TIME Magazine 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

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By Jitendra Jain

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No.1
Ritz-Carlton Bahrain Hotel & Spa, Manama
P.O.Box 55577, Manama, Bahrain
245 rooms - 5 Star
TripAdvisor User Rating / 5.0 > 4.5
http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/Bahrain/
Situated on the north coast of Bahrain, this seven-storey luxury resort, with 245 newly renovated rooms and suites, is located within a 20-acre urban resort complex on the seafront of Manama. The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain Hotel & Spa is only 11 kms from the airport, 3 kms from the Manama City Center and just across the road from Bahrain International Exhibition Center. The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain Villas & Spa offer panoramic ocean views at this luxury beachfront retreat overlooking the Arabian Gulf. Comprised of 23 elegant and spacious villas strategically located along the beach and tucked into lush greenery, the villas provide the ultimate in privacy. [Read More!]

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In a few years, Manama will be host to the ICG, Gulf News reports today:

Bahrain will host the 2010 International Children's Games, the president of the International Children's Games (ICG), Torsten Rasch, said yesterday in Iceland. "The Manama 2010 ICG Bid Committee communicated a strong bid presentation that convinced the ICG Assembly of their ability to host the World's Youth in the Kingdom of Bahrain," he said during the ICG general assembly in Reykjavik, Iceland.

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