49% of UAE’s Internet-Savvy Have Purchased Online

by Abraham Harrison on July 16, 2007

We American experts in online viral marketing, online word-of-mouth marketing, SEO, SEM, and online brand promotion and protection should really start looking at hot to expand into the global marketing and the global marketplace. Info from the United Arab Emirates supports this global progress.

“Forty-nine per cent of internet users in the UAE have made purchases online, reflecting the growing imporrtance of the net in shopping behaviour, a survey by Bayt.com has said. The survey – carried out with YouGovSiraj on 4,600 Bayt.com users – also showed that across the Middle East and North Africa, 55 per cent of internet users regularly frequented blogs, social network sites, email discussion groups, community boards and other web-based sources – all of which are seen key influences on online buying behaviour.” Via 7 Days UAE

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