Rabea Ataya, CEO of Bayt.com, to speak at the 2nd Annual Middle East Webmaster Forum

Bayt has proven that a focused business plan backed by a world-class customer support system will enable "dot-coms" to flourish in a region still only awakening to the benefits of Internet Technology. "One of the primary reasons for Bayt's success to date", asserts Rabea Ataya, "has been our willingness to work alongside our clients from the very beginning to ensure our website specifically caters to the needs of customers in the Middle East. In order to succeed, Internet organizations must provide innovative solutions to important problems. Bayt is focused on building technology that streamlines the regional issues relating to matching employers and job seekers. We profit through the success of our user base " he adds.

Invited as one of the regional speakers for the upcoming Webmaster Forum, Rabea Ataya, CEO and co-founder of Bayt.com, brings to the assembly his detailed experiences in overcoming dot-com specific challenges to lead Bayt to its present-day position as the Middle East's premier recruitment specialist. Bayt.com has repeatedly been touted as one of the Dubai Internet City development's true success stories. In the short space of two years, Bayt.com has attracted over 6,500 of the region's leading corporations and over a quarter of a million jobseekers to the website which ranks as one of the most visited in the region averaging over 12 million page views per month.

Rabea Ataya's presentation at the Webmaster Forum, organised by the Institute For International Research will provide a case study of how Bayt resolved Strategic, Technical, Creative and Pedagogical considerations to allow for the development of one of the region's most successful and profitable Internet ventures. "The current regional slim down affecting the dot-coms means that the Webmaster Forum couldn't have come at a better time", states Ataya. "Leading web specialists will share their practices and provide a road map to navigate the heights and depths of Internet development. Since the agenda is to share accumulated web knowledge and experiences, the forum will work towards the betterment of the region's industry as a whole", affirms Ataya.