Most visited Nigerian sites in July 2011; Trends and Analysis
Firstly, let me apologize for a long absence of our monthly review of the Nigerian web industry. We are working to make it better. In the main time, we are back and will to take you through what has been happening in the industry, how the top sites feared and how technology business in Nigeria is moving forward. Join me as I take you through the most visited Nigerian sites and trends for the month of July 2011.
As usual, the review will cover top-50 most visited Nigerian site. While we have about 140 sites ranked this month, we shall focus on the top-50. It was big news last month has nairaland.com once again lost the number one spot to ever growing vanguardngr.com. I will say, vanguardngr.com is the top Nigerian company with a well-coordinated web strategy having being able to go to users where they are, serve them content the best way they consume and being consistent for months. vanguardngr.com first clinched second spot in January 2011 then stayed on for the following 6 months before finally overtaking nairaland.com this July.
Punchng.com, 234next.com, gtbank.com and sunnewsonline.com all retained their 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th respectively as vconnect.com moved up a whopping 11 places to enter the top-ten caucus on the 7th spot. Dealfish.com.ng has cemented its place on the 9th spot having reached the spot for the first time last month.
You can view the complete ranking here.
The Movers
- myschoolcomm.com 93
- unilorin.edu.ng 40
- waecdirect.org 32
- wakanow.com 20
- gnaija.net 19
The Shakers
- latestnigerianjobs.com -21
- pmnewsnigeria.com -13
- Web4africa.net -8
- ngcareers.com -6
- jobrapido.com.ng -6
Debutants
- myschoolcomm.com 29th
- Thenetng.com 43rd
- wakanow.com 47th
Bounce Backs
A look at the sites that has once being in the top 50 but dropped and now re-entering.
- gnaija.net
- unilorin.edu.ng
- waecdirect.org
Drop Outs
- searchnigeria.net -39
- guruslodge.com -39
- nigeriabestjobs.com -30
- mobility.com.ng -30
- zenithbank.com -19
Throughout the month of July, discussions were centred around Big Brother Amplified where a Nigerian, Karen Igho participated and won the competition. It was a milestone giving that another Nigerian also won last year. It is clear that Nigerian internet population and technology adoption helped her win the prize. Nigerian technology space is also buzzing up as Mobile Monday Nigeria held its monthly meeting which was tagged “Pitch Monday”. The event gave opportunity to tech start-ups to pitch investors present for a possible investment in their companies.
Generally, we discovered that there are no much shake ups in the top sites in the country this means that for every sites that made it to the list, they have been consistent and possibly serving their visitors and growing. I expect to see much more happen in the month of August as we count down to ending the year.
