Round 1 of  ”Top twitter influencers in Dubai/UAE (Your Vote)” ended last November 14. After 85 votes  that has been cast in 113 UAE twitter users, The poll result speaks for itself who are those among tweeple moves to the second round of the top twitter influencers in the UAE.

The first round results is pretty interesting but it will be more exciting once we see the final results of second round which we can see the specific ranking of this influencer tweeple.

Here are the results of the first round of voting to the Top twitter influencers in the UAE.

Because of the vote on tie from #19 to #25 which received 8 votes, I decided include the top 25 tweeple instead of the top 20 that will be carry over to the 2nd round of voting system which will kick-off this week.

Congrats to the top 25 tweeple who are included in the list but this is just round 1. see you on the 2nd round!

Another week is over and there’s a lot of things happened last week, but this is the hot topic that got the attention of UAE Twitter Community and that is the top 15 twitter influencers in Dubai  (Sort of, ish) by Steve Vaile of socialmediame.com.

Some twitter user thinks that the list that Steve Vaile posted is a bit biased and there should be more worthy people that must be included in the list, but Steve Vaile mentioned on his comment that the list was measured based on a metric taken from Diggs WeFollow, he also mentioned that the list that he put up are the users who was a “Dubai” on its profile.

Twitter Analyzer such as WeFollow, Twitter Grader, Twinfluence and others tools with the same concept, are tools that analyze twitter users based on follower /following or number of tweets that is being retweeted. By saying that, a user who uses automated tools can easily rank higher than the other even the tweet is not useful enough to engage a conversation.

Because of that, UAE twitter Community commented a lot on this topic which I think become a trending topic in UAEtweets.com last week. You can check users tweet about the topic here and here.

So how we can measure who must be included in the list of top twitter influencers in the UAE?

In my opinion the only best way to gauge who must be included in the list, is to ask people in the UAE twitter community.

So I made a twtpoll for you to choose who do you think is the best twitter user that must be included in the list of top twitter influencers in the UAE.

There will be a 2 round of voting, the first 1^st round is to choose twitter user/s in the list that you think influence you in twitter. (The twitter users that are included in the poll is taken from Alexander McNabb Blog blog post  “A Load of Twits”)

The second round will be the results of the first round poll. I will get top 20 users that has a highest vote on the first round and will carry over on the second round. Twitter user will then vote by ranking the user for the final top 10.

At the end of second round the Top 10 twitter influencers in the UAE will be revealed.

Cast your Vote Now

If you are into social media, twitter and facebook is not the only social media tools for you to dominate the social media networks. It’s only 1 in 999 steps or more for you to succeed in social media.

I am not going to focus more on global social media website, what I am going to do is give you some list of social media in the middle east which I believe you still don’t know that is existing.

Why do you need a social media account in the Middle East?!.. It’s very simple, if you are looking for a middle east audience for your website or products that you want to promote or should we say branding awareness, If you want to collaborate, networking, public relations, customer service or just study the middle east social media market then you will need an account in social media website that focus more in the middle east.

They are not many but this list of social media website in the Middle East will help you to start building and optimizing your social media account. To start with, below are the lists of Social Media Website in the Middle East.

3alaRasi – 3alaRasi is an entertainment portal that features a mix of cartoons, caricatures, articles, videos, photos and audio (both in-house productions and user generated content) including sharing and social networking features.

3zeema – 3zeema is an Arab service that aims to make it easier for people to organize their events and invite friends and contacts to them, whether for personal or professional events.

Baralbait – Baralbait is a location based social service meant for people to find nearby friends, places and events, and share their experience in those places.

Folowen – folowen is a social media search tool that aggregates social profiles of people and organization’s on several social media sites into one search result.

Ikbis – Ikbis is the first photo and video sharing service in the Arab World.

Jeeran – Established in 2000 as the first Arab web hosting community, Jeeran’s continuous mission is to allow members the effective harnessing of the internet. Web hosting and design, online storage, image management, and e-mail, are some of the tools that make our website unique in addressing members’ needs.

LEBConnection – LEBConnection is a business oriented social networking service that caters directly to the specific everyday needs of the Lebanese people around the world: finding jobs, promoting people and projects in the Lebanese community and finding housing.

MeOwns – meOwns is a web application that helps people complete another bit of their public personal profile on their blogs, social networks and other personal web pages by publishing personal collections of things they own.

Mecca.com – Mecca.com is a community portal that is devoted to serving Muslims around the world by creating a positive and unifying environment. The goal is to promote and reinforce an inspiring, positive image of the strong values that Muslims bring to their respective communities everywhere.

Muxlim – Muxlim is an online community that fosters a friendly environment where users can enjoy fun, compelling and easy-to-use social media services. Our vision is to connect the world’s Muslim communities to each other, and to the wider world, through shared online experiences.

Questler – Questler is an informal learning network with a focus on individual experiences and conversations as the information content from which connections are created based on shared interests within diverse contexts.

Sharekna – Sharekna is a free online Video and Photo sharing for users from the Arab world.

Sejaal – Sejaal is an online community portal for Arab poets and poetry competitions that was launched by Jeeran, in its efforts to enrich the Arabic internet with a new type of genuine content and a new type of users.

Tvosz – Tvosz.com is a place for people who love videos. It lets anyone upload, download, view, share and experience everything from short clips captured on mobile phones all the way up to full-length, high-definition feature films.

Twtlens – twtlens allows you to create your own twitter lens on any group of users “community” that have something in common (location, work, interests, passions, etc.), to provide a quick view of the community pulse, and what’s on their minds at any given moment.

Watwet – Watwet is a social networking and mini-blogging service created by TootCorp, a media company based in Arabia and founded in September 2005.

Wikeez - Wikeez.com is a web site focusing on user generated content around entertainment topics.

Some of the website that I list, targets international audience. Some of them made by Arabs and focus on middle east countries. Thanks to Startup Database of staruparabia.com for providing a great source for this blog post.

If you think I miss anything, please drop me a comment and will surely add it here.