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- Yahoo said Tuesday that it was acquiring Maktoob.com, one of the Arab world’s largest online portals, in a bid to tap into the Arab region, making Yahoo available in Arabic.
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Maktoob (Arabic: مكتوب) was an online services company founded in Amman (Jordan). Maktoob.com was known as the first Arabic–English email service provider. [1] In 2009, Yahoo! acquired Maktoob.com, making it Yahoo!'s official arm in the MENA region. [2] As of 31 January 2023, Yahoo!
Oct 13, 2013 · In 2009, as everyone knows, Maktoob was then acquired by Yahoo!, marking Yahoo!’s entrance into the Arab world. The U.S.-based web portal had already reached 20 million regional users in English, compared to Maktoob’s 16 million, making both among the top-10 websites across the Arab World.
Nov 13, 2009 · DUBAI — Yahoo’s acquisition of Arab language portal Maktoob.com — a landmark deal widely expected to give a major fillip to Middle East’s online media advertising sector — was completed ...
Aug 25, 2009 · Yahoo has just officially acquired Maktoob, a very popular Arabic web portal that offers services including search, payments, social network, and auctions. Rumors of an aquisition have been...
Nov 30, 2010 · With its US$85 million acquisition last year of Maktoob.com, the largest online Arab community, Yahoo demonstrated its intent to become a leading content provider in the region.
Aug 25, 2009 · Yahoo's purchase of the local dotcom was a win for the true believers. Investors and young entrepreneurs are promising it will be remembered as the start of an era. While real life may be more complex, history books will often point to a single event as the beginning of an era.
Aug 25, 2009 · Yahoo confirms multimillion dollar acquisition of Arab world’s largest web portal. Yahoo says the purchase will be finalised in the fourth quarter [AFP] 25 Aug 2009. Maktoob was founded in 2000...
