BBC Monitoring editorial analysis: web users face Al-Jazeera maze.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Web users searching for the homepage of the Doha-based Arabic language satellite channel are faced with no less than four web sites bearing the name "Al-Jazeera" and are forced to decide which one is the genuine article. Al-Jazeera was recently named the world's fifth most influential brand in a recent poll, yet its online identity appears to be somewhat confused.

This is, at first glance, not as straightforward as it seems. All four sites are registered in good faith, and show the origin of their material somewhere on site. However, for the casual surfer, these differences may not be immediately apparent and may …