can solve problems with other widgets, services and software - use Google products, paid third-party solutions or developing Ukrainian ones. One could worry about 1C updates, but the company assures that everything works stably . It is a little more difficult for the owners of specific online services, whose work is completely tied to the use of sanctioned products. You will have to put up with it and lose some of the functionality or completely focus on another PS.

As for the promotion, blocking will affect it rather indirectly. Of course, if the site is technically bad, then broken scripts will be thrown into the general piggy bank. They will have the greatest impact on load times, usability and, consequently, behavioral factors.

So get to work! And in the comments, share what you encountered. We will consider interesting cases and supplement our selection.