Tuesday 21 July 2009

Facts show Twitter yet to lure Middle East users

Which website has been the focus of more than 100 stories in the UAE’s English-language media in the past 12 months?

It isn’t Ikbis, the Jordanian video-sharing site that dishes up nine million videos to Middle-Eastern viewers every month. And it is not Darrb, the brainchild of an Emirati entrepreneur, which could shake up the logistics industry as Craigslist has done to classified advertising.

It is instead the mini-blogging site Twitter, which according to figures released yesterday has almost 5,000 UAE users. That is not a typing error; no missing zeros. The most promoted website in the country has as many customers as the average corner store.

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