Site Ranking Report GCC Nov 2011

This month, we saw over 41 million unique browsers (UB) in the GCC States: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE. In the top ten best performing sites in GCC, leading website sabq.org grew by 6.8% compared to the previous month, recording over 5.5 million UBs in November. Soccer site, kooora.com maintained its position at number three with over 3.2 million UB, while local language news site alriyadh.com entered the top ten with 2.4 million UB. We present to you the top 100 best performing websites in GCC in this report. Use your access to Effective Measure to get the latest data on online traffic and your target audiences across the different website categories at login.effectivemeasure.com

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We released data reporting Apples significant market share in Middle East North Africa (MENA) during the month ending October 2011. The data showed that Apple mobile devices including iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch are used by 55.8 percent of the MENA e-mobile population. Check out our press release Good Apple: 55% of MENAs Internet Population Use Apple Mobile Devices attached in this document.

Top 100 Websites GCC Nov 2011

RANK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. WEBSITES sabq.org arabia.msn.com kooora.com hawaaworld.com Goal.com alriyadh.com alarabiya.net fashion.azyya.com adslgate.com gulfnews.com fatakat.com dubizzle.com okaz.com.sa bbc.com manoramaonline.com youm7.com jeeran.com Q8yat.com


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Press Release:

Good Apple: 55% of MENAs Internet Population Use Apple Mobile Devices
Apples iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch lead with majority market share
DUBAI, UAE, 12 December 2011 - Effective Measure, the leading provider of digital media planning solutions in emerging markets, today released data reporting Apples significant market share in Middle East North Africa (MENA) during the month ending October 2011. The data showed that Apple mobile devices including iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch are used by 55.8 percent of the MENA e-mobile population.

Apple MENA Market Share

7.3 million Internet users, attributing to 55.8 percent of the MENA e-mobile population, used leading Apple mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, in the month ending October 2011. Apple has the greatest market share in Saudi Arabia, used by 64.5 percent of the local e-mobile population. In Egypt, iPad scored the highest share with 28.7 percent of the local e-mobile population using the device.


Apple MENA Market Share Month Ending October 2011 Source: Effective Measure MENA Countries Saudi Arabia Lebanon Morocco Jordan Egypt UAE Apple Share (%) of e-Mobile Users per Country 64.5% 61.1% 59.4% 46.6% 44.0% 33.0% Top Apple Device and (%) Share of e-Mobile Population per Country iPhone 34.3% iPhone 29.9% iPhone 48.6% iPad 24.69% iPad 28.7% iPad 18.8%

Top Manufacturers of Mobile Devices

In the month ending October, 9.1 million e-mobile users, accounting for 69 percent of the MENA e-mobile population, used mobile devices manufactured by Apple, RIM and Nokia. Blackberry ranked third with a 7.6 percent share while Nokia rounded off the list with a 5.3 percent share.

Top Manufacturers of Mobile Devices in MENA Month Ending October 2011 Source: Effective Measure Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Manufacturer Apple Apple RIM Apple Nokia Type of Mobile Device iPhone iPad BlackBerry iPod Touch Smartphone Device Share (%) of eMobile Users 29.6% 24.1% 7.6% 2.0% 5.3%

Notes
Information generated for this document is based on Effective Measures mobile data on MENAs online population in the month ending October 2011. The MENA countries measured: GCC Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE Levant Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria North Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia

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