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Morocco: Blogs on the increase in Morocco

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 @ 15:07 UTC

by Haitham Sabbah

Countries:: Morocco
Topics:: Internet & Telecoms

Samir reports that a growing number of Moroccan Internet surfers have become bloggers this year due to cheaper Internet access, the general availability of ADSL and the launch of a number of local blog platforms. Current developments in the already diverse Moroccan blogosphere include the creation of an Arabic-language blog platform and an Internet portal combining news, a subject directory and a blog platform. Sadly English language blogs are still rare.

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