CAIRO: Maktoob.com received a total of 9.6 million unique users, visiting over 224 million web pages, in April 2008, making it one of the most visited websites in the Arab world, the company said in a press statement.
This second audit of Maktoob’s internet audience was conducted by UK-based ABC Electronic.
Maktoob’s first audit in June 2007 found 6,969,475 unique users visited the website that month.
The audit for April 2008 confirmed that a total of 9,589,292 unique users visited the site, with a daily average of 7.5 million page views, showing an increase of close to 40 percent in its monthly audience from the previous year.
ABC Electronic independently verifies and reports on media performance.
“We are proud to continue being the most popular web portal in the Middle East, the world’s fastest growing internet market, said Ahmed Nassef, vice president of the Maktoob Group and general manager of Maktoob.com.
“We constantly strive to provide our growing audience of millions with world-class Arabic-language content and the latest in social media and online community tools. This latest audit confirms that we are on the right track, he added.
