Ayna.com Soars to the Top 1000 websites in the World

Alexa’s May report of the top 1000 most popular websites testifies to the enormous popularity Ayna.com has achieved. Ayna (ranked at 882) far surpassed any Arabic portal/search engine, ranking not too far from many popular international sites such as americanexpress.com (at 719) and china.com (at 777).

This phenomenal growth was due in part to Ayna’s commitment to providing a safe and convenient Internet experience for Arabic speaking users around the world. Ayna’s Community and comprehensive Internet resources brought tremendous traffic and overwhelming activity to the portal, particularly its easy-to-use search engine and directory and its multilingual e-mail.

Ranking 882 out of the millions of sites currently on the Web is a remarkable achievement for a site with limited resources and in its early stage development. It also testifies to increasing online activity in the Arab world.

While two other English sites based in the Middle East (emirates.net.ae ranked at 914 and aramco.com.sa ranked at 903) were also ranked among the top 1000, more Arabic sites have yet to contribute towards a flourishing information industry in the Arab World. Alexa’s top three sites in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for May 2000 were yahoo.com (1), msn.com (2) and ayna.com (3).

We would like to thank our visitors for their continued trust and support for Ayna—A home dedicated to providing a safe, effective and rich experience for Arabic users on the Internet.

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