Comments on: The stickiness of UK newspaper sites compared http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/08/05/newspaper-stickiness/ This is a conversation. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:42:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Murdoch and Google - a case of cutting off your nose to spite your face? http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/08/05/newspaper-stickiness/comment-page-1/#comment-186032 Murdoch and Google - a case of cutting off your nose to spite your face? Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:50:56 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=3176#comment-186032 [...] other month, UK media blogger Malcolm Coles looked at the online editions of the UK national newspapers and found that over 6/10 readers only read a [...] [...] other month, UK media blogger Malcolm Coles looked at the online editions of the UK national newspapers and found that over 6/10 readers only read a [...]

]]> By: Digital media and the idiocy of the big number - News from the Herd - Blogs - Brand Republic http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/08/05/newspaper-stickiness/comment-page-1/#comment-152032 Digital media and the idiocy of the big number - News from the Herd - Blogs - Brand Republic Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:06:35 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=3176#comment-152032 [...] reading time is in print, while Malcom Coles in the Online Journalism blog figured out that most online newspaper readers only look at one page.The comparison is therefore completely artificial due to the fact that the way we read online and [...] [...] reading time is in print, while Malcom Coles in the Online Journalism blog figured out that most online newspaper readers only look at one page.The comparison is therefore completely artificial due to the fact that the way we read online and [...]

]]> By: malcolm http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/08/05/newspaper-stickiness/comment-page-1/#comment-141734 malcolm Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:23:38 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=3176#comment-141734 Amir - while Alexa may be unrepresentative, I'm not sure your blog is necessarily representative of its unrepresentativeness. If you see what I mean. I did do a post <a href="http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/alexa-data-accuracy/">comparing Alexa data with official ABCe data</a>. Amir – while Alexa may be unrepresentative, I’m not sure your blog is necessarily representative of its unrepresentativeness. If you see what I mean. I did do a post comparing Alexa data with official ABCe data.

]]> By: Amir http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/08/05/newspaper-stickiness/comment-page-1/#comment-141728 Amir Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:13:53 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=3176#comment-141728 I’m sorry, but I have a problem with using Alexa Data like this. It simply is not accurate. Not even close to being accurate. According to Alexa, my website (http://www.amirkurtovic.com) has a 3-month avg bounce rate of 32.2%. Well, that is simply not true. The real number is over 60%. Alexa also has my pageviews at 6.6. The real number is around 2.3. Using Alexa data is simply not a good way to compare websites. You can’t simply rely on the notion that all of them are equally wrong. I’m sorry, but I have a problem with using Alexa Data like this. It simply is not accurate. Not even close to being accurate. According to Alexa, my website (http://www.amirkurtovic.com) has a 3-month avg bounce rate of 32.2%. Well, that is simply not true. The real number is over 60%. Alexa also has my pageviews at 6.6. The real number is around 2.3.

Using Alexa data is simply not a good way to compare websites. You can’t simply rely on the notion that all of them are equally wrong.

]]> By: malcolm coles http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/08/05/newspaper-stickiness/comment-page-1/#comment-141206 malcolm coles Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:34:35 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=3176#comment-141206 Jon - you're right, although Alexa doesn't JUST use the toolbar any more: http://www.alexa.com/help/traffic-learn-more. Jon – you’re right, although Alexa doesn’t JUST use the toolbar any more: http://www.alexa.com/help/traffic-learn-more.

]]> By: Jon Bounds http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/08/05/newspaper-stickiness/comment-page-1/#comment-141091 Jon Bounds Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:14:16 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=3176#comment-141091 Of course Alexa - by being an opt-in service - skews to the more technically minded user — how that affects the data (possibly skewing to the more educated) would be interesting to find out. Of course Alexa – by being an opt-in service – skews to the more technically minded user — how that affects the data (possibly skewing to the more educated) would be interesting to find out.

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