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.…
On average, what percentage of referral traffic to publishers comes from search, social media, links and direct navigation? That’s a question I’m commonly asked by organizations that are attempting to establish benchmarks and assess their current performance. To get an…
I wasn’t able to write as many posts as I’d have liked this year, but I did put out some things that I was happy with and people seemed to find useful. And fortunately I do this just for fun…
In reading the Pew Research Center’s State of the News Media 2013 there were some interesting things in the sections on magazines and digital that I thought I’d point out. Time is Doing Well Online One is that among the…
Another year gone by, and that means it’s time again for the obligatory top-posts-of-the-year lists. These roundups may be overdone, but personally I like doing one because it is interesting to look back and see what made an impression. With…
This is a guest post from Mik Stroyberg of Issuu, a digital publishing platform for magazines, newspapers and catalogs. I asked Mik to share some thoughts on the future of digital publishing. -Adam I love reading magazines, and I love…
Ever notice how the most flattering blog comments are actually the spam comments? This always makes me smile, so I thought I’d share a handful of them here. It would be a shame for so much unbridled positivity to never…
Which news site has the highest customer satisfaction rating? FoxNews.com – by far. Who fared the worst? HuffingtonPost.com. These are the findings of the annual ForeSee American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) E-Business Report that was released today. In the News…
SEO and social media are now vital components of audience development for publishers of all shapes and sizes, but there are still huge opportunities for improvement. Since infographics are still (kind of) the rage I’ve been meaning to publish one…
As another year comes to a close I thought I’d finish off with a roundup of this year’s most popular posts. Original idea! Nevertheless, here are my top 10 posts of 2011 by pageviews: