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Dubizzle welcomes visitors to Sharjah Ramadan Fair

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Dubizzle at Ramadan Expo

Dubizzle – the region’s leading online classifieds and community portal- is proud to be a participating sponsor at the 25th Ramadan Fair taking place at the Sharjah Expo Centre. As one of the most anticipated events in Sharjah, the Dubizzle food court area has welcomed hundredsof visitors since the inaugural night on August 11, 2011. more…

Naspers subsidiary MIH Group invests in Dubizzle

MIHDubai, June 20, 2011: MIH Internet, a wholly-owned division of the South Africa headquartered media group Naspers Ltd, has announced a new strategic partnership with the region’s leading online classifieds and community website Dubizzle.com. more…

Dubizzle launches mobile website

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J.C. Butler and Sim Whatley

Dubizzle, a free classifieds and community website, has announced the launch of a mobile version of its site, offering consumers the ability to easily access Dubizzle services from mobile devices, it said in an emailed statement today.

“Dubizzle is rolling out the mobile platform more…

Dubai or Doha – which is a more lucrative job market for expats?

job_marketEmirate remains the preferred destination given the lifestyle, freedom, infrastructure and opportunities it offers.
After years of seemingly unstoppable growth, Dubai seemed the favourite place for expats for a job in the entire Gulf region. Post-crises, other contenders like Qatar’s Doha, with huge gas reserves, started attracting foreign talent away from Dubai. However, even today, Dubai, if compared to the Qatari market, more…

Dubizzle.com shares insights on the importance of community websites at ArabNet

ButlerDubizzle.com, the leading free classifieds and community website for users in the Middle East and North Africa, participated in the ArabNet “Shift Digital Summit”, the largest gathering for the Arab digital and technology industry from March 23-25 2011. During the summit, J.C. Butler, co-founder of Dubizzle.com was a panelist in a workshop titled: Building Local Content and Communities. more…

Dubizzle sees rise in BlackBerry phone ads

The Dubai-based site said 28 percent of the more than 230 ads offering BlackBerrys for sale had been posted in the last three days, compared with 22 percent of iPhone classifieds during the same period. more…

Kings of the classifieds

There are certain expectations that come with entering the offices of a dotcom start-up. At the very least, there should be squashy beanbags and a games room. At the Google-sized end of the scale, props include fireman poles, ice cream bars and wall-sized aquariums – all frantically signing, should you have missed it, that this is a culture of creativity. more…

Cars, Homes, Goats? It’s All On Dubizzle

Abu Dhabi, UAE — You may not remember who first told you about Dubizzle, but be you a fresh-faced expatriate newbie or a veteran desert dweller, you’re most likely only a degree of separation away from its influence. As I type this at my dining room table, the housemate I found on the website last year is tucking into a bowl of fruit opposite me. Behind me, my other housemate is sitting on the sofa and playing with our cats, two more of the many online finds in our household. more…

Bayt.com Makes Searching 40% Quicker for Job Seekers

Dubai, UAE — Bayt.com, the Middle East’s number one job site, announced today that JobSeekers can now benefit from a job search that is 40 percent faster on the Bayt.com site, following the replacement of Bayt.com’s existing job search engine, with a new state-of-the-art search technology. more…

Website Rides the Recession

Dubai, UAE — The website Dubizzle, a free online classified-advertising service popular with expatriates, has had its busiest month of traffic, its managers say.

They said the site, launched in 2005, recorded more than 1 million visits this month for the first time in its history. Traffic to the site has more than doubled since late last year. more…

Boom Time for Thrifty Market

If prudence and frugality is in, a surge in the number of bargain hunters is setting the second hand market ablaze in the UAE. And this trend, say insiders, is driving consumers to be more aware and conscious of their purchases. more…

Gulf News Leads on Readership

Dubai: The UAE likes to read. Nearly 90 per cent of the country’s population accesses some form of print publication, says the latest readership survey.

The print media survey (National Media Analysis – NMA) is done by Ipsos MediaCT, a global research company that specialises in market studies. Figures declare that seven out of every 10 people read a newspaper, which is great news for an industry that has been feeling the edge of the global recession. more…