OnTheRocks Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Top 30 News Websites 1. drudgereport.com; 19.9; 3,4452. Daily Kos^; 8.9; 1,204 3. Fox News Digital Network; 8.3; 10,177 4. CNN Digital Network; 7.9; 37,181 5. AOL News; 7.7; 21,119 6. Yahoo! News; 7.4; 35,274 7. MSNBC Digital Network; 6.4; 34,013 8. ksl.com^; 6.0; 796 9. Breitbart.com; 5.3; 2,674 10. Google News; 5.3; 12,050 11. Gannett Newspapers and Newspaper Division; 5.1; 13,998 12. NYTimes.com; 4.9; 18,975 13. Netscape; 4.8; 2,709 14. Townhall.com; 4.7; 1,152 15. Media General Newspapers; 4.6; 1,761 16. GTGI Network 4.5; 1,345 17. Star Tribune; 4.3; 2,108 18. TWC News Websites; 4.1; 840 19. NewsMax.com; 4.0; 4,054 20. Zwire^; 3.9; 1,089 21. Cox Newspapers; 3.9; 5,197 22. washingtonpost.com; 3.8; 10,441 23. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 3.8; 1,259 24. The Buffalo News^; 3.7; 502 25. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; 3.6; 1,472 26. MediaNews Group Newspapers; 3.5; 5,850 27. USATODAY.com; 3.5; 10,571 28. WorldNow 3.5; 10,588 29. IB Websites; 3.4; 7,565 30. St. Louis Post Dispatch^; 3.4; 1,022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 That is interesting but I found number one to be depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 That is interesting but I found number one to be depressing. Why? All Drudge does is link to other news sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Why? All Drudge does is link to other news sites. But doesn't that mean that's where most people start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 the buffalo news is on there because of all of us defectors that run away but want to keep up on the "twin span" and "the aud" and "the big hotel going on elmwood and forrest"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 the buffalo news is on there because of all of us defectors that run away but want to keep up on the "twin span" and "the aud" and "the big hotel going on elmwood and forrest"... Bass-a-matic Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 lots of ex buffalo folks check that web site, hell my dad does daily.........and he is in syracuse Top 30 News Websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 lots of ex buffalo folks check that web site, hell my dad does daily.........and he is in syracuse most of my friends down here, as well as myself, have buffalo.com as their homepage. heck, most of my friends email addresses are through buffalo.com (horrible email service, btw) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 The heading of the article "Top 30 News Sites" is a little misleading. The list is ordered by "Sessions per Person" of those visiting the sites. The number of "unique visitors" is listed next to the number of "sessions per person" and you can easily see that the Drudge Report is nowhere near the #1 news site. Also, the Buffalo News gets nowhere near the number of unique visitors as the other sites, but those that visit the site visit often (at least often enough to make this list). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 most of my friends down here, as well as myself, have buffalo.com as their homepage. heck, most of my friends email addresses are through buffalo.com (horrible email service, btw) The only time I go there is when someone links something from here to there and I used to deliver their damn paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac17 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Dean - well said. It really means nothing other than drudge wanted to toot his horn. this puts it all in perspective... http://siteanalytics.compete.com/drudgerep....com/?metric=uv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 no BBC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Dean - well said. It really means nothing other than drudge wanted to toot his horn. this puts it all in perspective... http://siteanalytics.compete.com/drudgerep....com/?metric=uv Well, the data are real. It is ONE of the metrics Nielsen/Net Ratings reports. I'm guessing someone at Drudge probably put out a report touting their top ranking in repeat visits...but, this article wasn't from Drudge. It was from Newspaper Association of America. One might think they would be interested in hyping the websites of the daily newspapers, not Drudge. What it really shows is, ignorance, by the reporters and editors. They have no understanding of these numbers and simply write what anyone with a good story, tells them. A good general rule is, if it's an article about research results (polling, medical research, social research, etc) it's probably either overblown, confused or flat out wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 so its the media passing off hype for... the media... as news yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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