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The Fastest and Slowest News Sites in 2012

Adam Sherk

Here are the fastest – and the slowest – news sites in 2012: Home Page Page Speed Score. April 2012. April 2012 Page Speed Score. For the sake of simplicity I pulled PageSpeed Online scores for the home page of each news site. PageSpeed scores are on a 0-100 scale with a higher number indicating better performance. T-5 CNET 90.

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My Top Posts of 2012 on Inbound Marketing and Audience Development

Adam Sherk

Here are my top 10 posts of 2012 by pageviews: The Best Free Tools for Twitter Analytics. The Fastest and Slowest News Sites in 2012. These roundups may be overdone, but I enjoy putting them together because it is interesting to look back and see what made an impression. Beyond Facebook Insights: Useful Facebook Analytics Tools.

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StumbleUpon Traffic to Magazine and Content Sites Down 27%

Adam Sherk

To get a better sense of the situation I pulled StumbleUpon referral figures from 2010-2012 for a group of 47 news and content sites that we work with at Define Media Group , primarily magazine brands. Declines in StumbleUpon Traffic: 2012 vs. 2011. One thing to point out is that not every site experienced a decline in 2012.

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Yahoo! Search Data (@YahooSearchData) a Good Source of Trending Topics for Lifestyle Publishers

Adam Sherk

Search Data (@YahooSearchData) June 25, 2012. Search Data (@YahooSearchData) June 22, 2012. Search Data (@YahooSearchData) June 22, 2012. Search Data (@YahooSearchData) June 27, 2012. Search Data (@YahooSearchData) June 13, 2012. — Yahoo! — Yahoo! — Yahoo! — Yahoo! — Yahoo!

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Interesting Magazine and Digital Stats from Pew State of the News Media 2013

Adam Sherk

years old: The median ages remained the same in 2012 vs. 2011. Speaking of demographics, I didn’t realize AARP magazines had the largest circulation: Their figures are up a little in 2012 too, while several others have dropped. The Economist’s readership however comes in at a spry 44.3 AARP Kicking Butt on Circulation.

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Harlem Globetrotters Press Release: Not Sure Why I Got It, But I Kind of Like It

Adam Sherk

Meister completed his 15th consecutive season with the Globetrotters in 2012, leading the team’s overall domestic and international publicity efforts. He has grown annual coverage for the Globetrotters by nearly 507 percent over a six-year period (2007-2012), including an all-time record of more than 2.8 PHOENIX, Oct.

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Google+ Engagement for News Sites: Top Performers and One-Year Growth Rates

Adam Sherk

As of today Bloomberg News and The Telegraph have not made a new post since July 2012, and the most recent post on the CBS News page is dated September 2012. CNN International, Anderson Cooper 360, The New Yorker and CNBC are not included in the growth rate tables because they were not part of the 2012 comparison.

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