AMEinfo.com sees monthly readership surpass 2 million

AMEinfo.com, the leading online provider of business information in the Middle East, has seen monthly audience numbers pass the two million unique users mark, according to the latest figures from independent auditors ABCe.

The latest audit by the global monitoring body has shown that in October, AMEinfo.com’s audience reached 2,185,068 Unique Users for the month, up 10.5% year-on-year.

The figures also show that AMEinfo.com served 9,002,967 Page Impressions during the audited period, from October 1 2010, to October 31 2010.

Middle East traffic accounted for over half of the regular visits to the site.

Edward Poultney, Editor at AMEinfo.com said:

“This consistent increase in both Unique Users and Page Impressions shows that AMEinfo.com continues to provide the exact information that our readership demands; fast, accurate business news and services covering the Gulf region and the wider Middle East. With the increase in readership spread across the English and Arabic sites, we will look to continue to provide essential coverage and innovative services across all our mediums; key industry analysis and interviews, press release hosting, broadcast, business directory and digital tools and the bespoke job board.”

Caroline Whyatt, Head of Digital at AMEinfo.com, said: “AMEinfo.com has undertaken an independent audit for the past five years, which illustrates our early adoption and ongoing commitment to providing transparency and visible traffic figures. This year we have also seen a number of new trends, including a year-on-year increase of over 300% in traffic from mobile devices such as iPhones, Symbian and BlackBerry, as well as tablet PCs.”

Chad Hussain, Sales Director, AMEinfo.com, said: “In an age of rapidly growing digital media businesses, AMEinfo.com has once again managed to grow its audience and frequency to its site by committing to compelling and quality business content. A fact not lost on our many clients.”

The ABCe audit, the 11th undertaken by AMEinfo.com, arms advertisers and marketing managers with impartial information to help them decide where they will get the best return on their advertising spend.

AMEinfo.com is committed to providing advertisers with independently verified user information, and promoting transparency in the digital sector in the Middle East.