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What are the top news sites now?

There are a few things that make a website or portal sticky and help drive traffic to yur site. This includes weather, news, and gossip. What does your library use to make your site sticky?

What are the top news sites now?

Top 30 News Sites ? Traffic and Trends

This is a list of the top news sites in June 2009 , according to Nielsen Online, and via Editor and Publisher -

1. Yahoo! News ? 45.638 million uniques. Traffic rose 30% from May.
2. CNN Digital Network ? 38,792 million uniques. Traffic rose 14%.
3. MSNBC Digital Network ? 36.262 million uniques. Traffic fell 4%.
4. AOL News ? 24.716 million uniques. Traffic rose 12%.
5. NYTimes.com ? 17.423 million uniques. Down 1%.
6. Tribune Newspapers ? 17.044 million. Rose 13%.
7. Fox News Digital Network ? 16.808 million. Increased 61%.
8. ABC News Digital Network ? 13.408 million. Increased 16%.
9. Google News ? 12.831 million. Increased 22%.
10. McClatchy Newspaper Network ? 12.681 million. Increased 29%.
11. Gannett Newspapers and Newspaper Division ? 12.261 million. Fell 1%.
12. USAToday.com ? 9.597 million. Unchanged.
13. WashingtonPost.com ? 9.584 million. Up 6%.
14. NBC Local Media ? 9.542 million.
15. CBS News Digital Network ? 9.306 million. Rose 9%.
16. Advance Internet ? 9.270 million. Rose 30%.
17. TheHuffingtonPost.com ? 7.461 million. Rose 85%.
18. Hearst Newspapers Digital ? 7.404 million. Unchanged.
19. WorldNow ? 7.164 million. Fell 10%.
20. BBC ? 7.163 million. Rose 21%.
21. Daily News Online Edition ? 6.994 million. Rose 84%.
22. MediaNews Group Newspapers ? 6.943 million. Fell 7%.
23. Topix ? 5.873 million. Fell 1%.
24. The Slate Group Websites ? 5.457 million. Fell 19%.
25. MailOnline ? 5.261 million. Rose 43%.
26. Examiner.com ? 4.771 million. Rose 97%.
27. Cox Newspapers ? 4.603 million. Fell 10%.
28. Telegraph ? 4.347 million. Rose 18%.
29. Gannett Broadcasting ? 4.149 million. Fell 14%.
30. Associated Press ? 4.063 million. Rose 15%.

I was interested to note how much things had changed since I was involoved in beta testing the first online newspaper in libray school. That's a big change in 30 years.

Top 30 Newspaper Sites ? Traffic and Trends.

This is a list for July, hence some differences from the above list. The top 30 newspapers sites (again courtesy Editor and Publisher, and Nielsen Net Ratings) -

1. NYTimes.com ? 14.277 million uniques. Drop in traffic of 27% from June.
2. WashingtonPost.com ? 11.565 million. Rise of 29%.
3. USAToday.com ? 9.761 million. Fall of 6%.
4. Daily News Online Edition ? 9.131 million. Rise in traffic of 112%.
5. LA Times ? 8.938 million. Rise of 2%.
6. Wall Street Journal Online ? 8.341 million. Fall of 4%.
7. New York Post - 6.535 million. Rise of 32%.
8. Boston.com ? 5.274 million. Rise of 8%.
9. SFGate.com/San Francisco Chronicle ? 5.092 million. Rise of 13%.
10. Chicago Tribune ? 4.442 million. Rise of 14%.
11. Politico ? 3.401 million. Increase of 47%.
12. NJ.com ? 2.926 million. Increase of 41%.
13. Atlanta Journal-Constitution ? 2.747 million. Fall of 31%.
14. The Houston Chronicle ? 2.569 million. Fall of 3%.
15. Philly.com ? 2.5 million uniques. Rise of 47%.
16. Chicago Sun-Times ? 2.48 million. Fall of 6%.
17. Newsday ? 2.428 million. Fall of 28%.
18. The Sacramento Bee ? 2.426 million. Rise of 84%.
19. Orlando Sentinel ? 2.089 million. Increase of 49%.
20. The Seattle Times ? 2.04 million. Increase of 55%.
21. Azcentral.com ? 1.999 million. Increase of 41%.
22. MercuryNews.com ? 1.871 million. Increase of 16%.
23. DallasNews.com - 1.832 million. Fall of 12%.
24. MiamiHerald.com ? 1.829 million. Increase of 36%.
25. The Washington Times ? 1.803 million. Increase of 56%.
26. tampabay.com ? 1.758 million. Increase of 24%.
27. KansasCity.com ? 1.708 million. Rise of 59%.
28. Baltimore Sun ? 1.697 million. Rise of 7%.
29. Star Tribune ? 1,662 million. Rise of 8%.
30. Detroit Free Press ? 1.648 million. Rise of 9%.

More analysis of news sites here.

If all the newspaper sites restricted more of their content, how would that affect libraries?

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on September 03, 2009 (boomark / email).