How fast can you turn your ship? When I look at many newspaper websites, I just can’t help but wonder why some stories are in a featured homepage slot and, even more so, why they remain there for so long. I recognize that every market has it’s own issues and what is a popular story […]
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Don’t let bad content decisions take the wind out of your sails
February 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Analytics · Best Practices · Data · Design · Industry · Metrics · Traffic
What does “Most Popular” mean on your site?
February 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Increasingly, on newspaper websites, I see “Most Viewed,” “Most popular” and “Most Linked” lists. Having my own blog, I know that these types of features can help increase the amount of time that people spend on a site and interlinking helps spread page rank throughout the site. But as a visitor to these sites, the […]
Tags: Analytics · Audience Development · Best Practices · Branding · Metrics · Online · Tools · Traffic
Get the most from your online data
December 31st, 2007 · 6 Comments
Recent posts by Jack Lail and Patrick Beeson got me wondering about how newspapers use the online data they collect. On Sunday, Jack wrote a post about the firing of career columnist Penelope Trunk allegedly because “her columns commanded low advertising rates.” He explained that: “Print media writers look askance at how ratings affect TV […]
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