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Mobile Visits Account for 40% of All Traffic for Publishers

Adam Sherk

Mobile is an important and growing traffic source for all publishers, but just how much traffic does it represent? I was curious where things currently stand so I pulled mobile traffic figures from SimilarWeb for a variety of well-known brands. The highest figure was 70% and the lowest was 25%: Average Mobile Traffic Number of Sites.

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

Adam Sherk

Mobile Creates Additional News Consumption. One encouraging aspect of the study is that as mobile news consumption grows it is not at the expense of other channels. Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter. Social Sharing: The New Coffee Table Magazine Spread.

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Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I'd Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool

Adam Sherk

I noticed that in addition to the email list users can sign up for text and voice updates via mobile phone. The key takeaway: the more ways you can bring your Facebook Pages to life, the better. Perhaps for that Alicia Keys should adopt the same style as she did in her Saturday Night Live digital short: Just saying.

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Help Haiti: News Sites Promote Ways to Donate

Adam Sherk

Word of mouth on Twitter, Facebook and other sites (including The White House blog ) has raised over $2 million to-date through mobile phone donations organized by mGive. UPDATES: Mobile phone donations have gone very well. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Foursquare and The New York Times Archive Would Be a Great Match

Adam Sherk

The NYT could also just build this functionality into their own mobile apps, but partnerships offer greater cross-promotional and audience development opportunities. I bet that nearly every location in Manhattan has been in the news at some point in the last 159 years. That’s just one idea. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Real-time Search Optimization for News Sites

Adam Sherk

This helps to keep the content in the real-time stream and to establish it as a top shared link Act quickly – real-time search opportunities don’t stick around for long These steps are pretty straightforward but the nature of real-time search also creates challenges. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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10 Quotes on the Apple iPad and the Business of News

Adam Sherk

The question, then, is whether newspaper publishers will do any better at monetizing mobile advertising than they have online. Borrowing Content Was Happening Long Before Blogging Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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