The latest report by comScore Inc.on web usage in Malaysia has been released. The report revealed the most visited Internet websites in general, and top visited local-based websites, based on the comScore World Metrix service.
While the usual suspects like Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Facebook and Wikipedia lead the overall websites, the local list is more diverse.
In June 2009, 9.3 million people in Malaysia age 15 and older accessed the Internet from home and work locations, with each consuming an average of 1,066 pages of content and spending nearly 14 hours online during the month.
Local Sites
In terms of local sites, while banking website maybank2U.com led the way with more than 1 million visitors, reaching nearly 12 percent of all Malaysians online, online classifieds website mudah.my came a close second in the local list, ranking 15th overall in the general list.
mudah.my received slightly more than 1 million visitors who averaged 46 minutes on the site during the month, making it the most engaging site of the top 10 Malaysian websites. mudah.my has over 13,000 listings in its houses category, almost 7,000 listings in its jobs cateogory, and 295,487 ads overall.
News sites were also prevalent in the rankings with several properties, including: utusan.com.my, bharian.com.my, and malaysiakini.com, all receiving a substantial number of visitors.
Below is the latest ranking of Top Local Sites in Malaysia:
| Top Malaysian Websites Based on Unique Visitors |
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| Total Unique Visitors (000) | % Reach | Average Minutes per Visitor | |
| Total Internet : Total Audience | 9,320 | 100.0 | 826.8 |
| MAYBANK2U.COM | 1,081 | 11.6 | 28.6 |
| MUDAH.MY | 1,068 | 11.5 | 45.9 |
| AIRASIA.COM | 834 | 9.0 | 33.2 |
| Star Publications (M) Bhd | 768 | 8.2 | 17.2 |
| UTUSAN.COM.MY | 562 | 6.0 | 22.0 |
| BHARIAN.COM.MY | 555 | 6.0 | 25.2 |
| MALAYSIAKINI.COM | 548 | 5.9 | 26.4 |
| JOBSTREET.COM | 546 | 5.9 | 20.0 |
| 701PANDUAN.COM | 507 | 5.4 | 3.5 |
| HMETRO.COM.MY | 495 | 5.3 | 36.8 |
| LOWYAT.NET | 484 | 5.2 | 48.8 |
| Digital Five | 476 | 5.1 | 63.1 |
| CIMBCLICKS.COM.MY | 398 | 4.3 | 22.6 |
| MALAYSIAAIRLINES.COM.MY | 393 | 4.2 | 15.7 |
| MAXIS.COM.MY | 364 | 3.9 | 23.0 |
With such recent tremendous growth, I will not be surprised if mudah.my is acquired by eBay in the near future :).
Tags: local-based websites, malaysian websites, search engine optimization, website ranking