Top 20 Websites in the UAE - Popular, best sites in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and United Arab Emirates (Middle East)
Published by Dubai Expat June 28th, 2007 in Living, Moving, News, People, Tourism, Uncategorized, Wacky, Work.TIME Magaznie recently released an article, titled “25 Sites We Can’t Live Without” - some obvious choices and great finds in there, no doubt, however again a little disappointing since some of the choices are very USA focused. The rest of the world seems to be on the backburner again… in response here is a list of Top 20 websites that are making waves in the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East, based on traffic and popularity:
Yahoo!
www.yahoo.com
According to web traffic analysis companies (including Alexa Internet and Netcraft), Yahoo! has been the most visited website on the Internet, with more than 412 million unique users. Yahoo provides a wide array of internet services that cater to most online activities. It operates the web portal http://www.yahoo.com which provides contents including the latest news, Yahoo Finance and gives users quick access to other Yahoo services like Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo Maps, Yahoo! Groups and Yahoo! Messenger. Over 50% of the users on network visit to use their Yahoo! email. View the complete list of products and services offered by Yahoo!
Traffic Rank: 1 | Sites that Link here: 76,894 | Speed: Average (2.2 seconds) | Online Since: 18-Jan-1995
Read the full Top 20 UAE (Middle East) Website list here
Note: This list is compiled based on Traffic patterns and don’t necessarily capture niche websites that are just cropping up in Dubai and the UAE. While we encourage comments and submissions related to these new sites, we also urge visitors to keep comments objective and tell us why certain websites should be considered, what their focus is and what sets them apart…SPAM and any comments with more than one web link will be deleted. Thank you for helping making this list a one-stop resource of best sites in the UAE.
Congratulations on covering the top websites in the UAE. I was a little surprised however to see that you did not include http://www.uaeinteract.com which ranks number 2 on Google, behind Wickipedia, under the search word ‘UAE’ and has been online since 1996. It contains over 100,000 archived articles on the UAE, searchable under key-words and by classified index, and is updated daily. It contains full text of books like the UAE Yearbook which we publish each year, and also The Emirates - A Natural History which provides a full account of the UAE’s natural world. It also includes films such as Creative Energy - Shaping the Emirates. I doubt whether any other site contains the wealth of information on the UAE that we have gathered on UAE Interact.
Google certainly agrees that it ranks as the top national website on the UAE.
In order to verify this, enter UAE on the Google search engine.
We are always looking for ways to improve the website and would be keen to hear from your own readers about this.
Meanwhile, I hope that you will take the time to check out
http://www.uaeinteract.com
Many thanks for your own excellent work.
Kind regards,
Peter Vine
I was very surprised that Dubai Lime isnt in there - I think its the only community website in Dubai in English Language with decent content! I am on it at least three times a day and get the podcast and video updates. My honest suggestion is to check it out and spend some time to get around it. The navigation isnt great but the content is amazing and all Dubai Relevant. More impressive is that they run it as a not for profit company - so they dont choke you with any of the advertising crap you get on other sites. Honestly I think this is the best site in Dubai - I really rate it a lot. I think it has not been reviewed because its very new - like only a month old or something. Anyway I would most certainly suggest you spend 30 minutes having a good old dig around. I would like to see it reviewed on the next feature.
A great source for Music in Dubai and Ar, Culture community etc its http://www.dubailime.com
A new Dubai fan site cum blog called “Dubai for Life” has made its debut and aims to feature the best picks and fun content from the dynamic and fast-changing city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Check it out at http://www.dubaiforlife.com