Omanlog, your social network in Oman!

A new network has been recently launched in Oman, Omanlog.com, by Thom Maarseveen and Ceren Koca, respectively founder and co-founder. Omanlog is exclusively for people living in Oman and the aim is simple; easily keeping in touch with friends and meeting new ones. 

So i have asked them a few questions Thom and Ceren who were kind enough to get back to me despite being extra busy these days. Here follow some extracts.

What exactly is Omanlog.com?

It is a social networking site but more so it is a medium to not only keep in contact with friends across the Sultanate efficiently, but also to meet new people and make new friends in the local community very easily.

How did you come up with the idea?

It initially started just for fun really. It was a hobby website for me to work on whilst working on another project of mine. My co-founder urged me to develop it and implement our creative ideas and thought it would be a great idea to make it locally targeted as it suits the friendly nature of the Omani and expat community and integrates them much more easily.

How do you intend to cope with social media giants, i.e. Facebook. And what makes Omanlog different from Facebook for example?

There really is no competition. Social media giants will always exist, however Omanlog is locally targeted and it is FOR Oman and its residents. Just like Hyves and Facebook both exist and are widely used in Holland, we aim for the same sort of idea for Oman.

Omanlog provides similar and fundamental applications as Facebook along with some innovative ideas to suit the community. This involves applications such as the local newspaper, weather, uploading music, setting up business dates via Omanlog and organizing daily routines, games, quizzes and an upcoming marketplace/souq and many more.

Where do you see Omanlog in 5 years?

We are very ambitious for this website and for the time being, our aim is for most of Oman's population to be using it on a regular, daily basis.

What else would you add?

Also companies can register groups and invite people, customers and employees to join and send them notifications with the latest news. Hopefully as Omanlog grows companies will realise that this network can also be a different way to reach customers and engage them into something new.

Well, surely it’s going to be tough but we wish all the luck to Thom and Ceren. Why don’t you check it out, here, and let me know?