Qasaied — قصايد
Domain decision and market research for a poems and lyrics site · 23 September 2026 · Claude + DeepSeek
1. Which domain
qasaied.net is the main address. qasaiyd.net forwards to it permanently, so anyone who types either one lands on the same site.
- Why qasaied: it reads naturally in Latin letters, looks close to the spellings people guess first (qasaid, qasayed), and is easier to say aloud or put on an Instagram card. The "aiy" in qasaiyd looks like a typo. DeepSeek reached the same verdict on its own.
- Does the domain affect Google? Hardly. People search in Arabic, and Google ranks Arabic pages on their Arabic content, speed and links, not on the Latin letters in the address. The domain matters for memorability, not ranking.
- Arabic brand: قصايد — warm, Gulf-flavoured, and matches the domain. Pages should still use the formal قصائد in titles and text, because many people search that spelling.
2. DNS
Done. The GoDaddy parking records were removed on 23 September 2026. Both domains now point only at this server, with security certificates issued.
3. The market
| Site | Estimated monthly visits | Strong at | Weak at |
|---|
| aldiwan.net | ~2–3M (the leader, mostly Saudi) | Huge classical archive by poet, meter and rhyme | Almost no Nabati or modern Gulf poetry, no occasion pages, old design |
| mawdoo3.com | ~2.7M, falling | Owns broad queries like "poems about mother" | Duplicate thin pages, ad-heavy |
| poetsgate.com | smaller | 60k modern fusha poems | Heavy ads, no audio |
| Magazines (sayidaty, laha) | — | Seasonal lists (National Day, Eid) | New thin article every year |
| Lyrics sites (kalimataghani, fnanen…) | — | Gulf song lyrics | Dated, ad-heavy, mostly unlicensed |
Traffic figures are third-party estimates (Similarweb / Semrush).
The gap: nobody combines Nabati and Gulf poetry with fast, clean mobile pages, audio, and share-ready verse cards. Nabati searches are currently answered partly by X/Twitter accounts, which shows how thin the web offering is.
4. What brings the traffic
- Topic and occasion pages — mother, father, love, longing, friendship, wisdom, sadness, Eid, Ramadan, graduation, weddings, condolence. Each in short / long / "two verses" versions. The short "status" versions often out-search full poems.
- Seasonal pages that keep the same address every year — National Day (23 Sep), Founding Day (22 Feb), Ramadan, Eids, graduation, Mother's Day — refreshed 3–4 weeks before each date, so they grow stronger each year instead of starting over.
- Poet pages and individual poem pages — the big classical names plus Nabati poets, capturing people who search a poem's first line.
- Verse share cards — every verse as a ready-made image sized for WhatsApp status, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok, with the site name on it. This is the second traffic engine in Saudi Arabia.
- Things an AI answer can't replace — recited audio, a short explanation of the poem, meter and rhyme, the poet's story. Google's AI summaries will take the one-line "give me a verse about X" clicks; depth keeps the rest.
5. How it should be built
- Fast, mobile-first and light: pre-built pages, one Arabic font, no ad clutter at launch. Every competitor loads 12–24 scripts, so speed alone is an advantage.
- Search that forgives spelling: treats أ/إ/ا, ة/ه, ى/ي as the same and ignores diacritics, because that is how people type.
- Show full diacritics on classical poems, but keep a plain copy in the page so Google matches ordinary searches.
- Behind-the-scenes labels for Google (poet, genre, language) on every poem. There is no special search box for poems or lyrics, but they help Google and AI tools understand and cite the pages.
6. The lyrics question
Song lyrics are copyrighted. Saudi Arabia's IP authority actively blocks and fines sites, and Google removes pages on copyright complaints — enough complaints can drag down the whole site. Most Arabic lyrics sites operate unlicensed and at that risk.
Safer path: launch with classical poetry that is out of copyright (poets dead 50+ years) and Nabati poetry submitted by the poets themselves. Give songs a page with the song's details (poet, composer, singer, year), and a short excerpt — and add full lyrics only through a licence once traffic justifies it. A free open-source collection (Qafiyah, 85k classical poems) can seed the archive.
7. Suggested next steps
- Pick a launch scope: I recommend Nabati + classical poetry, 60–100 topic pages, share cards — lyrics later.
- Build the first version ahead of Founding Day (22 Feb 2027), with seasonal pages live by late January.
Sources: similarweb.com (aldiwan.net, mawdoo3.com) · semrush.com · github.com/alwalxed/qafiyah · saip.gov.sa · Google Transparency Report (copyright removals) · TechCrunch on Google's licensed lyrics. DeepSeek (deepseek-v4-pro) consulted independently on the domain choice.